Prince Harry says the harassment against Princess Diana hit 'new levels' after she separated from Charles

• In Netflix's "Harry & Meghan," Prince Harry addressed the harassment his mother endured.
• She was left "completely exposed" after she separated from his father, he said.

In his new Netflix docuseries, "Harry & Meghan," Prince Harry spoke about the harassment endured by his mother, Princess Diana, and how it worsened after she split from his father.

In episode one, which was released Thursday, Harry addressed the scrutiny his mother faced from the media, both before and after her separation from King Charles III, then Prince Charles.

"My mom was harassed throughout her life with my dad," Harry said. "But after they separated, the harassment went to new levels."

Princess Diana and Prince Charles separated on December 9, 1992. In June 1994, Charles admitted to having an affair with Camilla Parker Bowles during an interview with documentary filmmaker Jonathan Dimbleby, and by August 1996, Charles and Diana had officially filed for divorce after 15 years of marriage.

"The moment she divorced, the moment she left the institution, then she was by herself," Harry continued. "Yeah, she may have been one of the most influential, powerful women in the world, but she was completely exposed to this."

In her controversial BBC Panorama interview with Martin Bashir in 1995, Diana said, "Everything changed after we separated. And life became very difficult then for me."

Harry also said that some of his earliest memories are of being followed by the paparazzi and that he could see the toll it was taking on his mother.

"I saw things, I experienced things, I learned things — the pain and suffering of women marrying into this institution," Harry said.

In the series, Harry also draws comparisons between how his wife, Meghan Markle, has been treated by the press and how his mother was treated. Diana died in a car crash as her limousine drove away from paparazzi in Paris in 1997.

Buckingham Palace, Kensington Palace, and representatives for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.