Prince Harry’s most controversial claims, published in his book ‘Spare’

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James Gregory

Sean Coughlan

BBC News Brazil

Several controversial allegations and accusations published in Prince Harry’s autobiographical book “Spare” have been leaked and published in the press.

The book describes the royal family’s grievances and grievances, such as an allegation that he and Prince William tried to convince his father, now King Charles III, not to marry Camilla.

But one of Harry’s most striking claims, first reported by the Guardian newspaper, was that he was allegedly physically assaulted by his brother.

Kensington Palace and Buckingham Palace said they would not comment.

BBC News obtained a copy of “Spare” after some went on sale in Spain. Here we have collected some of the most controversial statements in the book.

HARRY AND WILLIAM MADE AN APPEAL FOR THE FATHER NOT TO MARRY CAMILLA

Harry writes that he and William begged their father not to marry Camilla, now Queen Consort of England.

The Sun newspaper reported that Harry claims he and his brother had separate meetings with Camilla before she officially joined the royal family. Harry claims he pondered whether Camilla would one day be his “wicked stepmother” but that he and his brother were willing to forgive her in “their hearts” if she could make King Charles happy, the paper says.

There are no details on when the encounter took place or how old Harry was at the time.

A WOMAN WITH PSYCHIC POWERS TRANSMITTING A MESSAGE FROM DIANA

Harry describes how his grief over the death of his mother, Diana, Princess of Wales, led him to seek help from a woman who “claimed to have psychic ‘powers'”.

“Your mum says you’re living the life she couldn’t live,” said the woman, according to Harry. “You’re living the life she wanted for you.”

Diana died in a car accident in Paris in 1997 when Harry was 12 years old.

Harry’s account of a conversation he says he had with his late mother is short, according to the Guardian – which obtained a copy of the book and published an excerpt in the early hours of Thursday (5).

There are also no details on where or when the encounter with the woman took place.

CHARLES ‘DIDN’T HUGGED HARRY’ WHEN DIANA DIED

In the book “Spare”, Harry describes when his father woke him up to tell him that Diana had been in a car accident.

Harry writes that Charles – who Harry says is not good at expressing his feelings under “normal circumstances” – did not hug him when breaking the news.

Later, Harry writes that he retraced the route taken by Diana’s car in Paris when she died, in the hope that it would bring a sense of closure. But he says that only left him questioning the official cause of his mother’s death.

WILLIAM ‘THREW HARRY ON THE FLOOR’

Harry claims his brother grabbed his collar, ripping its cord, and knocked him to the floor of their London home. The book features an argument between the two, which Harry claims was sparked by comments William made about Meghan.

Harry writes that his brother has criticized Meghan, describing her as “difficult”, “rude” and “abrasive”.

The Duke of Sussex said his brother was “parroting the press narrative” as the confrontation escalated, according to The Guardian newspaper.

“He put [um copo de] water on the table, called me another name and then came to me. Everything happened so fast. So quickly. He grabbed me by the collar, ripped my cord and threw me to the ground,” says Harry, in the book.

“I fell into the dog’s bowl, which cracked under my back, the pieces cutting me. I lay there for a moment, stunned, then got up and told him to get out.”

HOW HARRY LOST HIS VIRGINITY

Harry writes that he was 17 when he lost his virginity to an older woman in a field behind a pub.

He says it was a “humbling” experience, during which the woman treated him “like a young stud”.

‘WILLIAM AND KATE LAUGH AT HARRY’S NAZIST COSTUME’

The memoir also claims that William and his wife, Kate, laughed when Harry returned home dressed in Nazi uniform before a costume party in 2005.

Harry says he was discussing costumes for the event and called the pair to ask their opinions — he had a pilot’s uniform and a Nazi outfit to choose from.

“I called Will and Kate and asked what they thought. Nazi uniform, they said. I rented the outfit, along with a ridiculous mustache, and came home,” says Harry.

“Will and Kate were laughing. It was even worse than William’s leotard costume. Much more ridiculous.”

Harry was 20 when The Sun ran a front-page photo of him dressed in uniform at a “Native and Colonial” themed costume party.

USE OF DRUGS

Harry says he snorted a line of cocaine in someone’s house when he was 17 and admits to using the drug on several other occasions, although he didn’t like it.

He writes, “It wasn’t a lot of fun and it didn’t make me feel especially happy like it seemed to do with everyone else, but it made me feel different, and that was my main goal. I was a 17-year-old ready to try anything that changed my life. the pre-established order”.

