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Some critics have stated that this book has a lot of complaining and a lot of explaining. There are many revelations from Prince Harry's Spare. From the Royal Family's absolutely unwillingness to reconciliation to the burning bridges.
The read may be long some, while short for those who love to dive in and get a closer look. Here are some of the biggest and most surprising allegations straight from the horse's mouth, the Duke of Sussex. In his new Memoir, Spare, Prince Harry's book reveals a lot and also surprises many. Let us know your comments. We'd love to hear from you whether you bought the book and enjoyed it.
Did you know that King Charles was the one who coined the phrase or gave Harry the nickname, spare? It's basically the idea of the air found in the spare tire that dates way back to the royal circles and refers to the second born's position (heir), should anything happen to the older sibling, in this example, Prince William (1st heir).
According to the book it states that King Charles first used this word to describe his son on the day he was born. Supposedly, he thanked his wife, Lady Diana for providing a spare and declared: "My work is done. I sit here now in front of you asking for a family, not an institution. I want a family."
Running through the pages you might have also heard endless rumors questioning Harry's paternity with many speculating that his real father might be Princess Diana's former lover, major James Hewitt. Prince Harry writes that his father made unkind jabs about the rumors, often ending with: "Who knows if I'm even your real father." Get a hold of your own copy and read how the prince found the joke remarkably unfunny.
The Prince is appealing indirectly or directly depending on who you ask, that there's a lot to be discussed and he really hopes that they are willing to sit down and talk about it.
Other highlights of this read include:
How Prince Harry learned about his mother and how he was just 12 years old when he tragically lost his mother in a car accident. He described how the Prince of Wales, William, had been sleeping at Balmoral Castle in Scotland when his father woke him up to break the news saying: "They tried darling boy. I'm afraid she didn't make it." Charles who typically struggles to show emotion, didn't hug him. He put a hand on his knee though and tried to reassure him it would be okay. Harry divulged that he didn't cry as he was understandably in shock. He also states that his brother and Uncle's took a plane to see her, and he wasn't invited.
Prince Harry shared a romping story with many details of he got intimate for the first time in a field behind a pub as a teenager. He describes it as an inglorious episode with an older woman. "She liked horses, quite a lot, and treated me unlike a young stallion. Quick ride, after which she'd smacked my rump and sent me to grace," he amused. "Among the many things about that were wrong. It happened in a grassy field behind a busy pub."
Other features in the book include how Meghan Markle and Kate Middleton, apparently was upset about a baby brain joke. Harry notes how when he first told his brother and sister-in-law about Meghan Markle they responded that they were religious viewers of sorts.
Who has the authority to decide what is truth and fiction? From the time they meet until the time of their wedding day, Harry shares another story about how Megan was left in tears after Kate insisted on princess Charlotte's bridesmaid dress was being remade just days before the wedding.
Details of how the rivalry doesn't stop with instances of Prince William directing his finger towards Megan's face and branded her, rude after she made a joke about Kate forgetting a wedding detail. Many will come to their own conclusions about how this may be childhood rivalry or childhood jealousy of sorts, to be continued.
The Prince writes candidly about his experimentation with various substances in his late teens and early twenties noting that he'd convinced himself that he'd be willing to try almost anything that would upset the established order. He writes, in Spare about psychedelics like ayahuasca, psilocybin, and mushrooms. It appears his first experience was during a hunting trip, and a few times more later, but you'll have to read the book to get the nitty gritty.
The misery of the loss of The People's Princess, his mom. He describes how he recreated his mom's accident. He wanted to see whether it was possible driving at the speed that Henry Paul was driving that you could lose control of a car. Read how it took Harry years to come to terms with the loss of his mother, and how he divulged that he had contrived a narrative where his mom faked her death just to escape everything. Read how Harry believed his mother would eventually call for him and his brother to join her, and states that Prince William had similar thoughts too.
The princes asked their father not to marry Camilla Parker Bowles. Prince Harry made several surprising comments about the queen consort in his book like, if you are led to believe as a member of the family that being on the front page having positive headlines positive stories written about you is going to improve your reputation or increase the chances of you being accepted as Monarch by the British public, then that's what you're going to do.
