After his fiery remarks about the British royal family, Prince Harry defended his memoirs in a TV interview broadcast on Sunday, describing them as “essential”.
The Duke of Sussex said in this interview, broadcast by the British channel “ITV”, two days before the official date for the publication of his book “Spare” or “The Alternative”, “After 38 years of seeing my story told by many with deliberate distortion and manipulation, I felt it was time for me to take it back. “Own my story and tell it myself.”
He added, “I love my father, I love my brother, I love my family and I will always love them. Nothing I wrote in this book was meant to harm or harm them,” expressing his hope for a “reconciliation” at condition that the “responsibilities” are determined.
Harry considered his notes “necessary” to clarify “historical facts”, adding that he now feels “at ease”.
But according to book excerpts leaked to the press since the memoirs mistakenly went on sale in Spain on Thursday, Harry’s comments have spared almost no one in the family, especially his brother William, the heir to the throne, who is also exposed to him in statements contained in the ‘Harry and Meghan’ series documentary on Netflix last month.
The 38-year-old Duke of Sussex describes his brother William as “a beloved brother and a sworn enemy”, accusing him of knocking him out during a fight between them in 2019 over Megan, whom Harry had married the year before.
He also accuses his brother and his wife Kate of displaying “stereotypical ideas” towards Megan, the mixed-race American actress, who “put obstacles in the way” for them when they enter the royal family.
Harry also privately attacks his stepmother, Camilla, who is now the king’s wife, saying some details of private conversations published in the media “could only be leaked” by her.
In British newspapers, the reactions are divided between amazement at the very personal nature of Harry’s loss of virginity and drug use in his memoirs, and anger at what is considered a frontal attack on the royal family.
Harry’s words that he killed 25 Taliban militants while serving in the ranks of the British Army in Afghanistan also drew widespread criticism.
