These Are The Six Most Shocking Leaks From Prince Harry’s Upcoming Memoir

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While Prince Harry’s memoir Spare isn’t due to be published until Tuesday, excerpts from the book have been leaked and the prince’s shocking claims are causing controversy—here are the most explosive anecdotes from the much-anticipated tell-all.

Key Facts

William allegedly knocked Harry to the ground during a 2019 argument, according to an excerpt of Spare seen by The Guardian in which Harry claims his brother pushed him and left him with visible injuries after a row between the brothers escalated when William called Harry’s wife, Meghan Markle, “difficult,” “rude” and “abrasive.”

Harry and William “begged” their father King Charles III not to marry Camilla, whom he had an affair with while still married to their late mother, Princess Diana, and Harry even claims that Camilla leaked stories to the press according to The Sun, which obtained a copy of Spare after Spanish-language copies of the memoir were briefly put up for sale in Spain on Thursday by mistake.

Harry claims to have killed 25 people in two tours of Afghanistan during his decade serving in the British Army, writing that “it was not something that filled me with satisfaction, but I was not ashamed either,” according to Sky News.

William and Kate encouraged Harry to don a Nazi uniform to attend a 2005 costume party that landed the younger brother in hot water, Harry claims in the book according to Sky News, which reported the future Wales’ “howled with laughter” when they saw Harry in the Nazi regalia (Harry later apologized and called the decision “one of the biggest mistakes in my life” after a photograph of the costume was published).

Harry called a rumor that his real father is not Charles but one of Diana’s lovers “sadism,” according to The Mirror, referring to longstanding gossip that his biological father is James Hewitt, a red-headed member of the Household Cavalry who gave Diana horse riding lessons and had a five-year affair with the princess in the 1980s, after Harry’s birth (Harry wrote in Spare that the press “tortured” Diana over the rumor).

A Los Angeles “woman with powers” told Harry that Diana wanted to relay a message to him that he was “living the life she couldn’t” and “living the life she wanted for you,” from beyond the grave, Harry wrote, though The Guardian noted Harry did not describe the unnamed woman as a psychic or medium, writing that he met with her after trusted friends recommended her, saying he “felt an energy around her.”

Surprising Fact

In Spare, Harry details how Kate and William were “religious” watchers of Suits, the legal drama series Meghan starred in for seven seasons, Page Six wrote based on excerpts of the book. “All this time I’d thought Willy and Kate might not welcome Meg into the family, but now I had to worry about them hounding her for an autograph,” he reportedly wrote.

Key Background

When Penguin Random House announced in July it would publish Harry’s memoir, it was almost immediately controversial. The title, Spare, refers to the old saying “heir and a spare,” referring to the royal convention of having at least two children to ensure the continuation of the family line if the eldest child died. Critics accused Harry of airing out the royal family’s personal issues and betraying his family’s privacy for profit. Harry defended himself in clips from an upcoming interview released Thursday, telling Good Morning America’s Michael Strahan that his family leaked stories about him and Meghan first. Buckingham Palace has not responded to Harry’s comments in the book or any interviews promoting the memoir. The Sussexes’ media projects—including the couple’s Spotify and Netflix deals—have reportedly been a source of tension between them and Harry’s relatives for months.

Further Reading

Prince Harry Calls William His ‘Beloved Brother And Arch Nemesis’: Here’s What He’s Saying Ahead Of His Controversial Memoir Release (Forbes)

‘Knocked Me To The Floor’: Prince Harry Accuses William Of Physically Attacking Him Over Meghan In New Book (Forbes)

Prince Harry Defends Netflix Doc And Media Appearances: ‘Silence Is Betrayal’ (Forbes)

Here’s What We Learned From Harry And Meghan’s Netflix Documentary (Forbes)

Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/carlieporterfield/2023/01/05/these-are-the-six-most-shocking-leaks-from-prince-harrys-upcoming-memoir/