Prince Harry has said that he's "drawn parallels" between himself and Robin Williams' son Zak over their shared experiences of grief.
The Duke of Sussex and Oprah Winfrey joined host Robin Roberts on Good Morning America today to discuss their new mental health docuseries The Me You Can't See on Apple TV.
In the series, Prince Harry accuses the royal family of "total neglect" and declared that he would "not be bullied" as he recalled the traumatic memories of his childhood, including the death of his mother, Princess Diana.
"It's a conversation that needs to be had," Prince Harry told Robin on the US news show.
Among those who appeared in the docuseries was Zak, who opened up about how his own addiction battle mirrored his late father's.
Robin Williams died in 2014, aged 63, after taking his own life at his home in California. At the time, he was struggling with Lewy body disease.
Comparing Zak's situation to his own, with both sons having parents who were beloved around the world but had struggled behind closed doors, Harry said: "Zack's story's remarkably similar in the parallel thread between what happened with him at his age and what happened to me at my age.
"It's remarkably similar. And there was one thing that he said in a follow-up conversation which he said his service to others has helped heal him and I think that was a really key moment for me, Zack and Oprah and we went, wow, this is true."
The series sees Harry tell Oprah of his attempts to get assistance from his family over attacks he and Meghan were receiving online: "Every single ask, request, warning, whatever it is, to stop just got met with total silence or total neglect."
“We spent four years trying to make it work. We did everything that we possibly could to stay there and carry on doing the role and doing the job.”
It comes after Prince Harry previously hit out at his father, Prince Charle's, parenting as he spoke of "genetic pain and suffering" in a podcast earlier this month.
Referring to Charles, he said: "He’s treated me the way he was treated, so how can I change that for my own kids?”
Prince Harry also opened up about a touching moment with his son in the fifth episode of the mental health docuseries, revealing that Archie's first words were "Grandma Diana".
As footage was shown of Harry playing with the toddler on the beach and Meghan was seen reading Archie a book, he said: "We’ve got a beautiful little boy who keeps us busy, who keeps us running around.
“He makes us laugh every day which is great.
“We got two dogs and then another little baby girl on the way, I never dreamt that.”
Speaking about the fact that he had "no doubt" that his mum Diana would have been "incredibly proud" of him for changing his life, he said: "I wish she could have met Meghan, I wish she was around for Archie.
“I got a photo up in his nursery and it was one of the first words that he said, apart from ‘mama’, ‘papa’ it was then ‘grandma’, Grandma Diana.
“It’s the sweetest thing, but at the same time it makes me really sad, because she should be here.”
But Harry also spoke about how he was haunted the memory of his crying mum Diana being "strapped in car and being chased".
Princess Diana died at the age of 36 in a car crash in Paris with her boyfriend Dodi Fayed when Harry was just 12 years old.
"My mother was chased to her death when she was in a relationship with someone who wasn't white, and now look what's happened," he told Oprah.
"You're talking about history repeating itself? They're not going to stop until she dies.
"It's incredibly triggering to potentially lose another woman in my life," he added.
*The Me You Can't See is available on Apple+
