Prince Harry revealed his strategy to deal with hateful and misleading articles about him and his family during a candid chat.
The Duke of Sussex made an appearance at The New York Times' 2024 DealBook Summit in NYC, where he opened up about the challenges of growing up in the public eye and the dangers of media misinformation.
Harry revealed how advised the audience to avoid reading about themselves in the press, joking that it's a strategy he "highly recommends."
"I've seen stories written about myself not exactly based in reality." Harry said. "When you grow up with that environment, you find yourself questioning the validity of the information, but also what other people are thinking as well, and how dangerous it can be over the course of time."
He added, "Throughout my life there would be moments in my life when I read a lot and moments when I read nothing. I highly recommend the latter.”
"Once you stop reading the stuff about yourself, you automatically remove the power from their hands. With that element of fear comes an element of control.
“And one of the reasons I probably didn't, I guess, remove myself from that situation sooner was that very fear: 'Well, they control the narrative,' whatever I do or say, they can effectively control me and keep me in that space.'"