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 away the six-figure sum, noting that a spokesperson for Harry confirmed he was paid by MasterClass.
“I encourage everyone to watch it before passing judgment,” a source told the outlet, adding that he shouldn’t be criticized at length for “speaking from the heart.”
MasterClass instructors can expect an upfront payment of at least $100,000 plus 30% of any subscription revenue generated from their courses, according to 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 contacted Harry’s reps for comment
During the session, the “Spare” author spoke about the grief he endured due to the loss of his mother, Princess Diana.
Harry was 12 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 deal with grief and loss so you can find your way back.”
Harry candidly admitted that he often talks about a portrait of his late mother.
“I can actually make eye contact with her, and there’s a cheeky look in her smile…I just feel very connected to her,” he told viewers.
“I find myself looking at her and wondering, ‘What does she think about what I’m doing right now?'” Harry added.
Harry also admitted that he felt “emotionally numb” for years after Diana’s death, to the point where he “felt disloyal and guilty” about being happy again.
However, the Invictus Games founder said he eventually realized his mother would want him to be happy, which was “a huge mental shift” for him.
“It liberated me and it gave me a whole new outlook on life,” he shared.
Harry – who recently returned to the UK with his wife, Meghan Markle, and their children – also revealed that he felt depressed and “useless” immediately after he and his wife decided to step back as working members of the royal family and fled the UK in 2020.
He claimed that life in the royal family had prevented him from properly grieving Diana’s death and that his official duties had 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 had nowhere to express those feelings,” he said, describing the emotions he carried for “15 or 20 years.”
It was during these difficult 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 over the last six years, and she’s come at times where it makes perfect sense for her to be there at those times,” he explained.
“It just makes me laugh out loud sometimes because it’s like it’s not a coincidence. There’s no version that it’s anything other than you.”
Page Six is told that Harry, Markle and their two children, Prince Archie, 7, and Princess Lilibet, 5, moved to her homeland to be closer to her cancer-stricken father, King Charles III.
However, the couple – who spend no more than 10 days apart – are still at odds with the royal family, particularly Harry’s only brother, Prince William, and his wife, Kate Middleton.
While promoting his 2023 memoir ‘Spare’, Harry admitted Diana would be ‘sad’ about her falling out with her brother.
“I think she would take the long view of it to know that there are certain things that we have to go through to be able to heal the relationship,” he said on “Good Morning America” at the time.
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