As their relationship broke out over the younger prince’s marriage to the actress Meghan Markle, Prince Harry describes what he claims was a violent attack by his brother, William, now Prince of Wales, in his eagerly awaited autobiography, Spare.
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Harry claims William called Meghan “difficult,” “rude,” and “abrasive” during an argument at his London house in 2019. Harry claims this was William “parrot[ing] the press narrative” about his American wife.
According to Harry, the argument got worse to the point when William “grabbed me by the collar, ripped my necklace, and… knocked me to the floor.”
The astounding incident is one of many in the book Spare, which will be released internationally the following week and is sure to cause a significant uproar for the British royal family. According to Harry, the scene left him with a visible damage to his back.
The Guardian was able to secure a copy of the book despite intense pre-launch protection.
The phrase “a first son is an heir to titles, power, and riches, and a second is consequently a spare, should anything happen to the first-born,” is an old adage in royal and aristocratic circles that inspired the title of the book.
The argument between the two princes is a shocking scene in the great book Spare.
This extraordinary occurrence is just one of several in the book Spare, which will be published internationally the following week and is certain to cause a major commotion for the British royal family. Harry claims that the incident left him with obvious back damage.
Although there was strict pre-launch security, The Guardian was able to obtain a copy of the book.
The book’s title is derived from an old saying in royal and aristocratic circles that goes, “A first son is an heir to titles, power, and money, and a second is accordingly a spare, should anything happen to the first-born.”
A terrible episode in the famous book Spare is the argument between the two princes.
Before William claimed he was attempting to help, insults were traded.
Harry said: “Are you serious? Help me? Sorry – is that what you call this? Helping me?”
Harry claims that his brother was enraged by that remark and moved closer to him while cursing. Harry records that he fled to the kitchen with his enraged brother after becoming afraid.
Harry reports giving his brother a drink of water and saying in his journal: “Willy, I can’t speak to you when you’re like this.”
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He writes: “He set down the water, called me another name, then came at me. It all happened so fast. So very fast. He grabbed me by the collar, ripping my necklace, and he knocked me to the floor. I landed on the dog’s bowl, which cracked under my back, the pieces cutting into me. I lay there for a moment, dazed, then got to my feet and told him to get out.”
Harry claims that William prodded him to fight back by bringing up their earlier physical altercations. Harry claims he resisted. Harry claims that after leaving, William came back “looking sorry and apologised.”
According to his brother, after William went once more, he “turned and called back: You don’t need to tell Meg about this.
“‘You mean that you attacked me?’
“‘I didn’t attack you, Harold.’”
Harry claims that he called his therapist instead of telling his wife right away.
After telling Meghan about the incident after she saw “scrapes and bruises” on his back, Harry claims she “wasn’t that surprised, and wasn’t all that furious.”
She was quite depressed.
The overarching theme of Harry’s book is his resentment of being the “spare,” which is explored in chapters on his upbringing, education, career as a royal and in the British army, his relationship with his parents and brother, and his life with Meghan, from their courtship and marriage to their own experience as parents.
Harry claims that on the day of his birth, his father, now King Charles, allegedly said to his wife, Princess Diana, “Wonderful! My work is finished because you’ve now given me an heir and a spare.
Harry is unreserved in his recounting of incredibly personal events and interactions, whether it is his recollections and love for Diana, who passed away in a car accident in Paris in August 1997, or his similar love for his grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II, who passed away last year.
In 2016, Meghan and Harry first met. 2018 saw their wedding at Windsor Castle. As the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, they started out as working royals but soon grew apart from the family and eventually started living a life that was mainly their own, relocating to Canada and then California.
They themselves were partially responsible for some of the constant news coverage of their contentious break from the royal family, such as the famous Oprah Winfrey interview they gave in 2021 that sparked intense debate on both sides of the Atlantic and across the world.
In Harry’s book, he goes into great detail on topics from that interview and a recent Netflix documentary, such as Meghan’s miscarriage, her suicidal thoughts, and allegations of racism in the royal family.
The book has been promoted, and this weekend, two interviews with Harry will air on ITV News at Ten and CBS 60 Minutes in the UK and the US. Both interviews are greatly anticipated, and news outlets often cover previews and teasers as they try to guess what Harry would say in his book.
Harry stated: “I would like to get my father back and I would like to get my brother back” in a clip from the ITV interview.
