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"The Me You Can’t See" series, co-created and
produced by Harry and Winfrey, will feature stories from
high-profile guests and others across the world about mental
health and emotional well-being issues, Apple TV+, the streaming
service which will air the programmes from May 21, said on
Monday.
Winfrey said the series aimed to spark a global conversation,
and replace the shame surrounding mental health with wisdom and
compassion. Among those participating will also be basketball
players DeMar DeRozan from the San Antonio Spurs and Langston
Galloway from the Phoenix Suns, Apple said.
"The majority of us carry some form of unresolved trauma, loss,
or grief, which feels - and is - very personal," Harry, Queen
Elizabeth's grandson, said in a statement.
"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."
The prince, the sixth-in-line to the throne, has publicly spoken
of his own mental health battles and dealing with the grief of
the death of his mother Princess Diana who was killed in a car
crash in Paris in 1997 when he was just 12.
In March, he was named first chief impact officer of BetterUp
Inc, a service that provides employee coaching and mental health
assistance.
The TV series is one of the first ventures by Harry since he and
his wife Meghan stepped down from official royal duties and
moved to California to forge new independent careers. The couple
have also signed deals to deliver programming for Netflix and to
produce and host podcasts for Spotify.
It also comes after the couple's explosive TV interview with
Winfrey two months ago, which included Meghan accusing one
unnamed royal of making a racist comment about their son Archie
before he was born and plunged the monarchy into its biggest
crisis in decades.
(Reporting by Michael Holden; editing by Guy Faulconbridge)
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