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Full transcript of Prince Harry’s Good Morning America interview as he opens up on Charles’ cancer diagnosis
Harry also gave an insight to his life at home and even considered American citizenship
PRINCE Harry has given his first interview since King Charles' shock cancer diagnosis.
Speaking at the Winter Invictus Games' One Year to Go event in Whistler, Canada, the Duke discussed his dad's health, family life and even American citizenship.
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He also told Good Morning America's Will Reeve how kids Archie, four, and Lilibet, two, have "incredible" senses of humour.
Here is the full transcript of Harry's interview:
Will: How did you get the news that the King was ill?
Harry: I spoke to him. I jumped on a plane and went to go and see him as soon as I could.
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Will: How was that visit for you emotionally?
Harry: I love my family. The fact I was able to get on a plane and go and see him and spend anytime with him? I'm grateful to that.
Will: What is your outlook on his health.
Harry: That stays between me and him.
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Will: Illness in the family can have a galvanising and sort of reunifying effect for a family, is that possible in this case?
Harry: I'm sure. Throughout all these families, I see it all on a day to day basis. The strength of the family unit coming together.
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Will: Just physically being in California, how have you processed the fact that there is so much happening back with your family where you come from?
Harry: I have my own family as we all do. My family and my life in California is as it is. I have got other trips planned that would take me through the UK or back to the UK, so I will stop in and see my family as much as a I can.
Will: How is Harry the dad?
Harry: I can't tell you that, that's classified. That's top secret. The kids are doing great. The kids are growing up like all kids do very very fast. They both got an incredible sense of humour and make us laugh and keep us grounded every single day like most kids do. I am just very grateful to be a dad.
Will: How are you enjoying your time living in the US?
Harry: It is amazing, I am enjoying every single day.
Will: Do you feel American?
Harry: Err... do I feel American? No? I don't know how I feel.
Will: Would you think about becoming a citizen?
Harry: I have considered it, yeah.
Will: What would stop you from doing it?
Harry: I have no idea. I am here standing next to these guys and the American citizenship is a thought that has crossed my mind. But it is certainly not something that is a high priority for me right now.
Will: Aside from Invictus, what is keeping you busy when you are out of the house?
Harry: Everything. Everything in the house. Everything out of the house. So the mission continues. Every element of the work continues. Before you know it, February next year, this time in a years time, we will be here doing all this again and hopefully you'll be here. And we are going to have the whole of Whistler and whole of Canada screaming these guys on for an epic games.
Will: It seems to matter so much to you, where do you get the desire to be so involved in helping other people?
Harry: I have always had a life of service and I get my fix being with these guys. There is no version of me coming here, watching these guys, and not getting involved myself.
Will: When you have these moments of connections, going around meeting folks, what is it doing for them and what it is doing for you?
Harry: It is my fix. Once you leave the military from a uniform standpoint, you never leave the community and to have the games every other year but then also to be able to do a one year to go event as well, is literally my annual fix. To be amongst this community and have a laugh, have fun, no matter which nation they're from, the banter is the same. I get a lot of energy just from being around these guys.
Harry [after speaking to sister of two wounded Ukrainian soldiers]: It stirs the emotions. It is not lost on me. It is not lost on any of us. The thousands of Ukrainians that are being injured now.
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Harry: It is not just about the individual. Everyone pays a lot of attention, rightly so, to the person who has been injured. Once that person gets injured, actually the whole family gets injured because their lives are changed, turned upside down forever.
You have got to provide the resources, the opportunities and the platform for them to be able to heal themselves. Because they heal themselves and the whole family heals. To me, that is without a doubt, the most rewarding piece to all this.