stick up for Prince Harryin a television interview broadcast yesterday, Sunday, on his memoirs, calling them “necessary”, although the first excerpts from them threatened to widen the rift within the royal family four months earlier Coronation of King Charles III.
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” (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.”
She added, “I love my parents, I love my brother, I love my family and I will always love them. Nothing I wrote in this book was meant to hurt or harm them,” expressing her hope for a “reconciliation” provided ” responsibilities” are specified, especially when he leaves with his wife Megan. Markle for California in 2020.
Explanation of historical facts
Harry considered his notes “necessary” to clarify “historical facts”, adding that he now feels “at ease”.
But according to excerpts from the book leaked to the press since the memoirs accidentally 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 has also been exposed. to him in statements made in the ‘Harry and Megan’ series documentary on Netflix last month.
The Duke of Sussex, 38, 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 “stereotypes” towards Megan, the mixed-race American actress, who “put obstacles in the way” for them when they enter the royal family.
Harry also repeats his criticisms of some members of the royal family as “accomplices” to articles hostile to him and his wife.
Harry also privately attacks his stepmother, Camilla, who is now the king’s wife, saying that some details of private conversations published in the media “could be leaked by anyone” but her.
Denial of racism
In response to a question about the interview, which he and his wife conducted American broadcaster Oprah Winfrey In 2021, Harry denied accusing the royal family of racism, because one of its members asked about the skin color of the then-expected baby during Megan’s pregnancy with son Archie.
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He said: “No, I didn’t, rather said the British press”, instead speaking of “stereotypical ideas in the subconscious”.
Buckingham Palace circles are silent about these leaks, but many comments have begun to appear in the British media.
“The Sunday Times” newspaper quoted close aides of Prince William as confirming that he is “sad” and “burns from within”, but “keeps quiet for the good of family and country”.
In an interview with the US network “CBS”, Harry explained that he and William do not speak at the moment and that he has not spoken to his father “for a long time”.
The possibility of reconciliation
The newspaper “The Sunday Telegraph” indicated that despite what was stated in the book, King Charles III is still ready for reconciliation, specifying that Prince Harry and his wife Megan will be invited to the king’s coronation ceremony next May.
But Harry is discreet about the truth of his intentions in this field, as he said in his interview with the British channel ‘ITV’ that “many things could happen before that date”, but “the ball is now in their field”.
“I don’t think silence will make things better,” he added, expressing hope for a “conversation” with his family, although he “doesn’t believe” that his father or brother will “read the book.”
Several parts of the book also testify to the trauma of the death of his mother, Princess Diana, in a car accident in Paris in 1997.
In the ‘ITV’ interview, Harry admits he ‘cried once, at the burial’ of Diana, speaking of his annoyance when he and his brother had to shake hands with people who came to say goodbye to the late princess outside Kensington Palace in London.
Divided reactions
The interview included excerpts from the audio version of the book, in Prince Harry’s personal voice, including what he recounted in it about how his father told him about his mother’s death.
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 statements that he had killed 25 members of the “Taliban” movement during his service in the ranks of the British army in Afghanistan attracted widespread criticism.
