Princess Andre has revealed she ‘wished she had a happier childhood’ as she opened up about the ‘dark times’ she faced while growing up.

The rising star, 18, who is the daughter of Peter Andre and Katie Price, has landed her very own ITV2 reality show as Princess becomes a celebrity in her own right.

Cameras have followed her around as she makes waves in the highly lucrative influencer world, having already signed big-money deals with brands such as Morphe and Superdrug.

In her new fly-on-the-wall series, titled The Princess Diaries, the teenager addresses the traumatic memories during her childhood, including her mum’s high-profile breakups.

She candidly admitted: ‘I did have a counsellor, I do still see her every now and then.

‘But I don’t feel like I can really talk, so I just write everything down in my notes.

Princess Andre has revealed she 'wished she had a happier childhood' as she opened up about the 'dark times' she faced while growing up
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Princess Andre has revealed she ‘wished she had a happier childhood’ as she opened up about the ‘dark times’ she faced while growing up

The rising star, 18, has landed her very own ITV2 reality show as Princess becomes a celebrity in her own right - though mum Katie will not make an appearance
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The rising star, 18, has landed her very own ITV2 reality show as Princess becomes a celebrity in her own right – though mum Katie will not make an appearance

Katie and Pete divorced in 2009 after four years of marriage and they share Princess, 18, and her older brother Junior, 20 (pictured in 2006)
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Katie and Pete divorced in 2009 after four years of marriage and they share Princess, 18, and her older brother Junior, 20 (pictured in 2006)

‘I do wish, like, I could have had a more happier childhood. In the sense of like, I had so many things on my plate at a young age.’

Princess said she wishes sometimes that she ‘wasn’t like that’ and not had things lingering at the back of her mind at such a young age.

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While acknowledging the ‘good times’ in her childhood, she opened up about Katie’s bitter split from ex Kieran Hayler when she was just 10 years old.

Katie was married to Kieran for eight years but their relationship was tainted by accusations of infidelity.

They wed in 2013, before renewing their vows three years later in Barbados during a ‘make or break’ holiday and divorced in 2021.

Princess explained how ‘everything kind of went downhill’ as she and her siblings got ‘really close to him and loved him’.

She said: ‘My mum, obviously being heartbroken, didn’t deal with that in the best way, she went through a very, very dark time, which is understandable.

‘Which is hard for me because I was around adulty things that kids should never see and I think as well, when we needed our mum there, she wasn’t emotionally able to be there because she had so much of her own problems going on.’

Cameras have followed her around as she makes waves in the highly lucrative influencer world, having already signed big-money deals with brands such as Morphe and Superdrug
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Cameras have followed her around as she makes waves in the highly lucrative influencer world, having already signed big-money deals with brands such as Morphe and Superdrug

In her new fly-on-the-wall series, titled The Princess Diaries, the teenager addresses the traumatic memories from her glamour model mum's divorce from Mysterious Girl singer Pete and her other breakups
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In her new fly-on-the-wall series, titled The Princess Diaries, the teenager addresses the traumatic memories from her glamour model mum’s divorce from Mysterious Girl singer Pete and her other breakups

Daily Mail previously revealed how Katie, 47, will not feature in the new series, though Pete, 52, and Princess' older brother Junior, 20, are set to make appearances
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Daily Mail previously revealed how Katie, 47, will not feature in the new series, though Pete, 52, and Princess’ older brother Junior, 20, are set to make appearances

Fans will see Princess admit she would regularly arrive home from school and ‘get into bed and cry’.

While Princess is close with her dad, she admitted she would never speak to him about her troubles as she has ‘always grown up knowing ‘my mum and dad don’t like each other’.

She concluded: ‘I wouldn’t say I’m fully, fully recovered from it but mum is such a different person and if you put her now to back then, she’s genuinely really fixed herself.’

Daily Mail previously revealed how Katie, 47, will not feature in the new series, though Pete, 52, and Princess’ older brother Junior, 20, are set to make appearances.

‘Katie will not be in Princess’s show, the decision has been made and it’s final.

‘Princess loves her mum, and they have a great relationship, but the show is all about her work and home life.

‘Television bosses were adamant that nothing was to be ‘staged’ to include Katie as it would not be a real and truthful insight into her life.’

As well as older brother Junior, Princess has six other siblings – Theo, Amelia and Arabella from Pete’s marriage to Emily MacDonagh, and Harvey, Jett and Bunny from her mum Katie’s side.

The Princess Diaries launches Sunday at 9pm on ITV2 and can also be viewed as a boxset on ITVX.