Apparently, while Prince William is second in line to the throne, his mother Princess Diana thought Prince Harry would make an excellent king. In fact, she called him “Good King Harry.”

Diana thought some of Prince Harry’s strengths might make him very suited to be king, possibly even more so than his older brother and actual heir to the British throne.

Royal biographer Angela Levin wrote in her biography Harry Conversations with the Prince that Diana thought he had the perfect natural disposition to be king. 

“Harry’s seeming ability to cope, his ease with people and general gusto led Diana to believe that he would handle being king more easily than William. She even called him Good King Harry,” Angela wrote, according to Express. “Diana felt less confident in William. ‘William doesn’t want to be king and I worry about that. He doesn’t want his every move watched.'” 

As for what kind of king Harry thinks he would be, the royal actually told Angela in an interview before his wedding to Meghan Markle, “People would be amazed by the ordinary life William and I live.”

Harry added, “I do my own shopping. Sometimes when I come away from the meat counter in my local supermarket I worry someone will snap me with their phone. But I am determined to have a relatively normal life and if I am lucky enough to have children they can have one too. Even if I was king I would do my own shopping.”

H/T: Marie Claire