>>> PRINCE HARRY SHELLS DETAILS AS HIS LIFE AS A BRITISH ROYAL. THIS COMES ONE DAY AHEAD OF THE PUBLICATION OF HIS MEMOIR, SPARE. PRINCE HARRY SPOKE TO ANDERSON COOPER IN A CANDID INTERVIEW. HE DISCUSSED HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH THE ROYAL FAMILY AND OPENED UP ABOUT THE PHYSICAL ALTERCATION WITH HIS BROTHER THAT HE WROTE ABOUT IN HIS NEW BOOK. >> HE WAS COMING FOR MY WIFE AND SHOVING ME AND I SHOVED BACK. IT WAS NOT NICE OR PLEASANT. HE SNAPPED AND PUSHED ME TO THE FLOOR. >> HE KNOCKED ME OVER. I LANDED ON THE DOG BOWL. I'D CUT MY BACK BUT DID NOT KNOW AT THE TIME. HE APOLOGIZED AFTERWARDS. IT WAS AN AWFUL EXPERIENCE. >> Reporter: 60 MINUTES JOINS US. IT IS GREAT TO HAVE YOU. WE HAVE A LOT TO COVER. THAT INTERVIEW WITH PRINCE HARRY WAS SO POWERFUL, COMPELLING, EYE-OPENING AT TIMES. WERE YOU SURPRISED HE WAS SO FORTHCOMING IN THAT INTERVIEW? >> IS VERY FORTHCOMING IN HIS BOOK SO I KNEW HE WOULD UNLOAD ON THE TABLOIDS. THAT WAS A GUARANTEE. WE WERE NOT QUITE AS CERTAIN HE WOULD GO SO FAR ON CAMERA TALKING ABOUT HIS LATE MOTHER, THE QUEEN AND HIS STEPMOTHER AND PARTICULARLY HIS RIFT WITH HIS BROTHER. HE DELIVERED. >> THERE IS AN UNAIRED CLIP THAT WE GET TO SHOW OUR VIEWERS WHICH DISPLAYS A DISCUSSION OF THE ROYAL FAMILY. >> NEITHER OF US BELIEVE THAT COMMENT OR THAT EXPERIENCE OR THAT OPINION WAS BASED ON UNCONSCIOUS BIAS. I THINK THAT YOU SPEAK TO THE MAJORITY OF MIXED RACED COUPLES AROUND THE WORLD AND THE WHITE SIDE OF THE FAMILY WOULD WONDER WHETHER TALKING LEAGUE OPENLY ABOUT IT WHAT THE KIDS ARE GOING TO LOOK LIKE. THEY WERE CONCERNED AND CURIOUS. >> I'M WONDERING IF YOU ARE SURPRISED AT PRINCE HARRY'S RESPONSE. THERE WAS A LOT MADE ABOUT COMMENTS WHEN MEGAN WAS EXPECTING WHAT THE BABY WOULD LOOK LIKE. UNCONSCIOUS BIAS, IGNORANCE, ALL THOSE THINGS COME INTO PLAY ARE YOU SURPRISED HE IS NOT SAYING RACISM AND SO FORCEFUL? >> I THOUGHT BACK TO MARCH 2021 WHEN THE INTERVIEW AIR. I REMEMBER BEING SURPRISED AT FIRST THAT THE TABLOIDS WERE SEARCHING FOR A ROYAL RAISES. THAT WAS NOT AT HARRY AND MEGAN INVENTION. AT THE TIME I WROTE ABOUT THE FACT THAT THEY WERE CAREFUL THE WAY THEY WORDED THAT AND SPECIFICALLY IT WAS PART OF A LOT OF DIFFERENT THINGS HAPPENING TO MAKE THEM FEEL UNWELCOME. I AM LESS SURPRISED. I THINK THERE IS A PRETTY REASONABLE CRITIQUE THAT IF THEY WERE BEING SO CAREFUL IN THE BEGINNING THAT THEY WERE CHANGING SOME MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT HOW THAT WENT OFF. I THINK THEY HAVE ALWAYS WANTED TO DEAL WITH THIS. IT PROVES THE POINT ABOUT THE TABLOIDS. >> I AM CURIOUS ABOUT SOMETHING ANDERSON SAID TALKING ABOUT THE