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Duke says three courtiers ‘consolidated power through bold Machiavellian manoeuvres’
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King Charles is likely to be furious over “derogatory” nicknames Prince Harry has given private secretaries in his memoir, a royal biographer claims.
The Duke of Sussex refers to three “courtiers” as The Bee, The Fly and The Wasp, writing: “I’d spent my life dealing with courtiers, scores of them. But now I dealt mostly with just three, all middle-aged white men who’d managed to consolidate power through a series of bold Machiavellian manoeuvres.”
Robert Jobson said that anyone with a “semblance” of knowledge about the workings of the royal household would know who the “deeply insulting” comments are about.
Harry has denied boasting about killing 25 people in Afghanistan, describing this as “very dangerous” spin.
The Duke told Stephen Colbert on The Late Show in the US that watching the reactions has been “hurtful and challenging”.
“Without a doubt, the most dangerous lie that they have told is that I somehow boasted about the number of people that I killed in Afghanistan,” Harry said.
Spare has become the fastest-selling non-fiction book ever, recording figures of 400,000 copies so far across hardback, ebook and audio formats on its first day of publication.
Prince Harry has denied boasting about killing 25 people in Afghanistan while serving as a soldier and described this as a “very dangerous” spin against his memoir.
Following a backlash, the Duke of Sussex told Stephen Colbert on The Late Show that watching the reactions has been “hurtful and challenging”.
“Without a doubt, the most dangerous lie that they have told is that I somehow boasted about the number of people that I killed in Afghanistan,” Harry said.
There was no great rush to buy the autobiography in bookshops in Melbourne and Sydney, the Sydney Morning Herald reported.
“I feel like maybe people are kind of sick of him now because he has been selling his story a lot already,” one shopper said.
You have to wonder whether Charles has had some intimation of the Lear-like quality of what has engulfed him and his still-young reign, writes Sean O’Grady.
Like King Lear, based on an elderly mythical king of Britain, and his three daughters Goneril, Regan and the pure Cordelia, Charles sought from his offspring their love, loyalty and respect.
‘How sharper than a serpent’s tooth it is to have a thankless child!’
ICYMI: Prince Harry has recalled his “painfully awkward” first kiss with Cressida Bonas in his memoir Spare:
‘I leaned in to give her a kiss, but my aim was off,’ wrote royal
King Charles is reportedly planning on inviting the Duke and Duchess of Sussex to his coronation in May:
King Charles III is reportedly planning on inviting the Duke and Duchess of Sussex to his coronation in May. The 74-year-old monarch will be crowned in a ceremony at Westminster Abbey. A royal expert believes that Prince Harry, who has been openly critical of his father in his new autobiography Spare, will be invited to the occasion with his wife Meghan Markle. “My sources close to the king say that he will be extending that olive branch and will be inviting Meghan and Harry to the coronation,” Katie Nicholl told Entertainment Tonight. Sign up for our newsletters.
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Prince Harry has hit out at the media’s portrayal of multiple allegations he and the Duchess of Sussex have made, apparently changing tack in response, writes Andrew Gregory:
Duke of Sussex claims some of his views in autobiography Spare have been misrepresented after backlash
Bargains chain TK Maxx has denied Prince Harry’s claim about shopping there during its yearly sales, saying its stores don’t “do sales”.
The duke wrote about buying his everyday clothes from the department store in his new memoir.
King Charles apparently carried a teddy bear around with him everywhere, according to Prince Harry. It’s believed the bear was from Charles’ days at boarding school:
It’s believed the bear was from Charles’ days at boarding school Gordonstoun, Scotland where he was badly bullied
Prince Harry’s ghostwriter, JR Moehringer, is a Pulitzer Prize-winning features writer whose own memoir about his absent father was adapted into a George Clooney-directed film.
Now he’s turned his hand to ferreting out the most intimate details of royal life and familial intrigue, writes Sheila Flynn:
Prince Harry’s ghostwriter, JR Moehringer, is a Pulitzer Prize-winning features writer whose own memoir about his absent father was adapted into a George Clooney-directed film. Now he’s turned his hand to ferreting out the most intimate details of royal life and familial intrigue, writes Sheila Flynn
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