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Prince Harry ‘slipped into depression’ after abandoning the UK with Meghan Markle, Prince Archie

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Prince Harry disclosed during a MasterClass session that he experienced depression after moving to Canada with Meghan Markle and their son Prince Archie in late 2019. He described slipping into depression for about two weeks when his body’s adrenaline levels dropped following the stressful environment they left behind in the UK. Harry also discussed anxiety issues stemming from his duties as a working royal, including panic attacks triggered by simple activities like putting on a dress shirt.
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Prince Harry revealed in a new MasterClass session on coping with grief that he "slipped into depression" for about two weeks after relocating from the UK to Canada in late 2019 with wife Meghan and their son Prince Archie. Harry, now 42, stated during his interview with neuroscientist Dr. Mary-Frances O'Connor that he experienced an "adrenaline crash," feeling unable to function without stress-induced adrenaline once removed from the stressful environment of royal duties. He also discussed feeling emotionally numb for years following his mother Princess Diana's death in 1997, only later realizing she would have wanted him to be happy. Harry and Meghan moved to Montecito, California, but recently returned to the UK with their children Archie (now seven) and Lilibet (five), after six years away. The Duke of Sussex was reportedly paid around $100,000 for his MasterClass session on grief and mental health struggles.

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Eric Todisco
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During a new MasterClass session “Redefining Grief: Building Resilience Through Loss,” hosted by neuroscientist and academic professor Dr. Mary-Frances O’Connor, the Duke of Sussex said he experienced an “adrenaline crash” when the family arrived in Canada at the time.
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🔮 “I actually slipped into depression for about two weeks and I felt like I couldn’t function without adrenaline,” he added.

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Prince Harry revealed he “slipped into depression” after fleeing the UK with Meghan Markle and their son, Prince Archie, in 2019. asserted
he → reveal → 2019
During a new MasterClass session “Redefining Grief: Building Resilience Through Loss,” hosted by neuroscientist and academic professor Dr. Mary-Frances O’Connor, the Duke of Sussex said he experienced an “adrenaline crash” when the family arrived in Canada at the time. asserted
family → redefine → time
“Being in Canada, away from the stressful environment where presumably my body was just pumped full of adrenaline, within two or three days, I experienced this adrenaline crash, something that I’d never experienced before,” Harry, 42, said. asserted
Harry → pump → that
The “Spare” author explained that he realized he “needed stress in order to get the adrenaline to make my brain function because I became useless around the house. asserted
I → explain → house
“I actually slipped into depression for about two weeks and I felt like I couldn’t function without adrenaline,” he added. asserted
he → slip → adrenaline
Harry and Markle, 45, began living in Canada with their then-infant son in late 2019. asserted
Harry → begin → 2019
They remained there for several months after announcing they were stepping back from their royal duties in January 2020. asserted
they → remain → January
The couple and Archie later relocated to Montecito, California, where their daughter Lilibet was born in June 2021. asserted
Lilibet → relocate → June
During his MasterClass, Harry reflected on feeling “absolute panic” when he was carrying out his public duties in the UK. asserted
he → reflect → UK
“I started to realize that I had become seriously depleted when just putting a simple dress shirt on — the tightening of the collar — literally felt like I was suffocating, and I would be experiencing panic attacks just in the car on the way to work,” he said. “ asserted
he → start → work
And that’s when I realized, okay, there’s something bigger, there’s something else that you need to look into here.” asserted
you → ’ → that
Harry also said that his “biggest anxiety” when he was a working royal was the “fear of sweating.” asserted
he → say → sweating
“It was the fear of people seeing me looking disheveled and me not being able to explain to them in one short sentence what’s actually going on,” he explained. asserted
he → see → sentence
“I would feel like I’ve just been in a boxing match.” asserted
I → feel → match
Elsewhere during the interview, Harry shared that joining the military at age 20 was the “perfect distraction” from grieving his mom Princess Diana’s tragic death. asserted
joining → share → death
“For 15, 20 years, when I was being asked, ‘Are you okay?’ asserted
you → ask → years
My response was, ‘I’m fine,'” Harry, who was 12 when his mom died, recalled. asserted
mom → ’m → ?
And without knowing it, adrenaline was pushing me, was driving me.” asserted
adrenaline → know → me
Harry admitted his “post-traumatic stress was not tied” to his military tour in Afghanistan, but instead that experience “appeared to be a trigger for other traumas that had stored themselves within me.” asserted
that → admit → me
But Charles, 77, has made it clear that the couple are living in the UK as “private citizens with commercial and charitable interests,” and not as working royals. asserted
couple → make → royals
Harry gave an update on life in the UK last month, gushing that “it’s great to be back on British soil” at an Invictus Games charity event in London. asserted
it → give → London
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