Prince Harry’s nine-word rebuke after Prince William claimed he ‘didn’t want to be king’

Prince William has made some major moves over the last year as first-in-line to the throne, suggesting that his future reign may be a lot different to those that have gone before.

As well as being more open about his emotions, especially since Princess Kate’s cancer battle last year, the Prince of Wales has also said he wants to do Royal with a “small r” and use his position more than ever to help important causes in society.

Prince William has made some major moves over the last year as first-in-line to the throne, suggesting that his future reign may be a lot different to those that have gone before.

As well as being more open about his emotions, especially since Princess Kate’s cancer battle last year, the Prince of Wales has also said he wants to do Royal with a “small r” and use his position more than ever to help important causes in society.

Despite stepping back from royal life with his wife Meghan Markle in 2020, as a child Harry was reportedly willing to take the burden of being a future King off William’s hands. Once, when William told Diana that “he didn’t want to be king”, Harry replied in a curt nine words: “If you don’t want the job I’ll have it.”

TV broadcaster Jeremy Paxman said this is what he heard when having lunch with Princess Diana before her tragic death in 1997.

He said: “We talked about our children and she said William often told her that he didn’t really want to be king, and then Harry would say, ‘If you don’t want the job I’ll have it’.”

Royal expert Robert Jobson also revealed that Diana privately called Harry GKH – or Good King Harry – and even at one point thought her youngest son would be better suited for the role as King.

Jobson told Channel 5 programme William & Harry: Princes At War: “She used to refer to Harry as GKH (Good King Harry) because she thought he’d probably be better equipped for the role in the future than William.”

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