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Harry makes moving speech about Archie as he reveals what son wants to do ‘when he grows up’ on Heart of Invictus doc
PRINCE Harry has revealed chats he's had with son Archie about what the youngster wants to be when he grows up.
The Duke of Sussex opened up about the sweet conversations in his latest Netflix series Heart of Invictus, which this morning hit screens.
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In a moving speech at the beginning of the five-part doc, Harry revealed Archie would constantly change his mind about what he wanted to do for work when he got older.
Speaking to athletes at the Invictus Games, which he founded for wounded soldiers, Harry said what would make him proud of young Archie.
The Duke told the crowd: "When I talk to my son Archie about what he wants to be when he grows up, some days it’s an astronaut, other days it’s a pilot.
"But what I remind him is no matter what you want to be when you grow up, it’s your character that matters most.
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"And nothing would make his mum and me prouder than to see him have the character of what we see before us today - you."
The new doc hit screens at 8am today.
In it, the Prince appeared to make a dig at the Royal Family as he says he didn't have support when he returned from Afghanistan.
Harry said he was left "lying in the foetal position" and "bouncing off walls".
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He said: "I can only speak from my personal experience - My tour of Afghanistan in 2011 flying Apaches.
"Somewhere after that there was an unraveling and the trigger to me was returning from Afghanistan.
"But the stuff that was coming up was from 1997 - from the age of 12.
"Losing my mum at such a young age, the trauma that I had, I was never really aware of."
Harry says he suppressed his emotions "like most youngsters would have done."
He added: "But then when it all came fizzing out I was bouncing off the walls.
“I was thinking what is going on here - now I’m feeling everything as opposed to being numb.
"The biggest struggle for me was that no one around me could really help.
“I didn't have that support structure that network or that expert advice to identify what was actually going on with me.
“Unfortunately like most of us, the first time you really consider therapy is when you're lying on the floor in the fetal position probably wishing that you dealt with some of this stuff previously.”
Harry's wife Meghan also briefly featured in the documentary - sharing and emotional message about family.
It comes after the Prince surprised veterans at the premiere.
Harry appeared at the showing at a cinema in Chula Vista in San Diego county on Monday night, reports Hello!.
He joked: "Nice to see you all. It's nice of you to dress up for the occasion. [No] Suits and ties?"
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He then added: "I wanted to say a huge thank you for coming out tonight. You guys get to see Heart of Invictus, which has been the last two years in the making, sooner than anybody else.
"It will be coming out on Wednesday, you guys get to watch it tonight - well, at least two episodes, to sort of whet the appetite for the rest of it."
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