Prince Harry is opening up about his relationship with his late grandmother Queen Elizabeth II. Catching up with People on Tuesday for the magazine’s cover story, the Spare author reflected on his “special relationship” with Her Majesty, saying:
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Telling his truth — no matter what. Prince Harry has asserted that he isn’t afraid of the consequences of speaking out against the royal family.
The Duke of Sussex, 38, shed light on his decision to write Spare, his debut memoir, in a handful of televised interviews leading up to the book’s release on Tuesday, January 10. “I don’t see how honesty is burning bridges,” he told ITV’s Tom Bradby in a sit-down that aired in the U.K. on Sunday, January 8. “I don’t know how staying silent is going to make things any better.”
Harry explained that he wanted to flip the narrative that has been presented about him and wife Meghan Markle. “[After] 38 years of having my story told by so many different people with intentional spin and distortion, [I] felt like [this was] a good time to own my story and be able to tell it for myself,” he said. “I don’t think that if I was still part of the Institution that I would have been given this chance to.”
The Archewell cofounders tied the knot in May 2018. Nearly two years later, the couple announced their plans to step down from their senior royal roles. Harry and Meghan, 41, moved to California in mid-2020, where they’re raising son Archie, 3, and daughter Lilibet, 19 months.
The duo’s exit divided the public — and the royal family. In his book, Harry writes candidly about his estrangement from his father, King Charles III, and brother Prince William. However, he insisted on Sunday that he meant no harm through the “cutting” stories he shared.
“You know, my brother and I love each other. I love him deeply,” he told Anderson Cooper on 60 Minutes. “There has been a lot of pain between the two of us, especially the last six years. None of anything I’ve written, anything that I’ve included is ever
Prince Harry is opening up about his relationship with his late grandmother Queen Elizabeth II. Catching up with People on Tuesday for the magazine’s cover story, the Spare author reflected on his “special relationship” with Her Majesty, saying:
After more than 30 years writing a column about celebs and pop culture at the London Daily Mail, Baz Bamigboye moved to Deadline and today, we launch Breaking Baz. This will be a regular column of scoops and perspective from Baz’s London-centric perch. What better way to start than with Spare , the biting memoir by Prince Harry. The gossipy revelations have been spilled here and everywhere. Bamigboye is uniquely positioned to comment on this Royal rumble, the pressure to dig up dirt and the complicity of Fleet Street and Buckingham Palace played in the daily scrum that led to the death of Harry and William’s mother Princess Diana, and created the rupture between Harry and his family that led to their exit to California, and to spill the tea in unprecedented fashion.
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