In 2012, Prince Harry and Katie Couric met in Brazil. Getty Images
According to the Daily Mail, Katie Couric stated that Prince Harry smelled of alcohol and cigarettes when she first met him in 2012.
The veteran anchor of news said in her memoir that the royal was still in the wild-oats sowing phase.
Prince Harry previously stated that he used drugs and alcohol in order to manage his mental health problems.
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Katie Couric, a veteran journalist, revealed in her memoir that Prince Harry smelled of alcohol and cigarettes when she first met him. According to a manuscript entitled "Going There", which was obtained by The Daily Mail, Katie Couric.
According to the Daily Mail, Couric met the royal for the first time in 2012 at a Brazilian polo match. According to E!, she was on assignment to interview him about Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee. News.
The journalist who met Prince Harry said that he was still in the "wild-oats seeding phase" when he met her. According to E!, it was just two months after he was photographed naked on a Las Vegas trip. News.
Couric's memoir, according to the Daily Mail, recalled that the anchor of the news reported that the prince smelled of cigarettes and that alcohol "oozed from every pore" in his body.
According to USA Today, Prince Harry has referred to 2012-2016 as a "nightmare period" in his life.
He was tabloid fodder all over the world, and newspapers covered every detail of his wild days.
USA Today reported that the royal claimed that he used drugs and alcohol during those years to manage his mental health problems.
According to the media outlet, it was Meghan Markle, his wife who pushed him to begin therapy.
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