Harry: I used alcohol and drugs as a ‘mask’ to cope with trauma of Diana’s death

Harry has said the trauma of his mother’s death led him to use alcohol and drugs to ‘mask’ his emotions (Jeremy Selwyn/Evening Standard/PA)

Britain's Prince Harry has said the trauma of his mother’s death led him to use alcohol and drugs to “mask” his emotions and to “feel less like I was feeling”.

Harry was just 12 when Diana, Princess of Wales, died in August 1997 in a car crash while being pursued by the press in Paris.