Prince Harry spoke out on Monday to claim that he has “unresolved trauma” after it was announced that he is teaming up with Oprah Winfrey for an upcoming television series on mental health.

The Sun reported that “The Me You Can’t See” will be premiering on Apple TV+ on May 21 after it was delayed due to a combination of Megxit and COVID-19 restrictions. After the show was announced, Harry expressed hopes that it will show that “there is power in vulnerability”.

“We are born into different lives, brought up in different environments, and as a result are exposed to different experiences,” he said. “But our shared experience is that we are all human. The majority of us carry some form of unresolved trauma, loss, or grief, which feels – and is – very personal.”

“Yet the last year has shown us that we are all in this together and my hope is that this series will show there is power in vulnerability, connection in empathy and strength in honesty,” Harry continued.

A statement released about the show stated that Harry and Oprah will “guide honest discussions about mental health and emotional well-being” while opening up about “their own mental health journeys and struggles” throughout the series. They have teamed up with fourteen experts and organizations to “shed light on different pathways to treatment.”

“Now more than ever, there is an immediate need to replace the shame surrounding mental health with wisdom, compassion and honesty,” said Oprah. “Our series aims to spark that global conversation.”

Oprah had opened up about this project to CBS earlier this year.

“I asked [Prince Harry] the question, ‘What do you think are the most important issues facing the world right now?’ and he said there are two,” Oprah explained. “He said climate change and mental wellness, mental fitness and mental health. As you know, he’s spoken about his own issues and what he went through after his mother died and how being able to talk about it has benefited him.”

“So it’s a passion of his and, at the end of the conversation, I said, ‘Oh, I’m going to be doing this thing with Apple,'” she added. “‘It’s a big concern of mine too and I want to try to erase the stigma,’ and he said at the end of the conversation, ‘If there’s anything I can do to help.'”

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