Prince Harry reveals he uses parenting tip he learnt from his mother Diana with Archie and Lilibet

Prince Harry has said he shows affection to his children as his mother, the late Princess Diana, did to him.

The Duke of Sussex told former England rugby player Joe Marler on his podcast that ‘if a day is hard, one thing I will do is always squeeze my kids that extra, extra tight’.

Harry has previously described how Diana would squeeze him and his brother, Prince William, as ‘tight as possible’.

Speaking on the Joe Marler Will See You Now episode, recorded on Thursday before his family’s secret reunion with King Charles the following day, Harry said: ‘The resilience of kids is amazing and the way they view life is so incredibly refreshing.’

His children Archie, seven, and Lilibet, five, were reunited with their Royal grandparents for the first time since 2022 on Friday during a private evening at Highgrove.

It came at the end of a week in which Harry suffered a crushing defeat in his privacy court case against the Daily Mail.

Celebrity Traitors star Marler hosts the podcast which takes the form of a mock therapy session.

Harry joked during the episode that his hair was not ‘ginger’ but ‘auburn’ and when asked to name his ‘favourite trashy TV show’ he replied ‘Love Island’, adding: ‘I don’t watch Love Island, I have watched Love Island.’

The Duke of Sussex recited his rarely-used full name in the new interview with former England rugby star Marler

Asked which other Harry he would be for the day, ‘Harry Styles, Harry Kane or Harry Potter’, the Duke said: ‘Kane on a winning day.’

He also gave his prediction about England’s chances of the World Cup, saying: ‘I think it’s coming home, not going to be easy – never is.’

Asked about his grooming regime, he replied ‘s***, shave, shower’ and ‘I trim my beard every five or six days, just to keep it a little bit tidy’.

The duke added: ‘Nothing really happening on top, I get a haircut, otherwise I try not to look at what’s happening.’

Striking a more serious tone when asked how he dealt with trauma, Harry said: ‘Exercise, sport and being able to find the time to take yourself somewhere, do something – repetition is great, have a routine.’

He added: ‘Boxing, another thing that I really enjoy, just to let the aggression out, get a sweat on, to me it’s always about getting a sweat on.’

At the start of the episode Harry used his full name in answer to one of Marler’s questions.

Asked for his name, the Duke replied: ‘Henry Charles Albert David, Duke of Sussex,’ to which podcast co-host Jake Bhardwaj quipped: ‘It’s a long one.’

Harry quickly responded: ‘Alright, Jake,’ causing huge laughter from the podcast hosts and crew members behind the camera.

As Harry entered the podcast set the hosts chanted, ‘Duke, Duke, Duke, Duke, Duke, Duke, Duke’ before Marler said: ‘What the f*** was that?’

Marler and Bhardwaj spoke to the prince about trauma, coping mechanisms, identity and grief, as well as lighter topics.