Prince Harry reveals he was forbidden from expressing affection

• Prince Harry writes about his upbringing in his memoir “Spare”.
• He says he was taught to keep a “distance” between himself and the world.
• Harry acknowledges he was “taught”  to keep his feelings to himself.

Prince Harry discusses how keeping a “distance” was a key component of his upbringing from the day he was born.

The Duke of Sussex acknowledges that he was “taught” from an early age to keep his thoughts and feelings to himself.

“As a royal, you were always taught maintain a buffer zone between you and the rest of the creation, Harry writes in his memoir “Spare.”

“Even working a crowd you always kept a discreet distance between Yourself and Them. Distance was right, distance was safe, distance was survival. Distance was an essential bit of being royal, no less than standing on the balcony, waving to the crowds outside Buckingham Palace, your family all around you. Of course, family included distance as well,” he adds.

Harry continues: “No matter how much you might love someone, you could never cross that chasm between, say, monarch and child. Or Heir and Spare. Physically, but also emotionally. It wasn’t just Willy’s edict about giving him space; the older generation maintained a nearly zero-tolerance prohibition on all physical contact. No hugs, no kisses, no pats. Now and then, maybe a light touching of cheeks…on special occasions.”

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