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Prince Harry, 36, has been criticised by one royal commentator after speaking out about his wilder days and his royal upbringing in a new interview. During an episode of Dax Shepard's

Armchair Expert podcast, Harry opened up about his struggles in the royal bubble and used swear words when quizzing the host about his path to sobriety. After asking recovering addict Mr

Shepard if he had "an awareness" of what was fuelling his drugs use as a younger man, Harry said: “For you, it was your upbringing and everything that happened to you - the trauma,

pain and suffering… "All of a sudden you find yourself doing a s***load of drugs and partying hard. "Look how many other people do that as well. They wouldn’t have the awareness

at the time. "I certainly wouldn’t have had the awareness when I was going wild." READ MORE: PRINCE HARRY 'TRYING TO IMPRESS' BY SWEARING IN INTERVIEW - EXPERT Harry

added: "It’s like why am I actually doing this? In the moment it's like, this is fun. "I’m in my 20s - it’s what you’re supposed to do”. One royal commentator has claimed the

interview was a mistake, that Harry's use of foul language was "puerile" and that "there was no reason whatever to go into personal matters in this podcast."

Reacting to the podcast, royal commentator Richard Fitzwilliams told Express.co.uk: "This is an interview that Harry should not have given." He said: "It would normally be

possible to sympathise with those who are in a similar plight to those on the Truman Show. "However, Harry is clearly out of his depth whilst believing he has found freedom. "There

was no reason whatever to go into personal matters in this podcast. "As for using four-letter words, trying to seem laddish, simply sounds puerile." Mr Fitzwilliams claimed Harry

seems to be using these public interviews "like a kind of therapy" and that they "have a shelf life." He added: "He ought to realise there must be a shelf life to

interviews like this, we knew he was not happy in his royal role in earlier years and is haunted by Diana’s tragic death, but it is truly sad he appears to be using public appearances like

this as a kind of therapy. "The way he defines being a princess is 'to create the life that will be better than any princess' or so Meghan told him." While Meghan and

Harry left the UK to pursue a "more peaceful life" in the USA, Mr Fitzwilliams claims the couple have simply switched the royal gold fishbowl for the "zoo" of Hollywood.

He concluded: "I couldn’t help wondering if, among the celebrities of Los Angeles, he was in a very different kind of zoo to that which he claims he experienced when a working royal,

but a far less prestigious one."