Kensington Palace has been urged to respond to claims in Prince Harry’s memoir, Spare, that the friend of an unnamed member of staff took cash payments for selling stories about him and wife Meghan Markle. Quoting several paragaphs of the book, Royal expert Peter Hunt tweeted: “An extraordinary allegation that has received zero coverage. Has anyone asked Kensington Palace what action – if any – was taken by Prince William?”
The passages of the book in question refer to a meeting between Harry and his brother to discuss alleged leaks.
Harry writes that he was “braced for a lecture” which “didn’t come”.
Instead William seemed “subdued”, the Duke claims.
He adds: “I told him about one past staff member sabotaging Meg. Plotting against her.
“I told him about one current staff member, whose close friend was taking payments for leaking private stuff to the press about Meg and me.”
Harry claims his sources were “above reproach”, and included “several journalists and barristers”.
He also said he had visited Scotland Yard, presumably to make them aware of his claims.
Harry adds that Kate and William “had their susipicions”, with William pledging to “look into it”.
Express.co.uk has contacted Kensington Palace for comment.
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