Prince Harry: I left out details as I feared family
would not forgive me
Duke of Sussex tells Telegraph that he has enough
material for another memoir and his original draft was twice as long
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Jane
Clinton
Fri 13 Jan
2023 18.56 EST
Prince
Harry says he has enough material to write another memoir and chose not to
publish some details as he was concerned his father and brother would never
forgive him if they were made public.
In an interview
with the Daily Telegraph, the Duke of Sussex also said the initial transcript
for Spare was twice the length of the final draft and he had found it difficult
to work out what to remove.
A lot of
the detail that was eventually edited out, he added, concerned both his father
and his brother.
“The first
draft was different,” he told interviewer Bryony Gordon. “It was 800 pages, and
now it’s down to 400 pages. It could have been two books, put it that way. And
the hard bit was taking things out.”
He added:
“There are some things that have happened, especially between me and my
brother, and to some extent between me and my father, that I just don’t want
the world to know. Because I don’t think they would ever forgive me.”
Spare went
on sale on Tuesday in the UK but it had already been heavily trailed after
copies accidentally went on sale in Spain early.
The
Guardian was the first to reveal details from the memoir including the
allegation that Prince William had attacked Harry following a tense discussion
over Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex.
Kensington
Palace and Buckingham Palace have said they will not comment on the contents of
the book.
Prince
Harry also speaks about what he claims was a lack of support for him and
Meghan.
News of
surplus material is likely to cause further consternation for the royal family.
In the
interview, Harry said he knew he would “get trashed” for including anything
about his family but that he could not have written the memoir without
including them.
He was also
critical of the press and alleged that the media had “a s--t tonne of dirt
about my family, I know they have, and they sweep it under the carpet for juicy
stories about someone else”.
The duke
reiterated that he was not trying to destroy the monarchy, but instead help
reform it.
Referring
to Prince William’s children – George, nine, Charlotte, seven and Louis, four –
Prince Harry said at least one of his brother’s children will be a “spare” and
that this “hurts” and “worries” him.
“This is
not about trying to collapse the monarchy – this is about trying to save them
from themselves,” he added. “I know that I will get crucified by numerous
people saying that.”
He
suggested that in time the royal family could thank him for talking so openly
about his trauma.
Meanwhile,
he admitted that trying to change “an institution” and the media landscape was
“no small task” but that he was adopting “long-term, strategic thinking” to see
through this “enormous” challenge.
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