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Daily Mirror
Milica Cosic

Prince Harry said 'no one' in the Royal Family 'wants to be King' in revealing chat

Prince Harry once made the bombshell revelation that none of the royals want to be King or Queen - but would accept the "duties" when the time comes.

In an interview with journalist and author Angela Levin six years ago, the then 32-year-old spoke about his struggles to find a meaningful role for himself within the monarchy.

The Duke of Sussex said the monarchy would have to change after his grandmother the Queen died, five years before the monarch's death at the age of 96.

He also astonishingly claimed that "no one in the Royal Family wants to be King or Queen" in the June 2017 chat.

The interview took place just a year after he was introduced to Meghan Markle, whom he married in 2018 (PA)

"We want to make sure the monarchy lasts and are passionate about what it stands for," the DailyMail reports Harry as having told Ms Levin.

"We feel that the British public and the whole world needs institutions like this, but it can't go on as it has done under the Queen. There will be changes and pressure to get them right.

"Things are moving so fast, especially because of social media, so we are involved in modernising the monarchy."

However, he added that he believed no one in his family really wanted to step up and become the monarch.

Prince Harry made a bombshell claim that nobody in the Royal Family wanted to be a King or a Queen (SIPA USA/PA Images)

He said: "Is there any one of the Royal Family who wants to be King or Queen? I don't think so, but we will carry out our duties at the right time."

Yet back in June 2017 the indications were already there that Harry wanted to carve out his own path.

The interview took place just a year after he was introduced to Meghan Markle, whom he married in 2018.

Just two years after that, the royal couple turned their backs on the Royal Family and moved across the pond in March 2020.

The pair moved to Montecito in Santa Barbara, a wealthy seaside community in Los Angeles.

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