Prince Harry shares family photo and talks grief, fatherhood and Diana in MasterClass

Prince Harry has spoken about his children, seven-year-old Archie and his younger sister Lilibet, in a MasterClass lesson on grief, resilience and fatherhood.

The lesson is titled ‘Redefining Grief: Building Resilience Through Loss’. MasterClass, the subscription video service where well-known figures teach from their own experience, pairs him with neuroscientist Dr Mary-Frances O’Connor to explore how grief affects the brain and body, as reported by Hello! Magazine.

Harry tells viewers he took himself a favourite family photograph. It shows Archie and Lilibet from behind, walking barefoot side by side on sand with mountains in the distance. Archie carries a long stick and holds his little sister’s hand. Harry says he took it just before Archie’s birthday.

He calls them “two healthy, beautiful, amusing, very funny kids”. He says he is proud of how far the family has come. Becoming a father, he adds, is “an emotional rollercoaster” and harder than he expected. He would not change it.

The conversation turns to his mother, Princess Diana. Harry was 12 years old when Diana died, according to People. He says he often looks at a portrait of her by photographer Patrick Demarchelier and wonders what she thinks about what he is doing now.

He also describes his own early response to loss. He says he did not cry when he was told his mother had died. He cried only at her burial. Then he did not cry again for nearly two decades.

The lesson also touches on how he balances work and family life, as noted by The News. That account does not give further detail of his answer.

What makes this stand out is the directness. Harry is not giving an interview about royal duty. He is narrating home life in his own words, photo by photo. For viewers, this means a rare, plain account of grief alongside school runs and birthdays.