MY GUEST TONIGHT IS A HUSBAND, FATHER, MILITARY VETERAN, AND

ACTIVIST. HE HAS THREE DOGS, TWO KIDS,

LIVES IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, AND IS THE DUKE OF SUSSEX.

PLEASE WELCOME TO "THE LATE SHOW," PRINCE HARRY!

♪ (APPLAUSE)

(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE)

(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE)

HARRY, HARRY, HARRY, HARRY. ♪.

>> THANK YOU FOR BRINGING IN THE CROWD.

>> Stephen: THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.

AND YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT, YOU MIGHT HAVE MISSED IT BUT BUT

HARRY SAID IS THIS THE CHAIR AND THE SPARE OVER THERE.

WELL DONE, WELL PLAYED, SIR. NOW IT IS LOVELY TO HAVE YOU ON

THE SHOW. THANK YOU FOR COMING ON AND

TALKING ABOUT YOUR NEW BOOK. WHAT SHOULD YOU CALL ME.

>> CALL ME ANYTHING YOU WANT AT THIS POINT.

I'M STUCK HERE TALKING. >> Stephen: IN THE BOOK I FIND

YOU HAVE A LOT OF DIFFERENT NAMES, YOUR BIRTHDAY SNAIM

HENRY, YOUR FATHER AND BROTHER KAWF ENCALL YOU HAROLD, FRIENDS

H, WHAT IS HAZ, SHORT FOR HAZARDOUS.

>> MY WIFE CALLS ME HAZ. >> Stephen: IS HARRY OKAY.

>> YEAH, HARRY, HAZ, BAZ, BAZZA SPIKE, BAZAROONEY STRKS ALL

THERE. >> Stephen: BAZAROONEY.

PRINCE BAZAROONEY. >> PRINCE DOESN'T COME BEFORE

THAT. >> Stephen: IT IS ITS OWN

TIGHT NELL AND OF ITSELF. WELL, YOU HAVE WRITTEN THIS VERY

INTIMATE MEMOIR WHICH I HAVE READ.

AND IT'S FASCINATING. ITS AES A VERY GOOD READ.

ITSELF. (APPLAUSE).

>> Stephen: THAT IS AVAILABLE TODAY.

A LOT OF SENSATIONAL LEAKS IN THE DAYS COMING UP WITH THIS.

I KNOW THAT YOU YOURSELF ARE A VERY PRIVATE PERSON FOR BEING A

PUBLIC FIGURE. YOU ARE REVEALING A LOT OF

THINGS IN HERE. YOU MUST BE ON A CERTAIN LEVEL

KIND OF NERVE-RACKING TO BE OUT THERE TO PUBLICLY, PHYSICALLY

REPRESENT THE BOOK. WOULD YOU LIKE A COCKTAIL BEFORE

WE BEGIN? (LAUGHTER)

>> YES, PLEASE. (APPLAUSE).

>> Stephen: I HEAR YOU LIKE TEQUILA.

>> DOES HE EVER MAKE YOU GUYS A DRINK OR NOT?

EVERYONE WANTS A DRINK, EVERYBODY WA.TS A DRINK.

(CHEERS AND APPLAUSE). >> Stephen: THEY'RE ALREADY ON

YOUR SIDE, MAN, YOU DON'T HAVE TO GET THEM DRUNK.

ALL RIGHT, ARE YOU GLAD NOW TO BE OUT HERE, PEOPLE CAN SEE THIS

BOOK, AFTER ALL THESE LEAKS, SO THEY CAN SEE THE CONTEXT OF

THESE REMARKS? >> YES, CONTEXT IS EVERYTHING,

AS WE KNOW. WRITING THIS BOOK HAS BEEN A

CATH ARTIC EXPERIENCE. HARD TIMES AND HAPPY TIMES.

BRINGING UP MEMORIES THAT I DIDN'T THINK I HAD.

BUT YES, CONTEXT IS EVERYTHING. AND UNFORTUNATELY DUE TO THOSE

LEAKS, THE BRITISH PRESS, WHICH ARE CENTRAL TO SO MUCH OF MY

STORY IN MY 38 YEARS UP TO THIS POINT, AND AFTER SPENDING TWO

YEARS FOCUSED ON CONTEXT AND WHAT I AM GOES TO SHARE, HOW I

AM GOING TO SHARE IT, AND BEING ABLE TO PIECE IT ALL TOGETHER,

THEY INTENTIONALLY CHOSE TO STRIP AWAY THE CONTEXT AND TAKE

OUT INDIVIDUAL SEGMENTS OF MY LIFE, MY STORY AND JUST TO MAKE

A HEADLINE, WHICH IS SOME WHAT TYPICAL.

>> Stephen: RIGHT, ESPECIALLY IF YOU READ THIS BOOK, YOU FIND

OUT HOW TYPICAL THAT IS. >> YES.

