Prince Harry and Oprah Winfrey will premiere a television documentary series on mental health issues later this month, with singer Lady Gaga and actress Glenn Close among those contributing.
The Me You Can’t See, co-created and produced by Harry and Winfrey, will feature stories from high-profile guests and others about mental health and emotional wellbeing issues, Apple TV+, the streaming service which will air the show from 21 May, said on Monday.
The TV series is one of the first ventures by Harry since he and his wife Meghan Markle stepped down from official duties and moved to California. The couple have signed deals to deliver programming for Netflix and to produce and host podcasts for Spotify.
The Apple show 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.
Winfrey said the series aimed to spark a global conversation and replace shame surrounding mental health with wisdom and compassion. Among those participating will be the basketball players DeMar DeRozan, of the San Antonio Spurs, and Langston Galloway of 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 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, who is sixth in line to the British throne, has publicly spoken of his own mental health battles and dealing with the death of his mother, Princess Diana, in a car crash in Paris in 1997, when he was just 12.
In March, he was named first chief impact officer of BetterUp, a service that provides employee coaching and mental health assistance.