HE RAINS -- ER -- REIGNS SUPREME. Prince Charles doing the weather report for BBC in May 2012. Photo from the Prince Charles Facebook page

MANILA, Philippines - When a member of the British royal family opens up, the world pays attention.

This is what happened when an interview with Prince Charles by TV program "This Morning" was aired on January 7, Monday. It was featured in The Hollywood Reporter.

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The Royal, who was thought to be a recluse and distant to the public when he was younger, opened up about how he worries for Prince Harry, the younger of his two children, who has been in deployment in Afghanistan since September 2012. He is a British Army helicopter pilot.

Photo from the Prince Harry Facebook page

In September 2012, the Taliban attacked Camp Bastion, the base where Prince Harry is stationed. Two US marines were killed.

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"If you are a parent or relation to a loved one and that person is away in incredibly dangerous and challenging circumstances, I know you worry all the time," Prince Charles said.

"Certainly every night I worry. But he loves what he is doing and he's brilliant at it."

And when it comes to his future grandchild from firstborn William and wife Kate Middleton, the environmentalist in Prince Charles surfaced.

Photo of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge from their official website

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"I've gone on for years about the importance of thinking about the long-term in relation to the environmental damage, climate change and everything else. We don't really, in a sensible world, want to hand on an increasingly dysfunctional world to our grandchildren," he said.

"And I don't want to be confronted by my future grandchild, saying: Why didn't you do something?" - Rappler.com