Prince Harry and Katie Couric have an awkward and complicated history.
Even though the smear campaign has been going on for years, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle still receive invitations and attend many events. It’s just that none of the other members of the British royal family are involved.
This week, it’s a series of appearances in New York. Prince Harry paid tribute to his late mother, Princess Diana.
But the Duke of Sussex may not be happy with Katie Couric.
Katie Couric and Prince Harry have met before
This is going to sound a little random, but bear with us.
On Tuesday, September 24, Prince Harry participated in the panel on global issues Everything Everywhere All At Once at the annual meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative.
Prince Harry, Chelsea Clinton, former president Bill Clinton, WHO director general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, and the legendary Dame Jane Goodall were all part of the conversation. And also, Katie Couric.
In 2012, Katie Couric interviewed 27-year-old Prince Harry. This was around the time the late Queen Elizabeth II, her grandmother, celebrated her DIamond Jubilee.
Katie Couric describes her meeting with Prince Harry in her 2021 memoir, Go there. Suffice it to say that the young prince did not make a good impression on her at the time.
According to recollections, Prince Harry reeked of cigarettes and alcohol, with the stench “pouring from every pore”.
Do Prince Harry and Katie Couric have beef?
On the one hand, a 27-year-old is allowed to drink alcohol anywhere if alcohol is legal. At the same time, it is not appropriate to participate in an interview while drunk. Even if you’re in your 20s.
Of course there is no reason to smoke. It’s not a personal choice – the smell, as Katie Couric vividly warned, can be enough to ruin someone’s day. Not to mention the health risks to others.
However, we can admit that Europe is very strange about smoking cigarettes in a way that the United States has not been for decades. Although Katie Couric’s journalism career spans decades and the world, she would find this disrespectful and unprofessional. As many of us will.
That said, Prince Harry is now 40 years old. In 2012, he was 27. (He was only a week old, actually)
27 is more than old enough to know better than to be seen smelling like a back door to a bad bar. However, the thirteen year interim was more than enough time for Prince Harry to grow and change.
At that time, he had met the love of his life. He is married to Meghan Markle. They welcomed two beautiful children. And he also ran away from the toxic nightmare of the royal company to live on his own.
How does the panel work?
Katie Couric moderated Tuesday’s panel. There, Prince Harry discussed a cause near and dear to the royal heart – the African Gardens.
people don’t report anything that bothers you. Harry discussed the role of this park program in conservation, combating climate change, and more.
Harry’s involvement with the African Park started in 2016. As you know, a lot has changed since he did the interview with Katie Couric.
