Prince Harry’s motive for Spare suggested by psychiatrist – two theories explored

The expert also discussed another “theory psychologists would think about to [try and] explain this book” and that was “the notion of the power of the comparison effect”.

Dr Raj explained: “The psychology of the comparison effect, is that you never feel good about how well you’re doing in life, in some kind of object sense, instead it’s always a comparison… and you’ll feel unhappy with your lot. How good you feel about your life, isn’t dependent on how well you’re actually doing, it depends on who you compare yourself to.

“Well in this particular case, Harry, or someone second in line to the throne would always be comparing themselves to the first in line and maybe that comparison means that no matter how well they’re doing, they never feel they’re doing as well, as the person they’re comparing themselves to.

“The reason why I think this theory is interesting is the reaction has been ‘Prince Harry leads a very privileged life and is doing very well financially, why on earth is he discontent?’

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