Dominic West explains why he no longer talks to Prince Harry
Dominic Westwho plays King Charles III on The crownwas once close to Charles’ son Prince Harry.
“We kind of [lost touch because] I said too much in a press conference, so we didn’t speak afterward,” West, 54, said on the Sunday, December 24, episode. “Sunday morning” on Times Radio, when asked about his friendship with Harry, 39.
After radio presenter Kate McCann Pressing West on his initial comments, he subtly explained what happened. “I think I was asked what we did,” West said. “[And] what we did to celebrate when we got there and [I] probably said too much.”
West and the Duke of Sussex took part in the Walking With the Wounded charity event in 2013, where they went on an Antarctic expedition with injured military veterans. (Harry is a veteran himself and regularly does a lot of charity work to help other former military personnel.)
Nearly a year after their Walking With the Wounded journey, West was asked about the experience during a January 2014 press conference.
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Thanks to Netflix“[Harry] was a big part of the team,” the actor said at the time. “He seemed to specialize in building latrines. He built this incredible tilt-up structure with blocks to keep the wind out, and it even had a… [toilet] role holder.”
On Sunday, West emphasized that Walking With the Wounded — and their subsequent feud — was “over a decade ago.” As a result, West rejected Harry’s advice to continue playing Charles, now 75 The crown.
West joined the Netflix series in season 5 of 2022, playing the older version of Charles and replacing Josh O’Connor.
Although Harry West hasn’t given any endorsements to play his father, he has seen the show. (The crown is based on the reign of his late grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II.)
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“It gives you a rough idea of what that lifestyle is, what the pressure is to put duty and service above family and everything else that can come from that,” Harry said. The Late Late Show with James Corden in February 2021. “I feel much more comfortable with it The crown than seeing the stories written about my family, or my wife, or myself.”
In January, Harry noticed this during a performance The Late Show with Stephen Colbert that he ‘fact-checks’ the new episodes. “Which, by the way, is another reason why it’s so important that history is right,” Harry added.
The Duke isn’t the only member of the family to have seen the fictional film Crown. In fact, Jonathan Price (who played Prince Philip in seasons 5 and 6) had a conversation with Charles’ sister, Princess Anneabout the program.
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‘When I was knighted and went to Windsor [Castle]’, and it was Princess Anne who called me. I was playing her father, and there was evidence that she had seen some of it,” Pryce, 76, said Sunday. “And so she put the sword lightly on the shoulder, and I stood up and said, ‘Oh, I don’t know what to say to you, um, sorry? And she said, ‘Why? It’s done now. ”
He clarified, “Whether she meant me saying ‘sorry’ for being here tonight, or sorry for ‘You played my dad and it was done the way you did it, it’s whatever,’ it was quite a funny story. At least for me.”
All six seasons of The crown are currently streaming on Netflix.