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Emotional Junior Andre opened up about the ‘disgusting and abusive’ comments his disabled brother Harvey receives as he starred on Princess’ ITV series for the first time on Sunday night.
The 18-year-old reality star is giving a glimpse into her life and up and coming career in The Princess Diaries after growing up in the spotlight with parents Katie Price and Peter.
And the first episode of series two showed Junior, 20, Princess and Harvey, 23, go for a day out on the trains. Junior appeared on series one but Harvey did not.
Harvey – who Katie shares with ex partner Dwight Yorke – has Prader-Willi Syndrome, septo-optic dysplasia, which causes blindness, and autism.
Smiling at the camera, Princess revealed in the episode: ‘Today is going to be quite a fun day, I’m going out with my two older brothers, Junior and Harvey.
‘We’re going to take Harvey on the train because he loves trains, so this is going to be a cute little day out – I feel like we don’t do it enough.’
Sat in the back of a taxi, Junior then tells Harvey: ‘Do you know what we’re doing today, Harv? We are going to go and see some trains!’
Later Junior got emotional in a piece to camera as he spoke about the impact of the abuse that Harvey gets as a result of his disability.
He said: ‘Harvey is the best person so it’s sad when people have horrible things to say. He gets so many abusive disgusting comments online.
‘And he cant even defend himself. The good thing is he won’t read it. But for those around him it’s not nice at all.’
Junior then sweetly added: ‘He is surrounded by love, love is all he knows.’
Later Princess added of her half brother: ‘A few years ago, me and Junior would not have been able to take Harvey out without mum being there.
‘Now he’s gone to a residential school, I feel like he’s been disciplined a lot more.
‘I think he understands a bit more how to communicate with his emotions.’
Showcasing her understanding of Harvey’s needs, she added: ‘Some of his triggers when we are out are like doors banging, or if there’s no food or anything.
‘The only thing is, once he does kick off, you need a lot of strength and you need to learn how to talk to him in order to help him calm down.
‘With me, I’m good at the talking and kind of relaxing him, whereas Junior is a lot better at the physical side of it. Honestly, we work well as a team.’
Footage showed the siblings looking at the trains, with Harvey sharing his excitement to be taking a journey together.
Elsewhere on the episode Princess opened up about her struggles with dating.
One scene in the show saw her enjoying a dinner out with Kerry Katona’s daughter Heidi, also 18, where she asks her about her love life.
She replied saying that she wanted to focus on herself right now and that her mum’s experiences with men have shaped her view on men and relationships.
Princess says: ‘I think, I think about my mum, she’s had so many people do her wrong, it’s an eye opener and so my guard is up.
‘I don’t want another relationship yet, I want to be confident in myself first. It would have to be something very special for me to be open about it and post about it.’
Katie, 47, has been married four times and engaged a total of nine times, most recently wedding entrepreneur Lee Andrews after a whirlwind one-week romance.
While speaking to Heidi she also spoke about trusting friends since moving into the limelight more.
She said: ‘I don’t trust anyone. Since people have known I’ve been filming for season two I have had a lot of people message me saying ‘let’s hang out’ or ‘we should be friends’. I don’t want friends like that!’
Princess and Heidi however are close pals with Princess gushing that they are like sisters having both grown up with famous parents.
Earlier this week Princess and her brother Junior revealed they shockingly found out about their mother’s engagement to Lee over text.
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