Helicopter pilot… “I’m not ashamed”
Taliban protest against war crimes trial
The royal side “a revelation that only a B-class celebrity can make”
After the release of the contents of Prince Harry’s autobiography ‘Spare’ before publication, the consequences are strong in the United Kingdom.
The autobiography details not only his personal life, such as his early use of sex and drugs, but also anecdotes between his mother, the late Diana Bean, and his father, King Charles. The title of the book, ‘spare’ (plus), refers to the second son of the British royal family. The autobiography was supposed to be officially published on the 10th (local time), but as some Spanish bookstores started selling it secretly on the 6th, British and European media rushed to present its contents.
In the more than 400-page autobiography, the most controversial part is that Prince Harry, who participated in the war in Afghanistan as an Apache helicopter pilot in 2008, claimed to have “killed 25 people”. “It’s not a record I’m proud of, but I’m not ashamed of it,” said Prince Harry, “I didn’t think of those 25 people as people. It was like taking a piece off a chessboard.” He also expressed it as ” bad people are eliminated before they kill good people.”
In response, a UK Defense Ministry spokesman said: “We will not comment on the security-related details of the operation.” Even British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said only, “I am very grateful to our military” when asked about it. Former Colonel Richard Camp, who served as Deputy Commander of the British Army in Afghanistan, said in a BBC interview: ‘Prince Harry appears to have made a mistake.’
The Taliban government, which has taken over Afghanistan, has protested that Prince Harry should be tried for war crimes. Taliban police spokesman Khaled Jadran said, “These crimes will one day be brought before international tribunals. A proudly confessed criminal like Prince Harry should be tried before the international community.”
The controversy surrounding Prince Harry’s personal history is also growing. Prince Harry recalled in his autobiography that he first snorted cocaine when he was 17 and did it again afterward, saying it was ‘definitely a different feeling’. He also revealed that he had his first sexual relationship with an older woman in a field at the same age. He also said he visited a psychic because he wanted to meet his mother somehow, and that he and his brother Prince William begged King Charles not to marry Queen Camilla.
The British royal family has not released an official statement. Jonathan Dimbleby, a royal aide who wrote King Charles’ autobiography in 1994, told the BBC on the 7: “(The Autobiography of Prince Harry) is ‘B-level celebrity’ exposition.”
Cairo = Correspondent Seonghwi Kang [email protected]