>> Stephen: THERE IS A LOT OF FAULTS IN THE AMERICAN PRESS.

AND PEOPLE CAN SEE THAT IN THE AMERICAN PRESS.

BUT THE BRITISH PRESS WHAT IS ODD TO ME, SORT OF BIZARRE HOW

VICIOUS THEY CAN BE. YOU DETAIL A LIFETIME OF

DISHONORABLE BEHAVIOR LIKE THE KIND YOU ARE DESCRIBING.

AND NOT ONLY FROM THE PRESS BUT FROM PALACE SOURCES, IN PALACE

INSIDERS WHO WOULD NOT ONLY NOT DEFEND YOU BUT ALSO PLANT

STORIES THAT WERE DEROGATORY TOWARD YOU.

AND PLACED YOU AND YOUR LOVED ONES UNDER ATTACK.

AND JUDGING THE LAST FEW DAYS, THAT HASN'T CHANGED.

DO YOU THINK THAT RIGHT NOW THERE IS AN ACTIVE CAMPAIGN BY

THE FAMILY, BY THE ROYAL HOUSE, AS IT WERE, TO UNDERMINE THIS

BOOK AND YOU AS YOU SUPPORT IT. >> OF COURSE.

AND MAINLY BY THE BRITISH PRESS. BECAUSE THEY-- .

>> Stephen: BUT AIDED AND ABETTED BY THE PALACE.

>> AGAIN, OF COURSE. BUT THIS IS THE OTHER SIDE OF

THE STORY, RIGHT. AFTER 38 YEARS, THEY HAVE TOLD

THEIR SIDE OF THE STORY. THIS IS THE OTHER SIDE OF THE

STORY. AND THERE IS A LOT IN HERE THAT,

PERHAPS MAKES PEOPLE FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE AND SCARED.

I WOULD SAY THAT I THINK THERE ARE SOME VETERANS IN THE HOUSE

TONIGHT. (CHEERS AND APPLAUSE)

I THINK ONE OF THE MOST-- I'M NOT GOING TO LIE.

THE LAST FEW DAYS HAVE BEEN HURTFUL AND CHALLENGING AND NOT

BEING ABLE TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT THOSE THINGS YOU REFER TO.

PERHAPS, WELL, NOT PLAPS, WITHOUT A DOUBT, THE MOST

DANGEROUS THING THEY TOLD IS THAT I BOASTED ABOUT THE NUMBER

OF PEOPLE I KILLED IN AFGHANISTAN.

>> Stephen: I READ THAT SECTION OF THE BOOK, WITHOUT

READING THE ENTIRE THING RIGHT HERE, IT IS, TO ME IT IS A VERY

THOUGHTFUL DESCRIPTION OF WHAT THAT KNOWLEDGE IS LIKE TO HAVE.

AND WHAT THE EXPERIENCE IS TO KNOW THAT YOU HAD DONE THIS IN

ORDER TO PROTECT WHAT YOU BELIEVE IS GOOD IN THE WORLD

FROM THOSE WHO WOULD WISH TO DESTROY IT.

THERE IS NOTHING BOASTFUL ABOUT IT.

AND NOT ONLY THAT. >> BUT ALSO, I WOULD SAY THAT IF

I HURT NIBBLES, IF I HURT ANYONE BOASTING ABOUT THAT KIND OF

THING, I WOULD BE ANGRY. BUT IT IS A LIE.

AND HOPEFULLY NOW THAT THE BOOK IS OUT PEOPLE WILL BE ABLE TO

SEE THE CONTEXT. AND IT IS, IT IS REALLY

TROUBLING AND VERY DISTURBING THAT THEY CAN GET AWAY IT WITH

IT, BECAUSE THEY HAD THE CONTEXT IT WASN'T LIKE HERE IS JUST ONE

LINE. THEY HAD THE WHOLE SECTION.

THEY RIPPED IT AWAY AND SAID HERE IT.

IS HE IS BOASTING ON. THIS WHEN AS YOU SAY, YOU READ

IT. AND EVERYBODY ELSE WILL

HOPEFULLY HAVE A CHANCE TO READ IT.

AND THAT IS DANGEROUS. AND MY WORDS ARE NOT DANGEROUS.

BUT THE SPIN OF MY WORDS, ARE VERY DANGEROUS.

>> Stephen: DANGEROUS BECAUSE IT MAKES YOU AN INCREASED

TARGET, AND THOSE AROUND YOU THAT YOU LOVE.

>> AND THAT IS A CHOICE THEY MADE.

