A new book has revealed how Prince Harry really felt about hanging out with William and Kate. Photo / Getty Images
A new book has revealed how Prince Harry really felt about hanging out with William and Kate. Photo / Getty Images
Prince Harry complained of feeling like a third wheel on official engagements with William and Kate, a royal expert says.
Harry, 35, currently living in LA with wife Meghan, 38, and their young son Archie, would often go to events with his brother and sister-in-law before having a family ofhis own, writes the Daily Mail.
Royal expert Katie Nicholl told ET Canada that Harry feeling like a third wheel was a "recurring theme" in the new biography Finding Freedom.
She said that while the media loved the thought of Harry, William and Kate being a great team, Harry often felt "like a spare wheel".
"At points [in time], I even heard him complaining that he felt like the gooseberry, the third one along at the date. He never quite fitted in," she said.
Nicholl, the royal editor for Vanity Fair, said the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge made an effort to help Harry to feel "part of the team", but that Harry "always wanted to be his own person".
"I think Meghan has very much been the catalyst in giving him that confidence to break free from William and Kate, and to break free from that trio dynamic, which was at times cosy and convenient, but actually wasn't really what he wanted."
Meghan is responsible for Harry's increasing confidence, an expert says. Photo / AP
She added that Meghan was "a driving force" for Harry and that "people don't give her enough credit" for helping his confidence.
