Prince Harry says becoming an American citizen is “something that’s crossed my mind.”
“I have considered it, yeah,” Harry said in an interview Friday on ABC’s “Good Morning America,” when correspondent Will Reeve asked whether he had thought about applying for citizenship since relocating to the U.S.
“American citizenship is something that’s crossed my mind, but certainly not something that’s a high priority for me right now,” Harry said.
The 39-year-old father of two and his wife, Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, stepped down as full-time working members of Britain’s royal family in 2020 and moved to California.
While Harry said he loves “every single day” of living in the United States, he appeared ruffled by a question about whether he felt American.
“Do I feel American?” Harry — speaking in British Columbia at the site of next year’s Invictus Games, the competition he founded in 2014 — said after a pause. “No,” he said. “I don’t know how I feel.”
Harry also spoke publicly for the first time about his father’s cancer diagnosis. Buckingham Palace announced earlier this month that King Charles III was diagnosed with an undisclosed form of cancer.
When he learned of his 75-year-old father’s diagnosis, Harry said, “I jumped on a plane and went to go see him as soon as I could.”
“Look, I love my family,” Harry said. “The fact that I was able to get on a plane and go and see him, and spend any time with him, I’m grateful for that.”