Prince Harry Says He Wants to Reconcile With Prince William But His Body Language Shows Otherwise, According to Expert
Just weeks after Prince Harry and Meghan Markle‘s Netflix docuseries premiered, the Duke of Sussex has begun his press tour in the U.S. and U.K. to promote his new book titled SPARE.
In a pair of TV interviews, Harry is again speaking about his rift with the royal family and now talks about wanting to reconcile with his father, King Charles III, and brother, Prince William. However, a leading body language expert has analyzed Harry’s demeanor in the teaser trailers and is pointing out what the Duke of Sussex did to show he’s already given up on any reconciliation despite what he says.
Body language expert says Prince Harry shows ‘anger’ not ‘sadness’ when speaking about his family
In Harry’s interview with ITV News journalist Tom Bradby, the duke says: “I would like to get my father back. I would like to have my brother back.”
This comes just weeks after the prince claimed in Harry & Meghan that during his exit talks, the king said things that weren’t true and William screamed at him.
After watching the new trailers for his TV interviews, body language expert Judi James noted that Harry’s tone and gestures reveal something different than what he’s actually saying.
She told The Sun that the duke said those words “with challenge and some hint of anger rather than sadness and regret. His chin raises then drops with his expression landing in something resembling a sulk. This does not look like a throwing out of the arms in a gesture of reconciliation, rather a determination for things to be done on his own terms.”
Expert points out gesture Harry makes that shows he’s ‘given up’ on reconciling
The trailers were released as a report in The Sun claimed that Harry’s book “will take his war with brother William to a new level.”
James pointed out that when the Duke of Sussex says “they [King Charles and Prince William] have shown no willingness to reconcile” he shows that he may be the one who has already “given up” on a reconciliation.
The body language expert explained: “When [Harry] talks about being made ‘the villain’ his brows raise in an expression of indignant innocence. He says there is ‘no willingness to reconcile’ with a dismissive left shoulder shrug, some staccato blinks, and head shakes, as though he’s given up trying.”
In his interview with journalist Anderson Cooper on 60 Minutes, Harry states that he can’t see a day that he would ever go back to being a full-time member of the royal family.
What the prince’s memoir ‘SPARE’ will include
In a press release for the prince’s book his publisher, Penguin Random House, said: “For Harry, this is his story at last. With its raw, unflinching honesty, SPARE is a landmark publication full of insight, revelation, self-examination, and hard-won wisdom about the eternal power of love over grief.”
SPARE will be released on Jan. 10 just two days after Harry’s interviews air on both sides of the pond.
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