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Harry, 30, slipped to fifth in line to the throne with the
birth of elder brother William's second child Princess Charlotte
two weeks ago, and admitted the latest royal addition had made
him keen to start his own family.
"Of course, I would love to have kids right now, but there's a
process that one has to go through," a relaxed-looking prince
said in an interview with Sky News.
"Hopefully I'm doing all right by myself. It would be great to
have someone else next to me to share the pressure. But, you
know, time will come and whatever happens, happens."
Harry's love life, like that of all the royal family, has always
attracted huge media interest. Among those he has been linked
with are Chelsy Davy, whom he dated on and off for about five
years, and in 2014 he split from actress Cressida Bonas after a
two-year relationship.
"There come times when you think now is the time to settle down,
or now is not, whatever the way it is, but I don't think you can
force these things - it will happen when it's going to happen,"
he said.
Harry, a captain in the British army, is currently on tour in
New Zealand having recently completed a month-long secondment to
the Australian Defense Force. He said he had missed the coverage
of his niece's birth, but William has sent him some photos.
"I'm so looking forward to seeing her, to meeting her and to
holding her. She was a little bit late, hence I missed her," he
said. "But apart from that, it's fantastic news for both of
them. So I'm thrilled."
Harry announced in March that he would quit the army in June,
saying he was at a crossroads in life.
He told Sky most of those who joined the armed forces with him
had since left and by taking on more royal duties he would not
have the time to focus on his army job. He said he wanted any
future role to ensure he could "give something back".
"This part of the role is fantastic but I and William - both of
us - feel as though we need to have a wage as well, to work with
normal people, to keep us sane, to keep us ticking along," he
said.
"In the future if we want to make a big contribution, or a valid
contribution and be taken seriously, then we need to work
alongside other people."
(Reporting by Michael Holden; editing by Stephen Addison)
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