Prince Harry pocketed eye-popping amount for emotional MasterClass on grief, depression: report
Prince Harry reportedly pocketed $100,000 for his emotional MasterClass on grief and depression.
On Friday, the Daily Mail reported that the Duke of Sussex took home the six-figure sum, noting that a spokesman for Harry confirmed he was paid by MasterClass.
“I’d encourage everyone to watch it before casting any judgment,” a source told the outlet, adding that he should not be criticized at length for “speaking from the heart.”
MasterClass instructors can expect an upfront payment of at least $100,000 plus 30 percent of any subscription revenue generated by their courses, per the Hollywood Reporter.
In his MasterClass session, titled, “Redefining Grief: Building Resilience Through Loss,” Harry is listed as a co-instructor alongside American neuroscientist Dr Mary-Frances O’Connor.
Page Six has reached out to Harry’s reps for comment
During the session, the “Spare” author opened up about the grief he’s dealt with due to the loss of his mother, Princess Diana.
Harry was 12 years old when Diana was killed in a car crash in Paris in August 1997. She was 36.
His and O’Connor’s mission was to help viewers “discover new ways to process grief and loss so you can find your way back to you.”
Harry candidly admitted that he often speaks to a portrait of his late mother.
“I can actually get eye contact from her, and there’s a cheekiness in her smile… I just feel very connected to her,” he told viewers.
“I find myself looking at her and wondering, ‘What is she thinking about what I am doing right now?’” Harry added.
Harry also confessed he felt “emotionally numb” for years after Diana died, to the point where he “felt disloyal and guilty” over the possibility of being happy again.
However, the Invictus Games founder said he eventually realized that his mom would want him to be happy, which was “a huge mental shift” for him.
“It freed me, and it gave me a whole different outlook on life,” he shared.
Harry — who recently moved back to the UK with his wife, Meghan Markle, and their kids — also revealed he felt depressed and “useless” immediately after he and his wife decided to step back as senior working members of the royal family and fled the UK in 2020.
He claimed life in the royal family left him unable to properly grieve the death of Diana and that his official duties triggered panic attacks.
“You would think I had the best help in the world. I’m a prince, for God’s sake, but I was still grieving and didn’t have any place to put those feelings,” he said, describing emotions he carried for “15 or 20 years.”
It was during those tough times that Harry said he turned to his mother for help, even though she is no longer alive.
“A lot has happened in my life in the last six years, and she has turned up at moments where it makes complete sense that she turned up in those moments,” he explained.
“It just makes me laugh out loud sometimes because it’s like, this is not a coincidence. There is no version of where this is anything else but you.”
Page Six is told Harry, Markle and their two kids, Prince Archie 7, and Princess Lilibet, 5, moved to his homeland to be closer to his cancer-stricken father, King Charles III.
However, the couple — who don’t spend more then 10 days apart — are still on the outs with the royal family, particularly Harry’s only sibling, Prince William, and his wife, Kate Middleton.
While he was promoting his memoir “Spare” in 2023, Harry admitted Diana would be “sad” about his falling out with his brother.
“I think she’d be looking at it long term to know that there are certain things that we need to go through to be able to heal the relationship,” he said on “Good Morning America” at the time.
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