Prince Harry says ‘it doesn’t make sense’ that Prince Charles told him and Prince William they would struggle with royal life like he did

• Prince Harry discussed Prince Charles' parenting in the documentary "The Me You Can't See."
• Harry said Charles told him and William they would face struggles because "it was like that for me."
• The Duke of Sussex said he thinks parents should make things better for their children.
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Prince Harry said his father told him and Prince William they would struggle with royal life when they were growing up since that was what Prince Charles' own experience was like.

In the third episode of the mental-health documentary series "The Me You Can't See," which Harry co-created and executive produced alongside Oprah for Apple TV Plus, he discussed the way Charles raised him and William.

In the episode, Harry said Charles would tell his children when they were younger: "Well, it was like that for me so it's gonna be like that for you."

"That doesn't make sense," Harry went on to say. "Just because you suffered, doesn't mean your kids have to suffer."

"In fact, quite the opposite. If you suffered, do everything you can to make sure that whatever negative experiences you had, that you can make it right for your kids," Harry said.

The Duke of Sussex also said that he wants to "break the cycle" his father perpetuated.

"Isn't this all about breaking the cycle?" he said. "Isn't this all about making sure that history doesn't repeat itself? That whatever cycle of pain and suffering has happened to you that you don't pass on."

Harry has discussed tension in his relationship with his father before.

In his and Meghan Markle's bombshell interview with Oprah that aired in March, the duke said that Charles stopped taking his calls when he told him he planned to step back from the royal family last year.

During the same interview, Harry said that he thinks his father and brother are "trapped" in royal life.

"My father and my brother, they are trapped," he said. "They don't get to leave. And I have huge compassion for that."

Harry also discussed the lack of support he got from his family when he started dating Meghan Markle in "The Me You Can't See."

"Within the first eight days of our relationship being made public was when they said, 'Harry's girl is (almost) straight outta Compton' and that her 'exotic DNA will be thickening the royal blood,'" the duke said, pointing to racist newspaper headlines written about the duchess in 2016.

"I felt completely helpless," he went on to say. "I thought my family would help, but every single ask, request, warning, whatever it is, just got met with total silence or total neglect."

He added that the lack of support for Markle is what led them to step back from the royal family.

"We spent four years trying to make it work, we did everything we possibly could to stay there doing the role and doing the job," Harry said. "But Meghan was struggling."

"The Me You Can't See," which features in-depth interviews with Lady Gaga, Glenn Close, and NBA players DeMar DeRozan and Langston Galloway, is available for streaming on Apple TV Plus.

Clarence House did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.

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