Divorce leaves a lasting mark on kids, no matter how old they are when their parents get divorced. That is especially true when their divorce is big and public, like the divorce between King Charles and Princess Diana was. And it is somewhat normal that the wounds carry over into adulthood and into new relationships. Or, at least, the lessons.

The Prince of Wales reflected on their parents’ failed marriage and the lessons he’s taken from that during an episode of Eugene Levy’s Apple TV+ show, The Reluctant Traveler, which was released on Oct. 3.

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“I think it’s really important that that atmosphere is created at home. You have to have that warmth, that feeling of safety, security, love,” he said about the home life he and Middleton strive to create for their children. “That all has to be there, and that was certainly part of my childhood,” William explained.

However, according to him, it only “lasted a short period of time” as his parents divorced in 1996, when William was just 14 years old. The breakup came with reports of King Charles’s affair with Camilla Parker Bowles, whom the King went on to marry in 2005.

“You take that and you learn from it and you try and make sure you don’t do the same mistakes as your parent,” William said on the show. “I think we all try and do that.”

Prince William especially reflected on the kind of upbringing he wanted for his kids. “I just want to do what’s best for my children, but I know that the drama and the stress when you’re small really affects you when you’re older,” he said, a probable reference to his own childhood and that of his brother, Prince Harry.

“Growing up, I saw that with my parents. The media were so insatiable back then. It’s hard to think of it now, but they were much more insatiable,” William explained. “They wanted every bit of detail they could absorb, and they were in everything, literally everywhere. They would know things, they’d be everywhere.”

Prince William even brought up his brother during the show, saying, “I hope we don’t go back to some of the practices in the past, that Harry and I had to grow up in — and I’ll do everything I can to make sure we don’t regress in that situation.”

Royal expert Richard Fitzwilliams told Fox News Digital that the way his parents’ marriage ended deeply affected William. “It was obviously difficult for William growing up, especially when the battle between his parents played out so publicly,” Fitzwilliams said. “As a little boy, William was outside the bathroom when his mother was weeping inside,” Fordwich added. “He would pass her tissues, saying, ‘Please don’t cry, mummy.’ It was the warmth and comfort of the Middletons’ stable, middle-class family life that drew him to Kate Middleton. He saw and felt the normalcy he desperately craved.”

And that plays into why the Prince is determined not to make the same mistakes, the royal expert said. “He is a loyal husband and devoted father, because he felt — and still feels — the impact of his parents’ ‘open’ marriage and the bitter, highly public divorce,” Fordwich continued. “He rightly sees a warm, well-rounded childhood as the foundation for the monarchy’s future.”

Divorce. It affects everyone, for better or worse. Even on the next generation.

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