How Prince Harry Dealt With ‘Emotional Trauma’ Due To These Heartbreaking Incidents

Prince Harry once distanced himself from his peers while studying at school due to the emotional trauma that he has endured.

In the biography “Harry: Conversations With the Prince,” royal author Angela Levin said that the Duke of Sussex had a tough time in school. To add to this, he also struggled with losing his mom, Princess Diana, at such a young age.

“Harry had anxieties about how he would cope with both the academic demands and life in general at Eton, which was understandable. The devastating emotional trauma of losing a parent often distances a child from his peers,” she said.

Levin said that children who lose their parents at such a young age are generally less trusting and they also find it difficult to make friends. Prince Harry was just 11 years old when the Princess of Wales passed away following a fatal car crash in Paris.

To make things worse, Prince Harry wasn’t also the smart kid in school. The royal expert said that he barely scared into a top academic school by the skin of his teeth, and this prevented him from being more confident about himself.

During an interview with The Conservative Women, Levin also shared details about Prince Harry’s self-destructive streak. Princess Diana died while Prince Harry was studying at Eton. Her death encouraged Meghan Markle’s husband to start drinking alcohol.

“He disliked Eton and although he was good at sport, he was not academic. Instead, he told me, he decided to be a ‘bad boy…’ Meanwhile, his grief festered him inside,” she said.

And while speaking with The Telegraph columnist Bryony Gordon on his podcast, Prince Harry admitted to years of attacks both of panic and rage and said that his life was in total chaos for a good two years.

At that time, Prince Harry said that he couldn’t pinpoint what was wrong with him, but he became very close to a total breakdown on multiple occasions.