BALLAST. FOR PEOPLE WHO DID NOT SEE THIS, CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT THE INITIAL REQUEST WAS OUT OF BUCKINGHAM PALACE WITH RESPECT TO ANY KIND OF COMMENT OR WEIGHING IN? IT SPEAKS TO THE MENTALITY AND THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HOW IT IS THAT BRITISH JOURNALISTS MAY HAVE BEEN EXPECTED TO PAY VERSUS AMERICAN JOURNALIST. >> WERE HE REACHED OUT TO THE PALACE FOR COMMENT ABOUT ALLEGATIONS. WE WERE SURPRISED THAT THIS WENT TO THE PRESS OFFICE AND THE RESPONSE CAME FROM LAWYERS IMMEDIATELY. THERE WAS AN IMMEDIATE ESCALATION. THEY DEMANDED TO SEE THE REPORT BEFORE IT AIRED. >> DEMANDED. IT WAS NOT A REQUEST. >> IT WAS PRETTY STRONGLY WORDED. >> IT WAS CLEAR. EVERYONE SAID THIS IS LONG-TERM. OF COURSE WE DON'T DO THAT AND HAVE NEVER DONE. WE WOULDN'T DO IT FOR ANYBODY. IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT IS DONE. I DON'T KNOW IF THAT WAS A TACTICAL MOVE ON THEIR PART IN THAT THEY KNEW WE WOULD NOT DO THAT AND THEY COULD SAY WELL THEY WERE NOT GOING TO GIVE US THE REPORT SO WE WOULDN'T COME OUT OF THE P SAYING WE REACHED OUT FOR COMMENT AND THE PALACE DECLINE. THAT IS NOT A GOOD LOOK. >> WE WERE TALKING ABOUT HIM YOUR INTERVIEW WITH PRINCE HARRY AND THERE IS A LOT OF ROYAL GAZING AND IT REVEALED MORE ABOUT THE CHANGING SOCIETY AT A BOY GRIEVING THE LOSS OF HIS MOTHER AND IN THIS COMPLICATED SYSTEM WHERE PEOPLE ARE APPEARING IN FAMILY SECRETS THAT NEED TO BE PROTECTED AND PEOPLE WITHOUT A ROYAL TITLE MAY BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND THAT. I WONDER WHAT YOU THOUGHT THE TAKEAWAY WAS FROM THIS. IS IT JUST THE BIG -- HE IS FIGHTING WITH HIS BROTHER? WAS THERE SOMETHING MORE UNIVERSAL THERE? >> I THINK THE LINE FROM THE INTERVIEW THAT WE WILL SEE IN ROYAL BIOGRAPHIES TO COME IS THAT HE WANTED A FAMILY NOT AN INSTITUTION. THIS IS ONE THING I TRY TO THINK ABOUT. IMAGINE THIS AS A FAMILY BUSINESS. IT'S A FAMILY AND THE BUSINESS. YOU HAVE TENSIONS ABOUT PAIR AND A SPARE EVEN WHERE YOU DON'T OWN ANYTHING. HARRY WAS UNDERSTANDING AND TALKING ABOUT BEING BETRAYED BECAUSE HE SAID OKAY, WE ARE DONE WITH THE BUSINESS. I DON'T WANT TO BE A PART OF THIS AND HE LOST HIS FAMILY. THAT IS NOT THAT DAMAGING, IS WHAT THE PALACE SAID. I THINK IT WILL TAKE A WHILE BEFORE WE START TO SEE THE FAMILY AND NOT JUST THE BUSINESS WHEN WE LOOK AT THEM. >> MY TAKE AWAY FROM THIS BOOK AND EVEN IN THE INTERVIEW, HAVING BEEN THERE WAS THAT HARRY, AS WE KNOW HIM TODAY, HIS LIFE WAS SHAPED BY HIS MOTHER'S DEATH. EVERYTHING THAT HAPPENED ON AUGUST 31 HAS AFFECTED HIM TO THIS DAY. EVERYTHING THAT HAS TRANSPIRED ALL GOES BACK TO AUGUST 31.
