Prince Harry uses “rituals of self-importance and confidence,” according to a body language expert, in the new trailer for his interview with CBS News 60 Minutes host Anderson Cooper.
The Duke of Sussex’s chat with American broadcaster airs just two days ahead of the release of his explosive autobiography, Spare; The book is said to contain details of disagreements between Harry, 38, and his brother the Prince of Wales, 40.
While today’s trailer doesn’t provide audio of Harry’s speech, body language expert Judi James suggested the king appeared confident and persuasive.
She said to FEMAIL: “Sit down [Harry] demonstrates a high level of confidence and uses overly congruent gesturing to suggest a strong desire or need to imply that his words are deeply important and meaningful. It looks like a ritual of self-importance, confidence and power.”
Harry opened up about his upcoming memoir, Spare, during a chat with Anderson Cooper on CBS News’ 60 Minutes
Judi added: “Harry is first shown in the traditional royal manner, walking through a garden and speaking to his host, as previously used by the late Queen and his own father and brother.
‘He instigates and leads the gesture with one hand, blaming himself here while his host listens.’
She continued, “Lastly we see Harry using gestures of openness, explanation and persuasion. He seems to have slipped into a more vulnerable mode towards the end of the trailer, with a more incredulous look at something that happened.
“His hands are alternately held palm up and he ends with a lopsided smile and a small shrug that looks like disbelief. The fact that his words are not audible adds to the drama.”
Harry with Cooper in a trailer released by American broadcaster this morning
Meanwhile, a trailer for Harry’s interview with ITV’s Tom Bradby was also released today, with the Duke saying he would “love to have my father and brother back”.
Speaking to Mr Bradby in a clip where no questions can be heard, Harry says: “It never had to be like this” and refers to “the outpouring and the planting” before adding: “I want a family, none Institution”.
He also says, in an apparent reference to the royals, “they feel like it’s better to kind of keep us as villains” and that “they’ve shown absolutely no willingness to reconcile.”
Judi suggested that Harry was “in two different and opposite emotional states when it comes to wanting his father and brother back” in the ITV trailer.
In a preview clip released today, before the full interview airs later this week, the Duke of Sussex tells ITV’s Tom Bradby: “It never had to be like this.”
She said: “When he says, ‘I want to get my dad back,’ his chin rises and then falls to suggest stubborn thinking and even defiance. His expression turns slightly sullen, as if this was on his own terms.
“When he says, ‘I’d like my brother back,’ he becomes more mobile by tilting his head and looking to the right as if he were a little more mobile.”
Meanwhile, Mr Cooper, 55 – who is also a star of the CNN network – has campaigned for better mental health and hosts a podcast called All There Is. He has spoken about losing his brother Carter to suicide .
The 23-year-old fell to his death from the family’s 14th-floor Manhattan apartment in 1988. Mr Cooper also has war experience, having reported from Afghanistan where Harry made two trips of duty.
A TV source said: “Mr. Cooper has gained Harry’s trust. This would be a coup for Mr Cooper and fits well with Harry’s mental health campaign.
“It’s a prime-time Sunday show that hosts foreign leaders and presidents. It’s the one that all politicians and decision-makers are watching.’
60 Minutes recently featured exclusive interviews with US President Joe Biden and French President Emmanuel Macron.
In 2020, Mr Cooper interviewed Afua Hirsch, the British author and former Guardian journalist who appears on the Sussexes’ Netflix program and who delivers a scathing judgment on the Commonwealth as “Empire 2.0”.
Discussing with Mr Cooper after Harry and Meghan announced they were stepping down from royal duties, Ms Hirsch described the royal family as “ground zero for Britain’s troubled history of colonialism and race”.
She added that she was “always concerned about Meghan Markle’s well-being” when she joined the royal family. Mr Cooper appeared to sympathize with the couple’s plight, telling Ms Hirsch: “The idea of being hounded by the press is going to have such weird, weird echoes for Prince Harry given what happened to his mother.”
Harry is not heard in the trailer for the interview, which is said to be “revealing”.
Mr Cooper has also joked about getting a wave from Prince Harry during his wedding to Meghan in May 2018. He told viewers: “I was at the royal wedding and covered it for CNN.
“Our correspondent Max Foster said, ‘You should wave at Harry because Harry will be looking up at the bright lights and I bet he will wave at you.’ The carriage makes a turn. I start waving. Harry looks up at the tower, we look at each other and he waves. I almost died.’
Prince Harry’s much-anticipated memoir will be titled “Spare” and will be out on January 10, publisher Penguin Random House has confirmed
According to The Sun, Harry has also reportedly recorded a television interview about his biography with ITV News on Ten’s Tom Bradby.
Mr Bradby, a former ITV royal correspondent, is a friend of the Sussexes and previously interviewed them for a documentary about their 2019 tour of Africa.
Harry’s upcoming autobiography is set to affect his brother William so badly that the couple may not be able to reconcile their differences after its release on January 10.
According to reports, Spare becomes King Charles III. avoid severe criticism.
But it’s been so tough for the Prince of Wales that insiders fear the sibling relationship, which has been significantly strained since Harry and Meghan Markle announced they are stepping down royal duties, will not recover.
A source told the Sunday Times: “In general I like the book [will be] worse for them than the royal family expected.
“Everything is exposed. Charles comes out better than expected, but it’s particularly tough on William, and even Kate gets a bit of a broadside.
Spare is expected to share details of disagreements between Harry, 38, and his brother the Prince of Wales, 40
‘There are these minute details and a description of the quarrel between the brothers. I personally can’t see how Harry and William can reconcile after that.’
Harry’s Telltale Story was written with JR Moehringer, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who previously wrote the biography of US tennis star Andre Agassi.
The Duke of Sussex will personally recite the audiobook version of the memoir and will donate a portion of the proceeds of the work to charity.
The book comes just weeks after he and his wife Meghan released their Netflix series detailing their relationship and split from the royal family, while reports have surfaced that Meghan is also planning to start her own bombastic memoir publish.
According to a source, the Duchess of Sussex is “considering being very frank about her time in the royal spotlight… and leaving no stone unturned.”
In 2021, the pair reportedly signed a four-book deal with publisher Penguin Random House.
Prince Harry is said to have received a $20 million advance for Spare.
Meghan has already published her children’s book The Bench with the same publisher, and the couple are rumored to be working on a ‘Wellness’ book.
Now it is believed that the fourth mystery book will be Meghan’s autobiography.
A best-selling memoir would place Meghan in a well-worn American political tradition amid much speculation that she may have ambitions for elected office given her outspoken views on women’s rights and other issues.
A Hollywood agent told The Mail on Sunday: “To be honest I’d be surprised if Meghan didn’t publish her own story. Spare is clearly Prince Harry’s chance to tell him, but hers is just as convincing. I mean, how many actresses end up marrying a prince?’
The source added, “If she has any political ambitions, it would make even more sense,” noting that Presidents Clinton, Obama and Trump all wrote books outlining their beliefs before submitting bids for gave up the White House.