Prince Harryis one “proud papa.”
“Her current priorities are trying to keep up with her brother; she took her first step just a few days ago!“Prince Harry, 37, tells PEOPLE in this week’s exclusive cover story. “Proud papa, here.”
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“I showed him how some were missing legs and explained that some had invisible injuries, too,” he continued. “Not because he asked, but because I wanted to tell him. Kids understand so much, and to see it through his eyes was amazing because it’s so unfiltered and honest.”
“Being a dad certainly adds another emotional layer to it,” says Harry. “When I was in the Army, I promised myself I would be out before having a wife and kids, because I couldn’t imagine the heartache of being apart for so long during deployment, the risk of possibly getting injured, and the reality that my family’s lives could be changed forever if that happened.”
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He adds, “Every member of the Invictus community has experienced varying degrees of these things. I have tremendous respect for what they and their families sacrifice in the name of service.”
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At the opening ceremony on Saturday,Prince Harrytold the crowd aboutArchie’s potential career aspirations.
“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 — a helicopter pilot obviously — or Kwazii from Octonauts,” Harry said with a laugh, adding, “if you’re laughing, then you’ve seen that.”
“But what I remind him is that no matter what you want to be when you grow up, it’s your character that matters most, and nothing would make his mum and me prouder than to see him have the character of what we see before us today,” he continued.
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And when young reporters Sophia and Jay of Kindercorrespondent (which translates from Dutch to Children’s Correspondent) had the chance to interviewPrince Harry, theyasked him about his wish for his two little ones.
“To grow up in a better world,“Prince Harryreplied. “To grow up in a fairer world, a safer world, a more equal world. It’s not going to be easy, but I will never, ever, ever rest until I as a parent have at least tried to make the world a better place for them. Because it is our responsibility that the world is the way that it is now. I don’t think we should be bringing children into the world unless we are going to make that commitment to make it better for them.”
He added, “We cannot steal your future.”
source: people.com
