Although Prince Harry cares for the crown more than his father given by the fact that Harry took the crown from what he thought was his father's dead body, Harry attempts to seem like an innocent, and caring son towards his dying father and as if the crown itself is killing the king.
Towards his father, Prince Harry acts innocent and as if the crown has deceived him. He claims that the crown "Hath fed upon the body of [his] father," and so he was forced to treat the crown as an enemy. He did so by wearing the crown. After explaining his motives for wearing the crown, Harry continues by saying, "Let God for ever keep it from my head." At first glance, Harry seems like he genuinely cares about his dying father and that he does not care about the power and wealth given to the wearer of the crown, though this is not the case.
Through his excessively polite speech and hyperbolic claims, Harry conveys how much he cares about the crown and how little he cares about his father. Harry acts excessively polite by constantly calling his father "my liege." When used so often and after such a degrading act as to remove his father's crown off of his father's corpse, such calls of respect are ironic, and Harry truly does not mean what his words would otherwise convey. As a result, his lusting after the crown becomes evident. He also makes hyperbolic and unrealistic claims regarding the crown. For examples, he claims that the crown attempted to murder his father and that the only way he could face the crown like the enemy that it was would be to wear the crown on his own head. The complete absurdity of the claim reveals Harry's true intentions when wearing the crown, and none of them were selfless or in the name of his father.
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