Katie Couric has claimed that Prince Harry stunk of cigarettes and alcohol when she first met him.
In her new memoir, the veteran journalist recalled her version of events when she met the former royal for the first time, according to a manuscript of 'Going There' obtained by the Daily Mail.
Couric recalled first meeting Harry in 2012 at a polo match in Brazil. She was there on assignment to interview him for an ABC special about Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee, per E! News.
When she met Prince Harry, the journalist said that he was in his "wild-oats sowing phase." It took place just two months before he was infamously photographed naked during a trip to Las Vegas, according to E! News.
In Couric's new memoir, Daily Mail notes, the news anchor recalled how the prince reeked of cigarettes and that alcohol seemed to "ooze from every pore" of his body.
Prince Harry has previously referred to the years 2012 to 2016 as a "nightmare time" in his life, according to USA Today.
The royal said that, during those years, he leaned on drugs and alcohol to cope with his mental health struggles.
It was his wife, Meghan Markle, who he met in 2016, who eventually pushed him to start therapy, the media outlet said.
Back in May, Harry opened up in the five-part mental health series The Me You Can't See, about the emotional turmoil he suffered following the death of his late mother, who died at the same age that he is now in a car crash in the Pont de l'Alma tunnel in Paris.
Per The Sun, the soon-to-be father-of-two recalled how he was never given the opportunity to grieve his beloved mother. This ultimately led him to use drink and drugs essentially as a numbing agent.
The Duke of Sussex said: "I was willing to drink, I was willing to take drugs, I was willing to try and do the things that made me feel less like I was feeling."
He continued: "But I slowly became aware that, okay, I wasn't drinking Monday to Friday, but I would probably drink a week's worth in one day on a Friday or a Saturday night.
"And I would find myself drinking, not because I was enjoying it but because I was trying to mask something."