He also reports having smoked marijuana in a toilet at Eton College, the UK’s traditional high school, when he was a student, while police officers who acted as his bodyguards patrolled the outside of the building.

Harry also describes eating magic mushrooms during a trip to California in 2016, reports The Telegraph.

‘WILLIAM DIDN’T LIKE HAVING HARRY STUDYING AT THE SAME SCHOOL AS HIM, IN ETON’

“You don’t know me, Harold. And I don’t know you”, is what Harry claims William told him when he was about to start studying at Eton College.

Harry says his brother explained to him “that during his first two years there, Eton had been a sanctuary”.

“He didn’t want the burden of a little brother who would pester him with questions or poke his nose into his social circle,” says Harry.

He says he told William “not to worry”. “I’ll forget that I know you,” he reportedly replied to his brother.

HARRY HAS STOPPED WATCHING CAROLINE FLACK BECAUSE OF MEDIA PRESSURE

Harry says he met the late TV presenter Caroline Flack when he went out to a restaurant with friends in 2009. Describing her as “sweet” and “funny”, he writes that the press soon found out and photographers tracked them down.

“It triggered a frenzy,” he writes. “Within a matter of hours, a horde of journalists was camped outside Flack’s parents’ house, his friends’ houses and his grandmother’s house,” he reports.

“We saw each other from time to time, but we never felt free again. We continued because we had fun together and because we didn’t want to admit defeat at the hands of those imbeciles. But the relationship was tainted, irreparably, and in the end we decided it wasn’t worth it. the pain and harassment. Most of all for his family. We said goodbye. Goodbye and good luck.”

HARRRY SAYS HE KILLED 25 TALEBANS IN AFGHANISTAN

While serving as a helicopter pilot in Afghanistan in 2012-13, Harry says he flew six missions, all of which involved kills, but deemed them justifiable.

“It’s not a statistic that fills me with pride, but it doesn’t make me ashamed either,” he writes. “When I found myself in the heat and confusion of combat, I didn’t think of those 25 as people. They were chess pieces removed from the board, bad people eliminated before they could kill good people.”

WILLIAM SUGGESTED A VILLAGE CHAPEL FOR HARRY AND MEGHAN’S WEDDING

Harry claims the royal family has dragged their feet over the date and location of his wedding to Meghan.

He says that when he consulted his brother about the possibility of marrying in St. Paul or at Westminster Abbey, William said it was not possible as they had been the wedding venues for Charles and Diana and William and Catherine respectively.

Instead, William suggested a chapel in a village close to his father’s home at Highgrove House in the Cotswolds, says Harry.

Harry and Meghan were married at St George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle in May 2018.

PANIC ATTACKS BEFORE PUBLIC APPEARANCES

“At the end of the summer of 2013, I was going through a rough patch, alternating between periods of debilitating lethargy and terrifying panic attacks,” Harry writes in his memoir.

Describing his duties at the time, from giving speeches to giving interviews, Harry says he found himself “unable to perform these basic functions”.

Just before the speeches, his body would be covered in sweat and wearing the suit became a trigger when the panic started, he says.

“By the time it was time to put on the blazer and tie my shoes, sweat was pouring down my cheeks and back.”

CHARLES BEGGED WILLIAM AND HARRY NOT TO FIGHT

After the funeral of the Duke of Edinburgh, husband of Queen Elizabeth II, in 2021, Harry describes an argument between him and his brother, William. Harry says that Charles stepped between the two of them and said, “Please boys, don’t make my later years miserable.”

WILLIAM WAS THE HEIR AND HARRY THE ‘RESERVE’

The book’s title, “Spare”, alludes to a comment supposedly made after Harry’s birth.

Harry writes that when he was 20, he was told that Charles said to Diana: “Good. You’ve given me an heir and a backup. You’ve done your job.”

THREE CURIOSITIES IN THE BOOK:

  • Harry says William and Kate were fans of “Suits”, a series starring Meghan, before they met. They were reportedly “mouth agape” when Harry revealed the identity of his then-girlfriend. But, according to Harry, William warned him: “Harold, she’s an American, anything can happen.”
  • Harry says William ordered him to shave before his wedding to Meghan, despite the Queen’s permission for him to marry with a beard.
  • Meghan offended Kate by asking if she could borrow her lip gloss before an event. When Meghan squeezed the tube onto her finger and applied a dab of gloss over her lips, Kate looked disgusted, says Harry.

This report was originally published here.

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