Prince Harry will feel the “repercussions from his memoir for years as the book has “battered ” his relationship with his father King Charles and his brother Prince William, a royal expert has claimed.
The Duke of Sussex’s memoir titled ‘Spare’, released in January 2023, sparked controversy around the world with its allegations about royal life and individual members of the family.
Among the most explosive claims was the allegation that Prince William pushed Harry over during a 2019 argument between the brothers about Meghan Markle.
The book widened the divide between Harry and his family, and The Mirror’s Royal Editor, Russell Myers, believes the book will impact their relationship for a long time to come.
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Speaking to Sky News Australia, he said: “You start off at the beginning of the year, we had Harry’s memoir Spare which was an absolute bombshell throughout the Royal Family.
“We’re still talking about it now. He’s still picking up the pieces of his sort of battered relationship with his father and his brother.
“Absolutely nobody was spared – excuse the pun – from his barbs in that book and I think we’ll still see the repercussions of that in the next year or two and whether Harry can sort of find a way back into the family remains to be seen.”
Another claim made by Harry in the book is that his father did not cry or hug him when they found out about the death of Princess Diana.
On the argument in 2019 between Harry and William over Meghan, the Duke of Sussex also said: “Meg’s difficult, she’s rude. She’s abrasive. She’s alienated half the staff.” He then added it was “not the first time he’d parroted the press narrative”.
Recalling what happened next, Harry wrote: “He grabbed me by the collar, ripping my necklace,” before he fell to the ground. He added: “I lay there for a moment, dazed, then got to my feet and told him to get out.”
Due to the tension that Harry’s memoir caused within the Royal Family, a PR expert has now warned Meghan to not follow suit and write her own book.
Lynn Carratt told the Mirror: “I am sure that is still the plan and it will form part of their deal with Penguin, but timing is everything and 2024 wouldn’t be the right time for its release.
“There will be a time in the future when an autobiography will be relevant, but not now.”