He claims that his brother was tormented by his knowledge of the third person in his parents' marriage, and accuses his stepmother, Camilla of leaking stories to the press to rehabilitate her own image at their expense. He adds many details, including his accusations of how Camilla and even his father at times use him or William to get better tabloid coverage for themselves.
One of the most astonishing details is the Revelation that he and Prince William apparently implored their father not to marry her. They knew he was going to continue in the relationship with her, but they just didn't think it was a great idea for their dad to walk down the aisle with, the Other Woman. They thought it was unnecessary and that it was going to cause more harm, adding insult to injury, than any good it could possibly bring him.
You may remember seeing a photo of Prince Harry in an ill-advised outfit causing a scandal which made its rounds back in 2005 where the tabloids read: "Harry the Nazi Prince's swastika outfit at a party." Harry writes and tells everyone that he debated whether he should wear a pilot costume or a Nazi officer's costume. It might be a little too late to apologize and bring in naiveté, but The Sun, was not going to sit aside knowing the history of WWII and the Holocaust.
Read how the young Prince answers a question left unanswered for years. Why did you wear a Nazi outfit at the age of twenty? Many want to know about this and not just chalk it up to your youth, the loss of your mother etc. In this part of his book, Harry talked about a telephone call he made to William and Kate, while they were dating. At some point Harry said that he showed the outfit to William and Kate and they howled with laughter. He shows them what he was thinking of wearing, either the pilot costume or the Nazi officer's costume with a swastika on his arm.
Harry claims that William and Kate encouraged him to wear the Nazi uniform to the native and colonial themed party he was going to attend. They thought it would be absolutely riot-ous! It would be hilarious if he were to wear it to the party. We now have the words of Harry, claiming this is what happened, and then you have his brother William's actions, who did not have his back, which followed the sun's initial Expose.
The Nazi costume, Harry claims, was one of the biggest mistakes he has ever made in his life and talks about it in the Netflix Docuseries in 2022. He said, this was the first major blow to his relationship with William. We'll be hearing more from the public and their opinions about whether this is just Harry trying to chip away at what some may perceive as a veneer and the image that William and Kate want to create and that clearly William and Kate may have some issues or something going on.
Spare sheds light upon other things among many, not including one of the most contentious and controversial details. This is where the Prince seems to almost brag about about his actions and deployment in Afghanistan. He also boasts that since he out-ranked his brother William in the army, his brother had to salute him in military situations. Apart from the rivalry with his brother, the younger Royal spent ten years in the Army including two operational tours in Afghanistan where he revealed that during this time he kept a record of how many enemy lives he claimed calling it a number that does not fill him with satisfaction, but nor does it embarrass me.
The controversy does not stop here. The UK military is also questioning why Harry would do that? Why would you keep a tally? These comments received plenty of backlash including from the UK's Army who called Harry's words distasteful and raised concerns that Harry could put many lives including his own at risk. And, particularly his comments about about how they don't regard their enemy Fighters as being human beings even. So, they think it will - this will incite some people to - to maybe attempt to attack against British soldiers.
A physical altercation with Prince William in what Harry calls was William's buildup frustration on his part. There is one surprisingly explosive detail of how Prince Harry describes how an argument with his brother over Megan turned physical. He said that in 2019 Prince William visited his Nottingham Cottage home and confronted him about his wife's allegedly difficult rude and abrasive behavior. To which Harry replied that his brother was just echoing the media's Narrative. He describes how the two of them were shouting at each other and that it wasn't pleasant at all and he snapped. Harry claims that as things got more heated Williams suddenly grabbed him by his shirt collar and knocked him to the ground where he landed on a dog bowl that broke and left cuts on his back. Read how after the initial shock, Harry got up and told his brother to get out. Harry also asserts that William urged him to hit him in return but Harry refused to. He does reveal that he and William are not on speaking terms currently.
What are you thoughts? Did you get a copy? How do you think King Charles and the Royal experts will react to Spare being released?
Perhaps both William and Harry should remember well why Lady Diana, their mother, was the People's Princess. Here is what she said of her boys then: "I want my boys to have an understanding of people's emotions, their insecurities, people's distress, and their hopes and dreams." Hope springs eternal. Maybe their mother's words will ring in their hearts sooner rather than later.
