Prince Harry, who is fifth in line to the British throne, has said that he does not think anyone in the royal family wants to be king or queen, but that the family of Queen Elizabeth II will carry on the succession out of a sense of duty.

“We’re involved in modernizing the British monarchy,” the prince, 32, told Newsweek in an interview published online on Wednesday.

"We are not doing this for ourselves but for the greater good of the people,” he said. “Is there any one of the royal family who wants to be king or queen? I don’t think so, but we will carry out our duties at the right time.”

The prince also said that his personal priority was to lead an “ordinary” life. He credited his mother, Princess Diana, who died in a car crash in Paris in 1997, with inspiring him to do so.