British Prince Harry tells in his autobiography Replacement (“Reserve”) that an argument with his older brother William in 2019 ended in violence. Who writes The Guardian. Other British media outlets are already providing details from the book.
The Guardian owns a copy of the book, which will be published next week. And copies have already been placed on shelves in Spain.
According to the newspaper, the discussion between the brothers was about Harry’s wife, Meghan. William found the American actress “annoying,” “rude,” and “a sheet of sandpaper,” the book says. Harry replied that his brother “was parroting media history”, after which the argument would spiral out of control. William scolded his younger brother, grabbed him by the collar and pinned him to the ground.
It is unclear whether William would hit his brother in the process or simply push him. “I landed on the dog tray which broke under my back and the pieces cut into me. I lay like that for a moment, dumbfounded, then stood up and told him to fuck off. The Guardian from the autobiography. As Harry refused to fight back, William ran away.
The title of the book refers to a saying in aristocratic circles that the first son is an heir and the second a ‘reserve’. The feeling of being the replacement comes second The Guardian the thread of the autobiography. For example, Harry says that his father, the current King Charles, said to his wife Princess Diana at the birth of his second child: ‘Great! Now you have given me an heir and a reserve: my work is done.’
Cocaine Nazi uniform
The British media have already picked up on other passages. Harry says William and his wife Kate Middleton encouraged him to wear a Nazi uniform at a fancy dress party in 2005. He calls it “one of the biggest mistakes of his life.”
When he was seventeen, he was offered cocaine at someone’s house. Harry says he used cocaine many more times after that. But he said he didn’t like him very much. ‘I didn’t really like him, and he didn’t make me particularly happy like with the others. But I felt different, and that was my main goal. I was a 17-year-old boy who wanted to go against the usual order.’ Harry also admits that he also smoked cannabis as a student.
The prince also says he killed 25 Taliban fighters during his two military missions in Afghanistan. “In my days with Apache and laptops, everything I did was logged. I could always see exactly how many enemy combatants I had killed. So my number was 25. It wasn’t something that gave me much satisfaction, but I wasn’t ashamed of it either.’
In front of Replacement It appears, two interviews will be televised in the US and UK this weekend with Prince Harry, who is at odds with his family. Buckingham Palace is not commenting.