>> Stephen: ANOTHER ODD THING ABOUT IT IS THAT THIS IS NOTHING

NEW. HERE IS AN ARTICLE FROM I

BELIEVE THIS IS FROM REUTERS FROM TEN YEARS AGO DESCRIBING

THAT YOU HAD KILLED AFGHAN, THE TALIBAN IN SORTEES, SO THIS

ISN'T NEW INFORMATION. THIS HAS BEEN KNOWN FOR A LONG

TIME. >> ALMOST TEN YEARS TO THE DAY.

MY FACE WAS SPLAT ERRED ALL OVER THE PAGES BECAUSE SOMEONE ASKED

THE QUESTION WHEN I WAS STILL IN AFGHANISTAN IF I HAD KILLED

ANYBODY FROM AN ATTACK. AND I SAID YES.

AND I THINK THE MOST IMPORTANT THING HERE IS NOT ONLY THE

CONTEXT BUT THE REASON AS TO WHY I DECIDED TO SHAIR THIS IN MY

BOOK. BECAUSE AGAIN, TO THE VETS HERE

AND TO THE CIVILIANS HERE, WHICH MAY SEEM, MAY FEEL AS THOUGH IT

IS SLIGHTLY A WEIRD CONVERSATION TO HAVE, ESPECIALLY ON THIS SHOW

OR SHOWS, BUT I MAID A CHOICE BECAUSE HAVING SPENT NEARLY TWO

DECADES WORKING WITH VETERANS ALL AROUND THE WORLD, I THINK

THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS TO BE HONEST AND TO BE ABLE TO GIVE

SPACE TO OTHERS TO BE ABLE TO SHARE THEIR EXPERIENCES WITHOUT

ANY SHAME. AND MY WHOLE GOAL AND MY ATTEMPT

WITH SHARING THAT DETAIL IS TO REDUCE THE NUMBER F SUICIDES.

(APPLAUSE). >> Stephen: YOU TALK IN THE

BOOK, HERE WE GO. THERE YOU GO.

(APPLAUSE) YOU TALK IN THE BOOK ABOUT THOSE

YEARS IN THE MILITARY AS HAVING SAVED YOU.

YOU SAY YOU CONTINUE TO WORK WITH VETERANS, WOUNDED VETERANS.

AND DO YOU THINK THE U.K. PRESS IS USING THIS SPECIFICALLY TO

HURT YOU IN AN AREA THAT IS MEANINGFUL TO YOU?

>> WITHOUT QUESTION. IT IS NOT JUST AN AREA THAT THEY

KNOW IS THE MOST MEANINGFUL, BUT IT IS DEFINED MY LIFE.

I SPENT TEN YEARS IN THE ARMY. I ONLY JOINED ORIGINALLY FOR

THREE. COULDN'T RESIST STAYING.

THEY KEPT DANGLING THE CARROT WITH DIFFERENT JOBS FOR ME FOR

MANY YEARS. BUT I FOUND A REFUGE THERE.

AND AS I TALK ABOUT IN THE BOOK, I FOUND MY PURPOSE.

A PURPOSE GREATER THAN MYSELF AND TO BE AMONGST COMRADS, NO

LONGER BEING TREATED DIFFERENTLY FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MY LIFE,

HAVING TO HIDEAWAY FROM THE MEDIA FOCUS.

FOR ME, THAT WAS AMAZING PLACE TO BE AND AN AMAZING COMMUNITY.

I STILL AM PART OF THAT COMMUNITY.

SO THEY WILL DO EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO TRY AND DISRUPT THAT.

SO THEY WILL DO EVERYTHING THEY CAN TO TRY AND DISRUPT THAT.

>> Stephen: I KNOW THIS MIGHT BE A SIMPLE QUESTION OR THERE

MIGHT BE A SIMPLE ANSWER HERE, WHY DO YOU THINK PEOPLE ARE SO

FASCINATED WITH YOUR FAMILY, AND THIS MOMENT, IN YOU.

ASIDE FROM THIS BOOK, BECAUSE THERE WAS ALSO A PRESS

FASCINATION OR PUBLIC FASCINATION WHEN YOU AND YOUR

WIFE WERE BEING PRIVATE, ALL DURING COVID OUT IN CALIFORNIA.

WHY DO PEOPLE HAVE AN APPETITE? >> WELL, FIRST OF ALL, ARE YOU

TALKING ABOUT MY FAMILY. >> Stephen: YOUR FAMILY, WELL,

HOW ABOUT YOUR FAMILY AND YOUR GREATER FAMILY.

>> THE GREATER FAMILY, I DON'T-- I GREW UP WITHIN IT I

THINK THERE HAS ALWAYS BEEN A FASCINATION.

I THINK MY MUM TOOK IT, FASCINATION WITH HER TOOK IT TO

A NEW LEVEL, DIANA'S BOYS, IS HOW THIS TURNS OUT.

I THINK THERE WAS A REAL SENSE OF SOME PARTS ONLY A BIT, SOME