He continued: “You know, when you’re quite small, you just think life is what you see in front of you and you don’t really have concept to look elsewhere. It’s when you meet people, as I did then, who put a different perspective in your head and say, ‘Well, I was living on the street last night,’ and you’re like, ‘Woah.’ I remember that happening.”

Prince William Princess Diana Prince Harry Prince William, Princess Diana, and Prince Harry. It’s believed these remarks are the first time William has spoken publicly about Harry since tensions escalated following Harry and Meghan Markle’s departure from the Royal Family in January 2020.

Harry, 40, has previously addressed the complexities in his relationship with William, including in a 2021 CBS interview.

“I love William to bits. We’ve been through hell together and we have a shared experience, but we are on different paths,” he said. “The relationship is space at the moment and time heals all things, hopefully.”

In his 2023 memoir, Spare, Harry later referred to William as his “archnemesis.”

“There has always been this competition between us, weirdly,” Harry said during an interview with Good Morning America in January 2023 while promoting his book. “I think it really plays into or always played by the ‘heir/spare.’”