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Chances of a reconciliation between Prince Harry, King Charles, the Queen Consort and William is now “impossible” over fears anything they say to the duke will be shared with the press, The Independent can reveal.
“They are trapped,” a source close to the palace has said, adding that the royal family believe the fraught relations will go unchanged while the Duke of Sussex remains effectively “kidnapped by a cult of psychotherapy and Meghan Markle.”
It comes after the Duke of Sussex opened up about his new memoir, Spare, which is said to feature bombshell revelations about his relationship with the royal family, during an interview with Good Morning America’s (GMA) Michael Strahan on Monday 9 January.
During their conversation, Harry attacked what he alleged was Camilla’s attempts to “rehabilitate” her image, after being cast as the “third person” in his parents’ marriage, but also sympathised with her, saying in the interview with GMA that she is not an “evil stepmother”.
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Watch: Prince Harry says white side of mixed-race families often discuss what children will look like
02:00 , Emily Atkinson
The Duke of Sussex has said that the white side of mixed-race families are likely to have discussed what children will look like as he denied that the royal family were racist.
In a 2021 interview with Oprah Winfrey, the Duchess of Sussex said that there had been “concerns” raised about Archie’s skin colour before his birth.
“You speak to any other mixed-race couple around the world, and you will probably find that the white side of the family have either openly discussed it, or secretly discussed... ‘What are the kids gonna look like?’” Prince Harry said.
Holly Patrick reports:
Harry says white side of mixed-race families discuss what children will look like
Watch: Prince Harry says Camilla was ‘the villain’ in her parent’s marriage
01:15 , Emily Atkinson
ICYMI: The 10 biggest talking points from Prince Harry’s ITV interview
00:30 , Emily Atkinson
Extract after extract from Prince Harry’s memoir Spare flooded the news cycle this week, after it was leaked in Spain five days before its official publication date.
These publications came to a head on Sunday (8 January), when the Duke of Sussex’s highly anticipated interview with ITV host Tom Bradby was aired.
Here are the 10 biggest talking points from the duke’s sit-down with Bradby:
The 10 biggest talking points from Prince Harry’s ITV interview
Prince Harry’s Spare: Pre-order the book everyone’s talking about
Monday 9 January 2023 23:45 , Emily Atkinson
While plenty has already come out about the new bombshell title, if you want to form your own opinion on Prince Harry and get your hands on the book that everyone is talking about, read the article below for everything there is to know about the bombshell book, including how you can pre-order it now.
Prince Harry’s Spare: Pre-order the book everyone’s talking about
‘Who would have thought’: Prince Harry reveals William and Kate were Suits fans
Monday 9 January 2023 23:00 , Emily Atkinson
What has Prince Harry revealed about his relationship with Kate?
Monday 9 January 2023 22:15 , Emily Atkinson
In his new memoir Spare which launches tomorrow, the Duke of Sussex claims that William and Kate encouraged him to wear the Nazi uniform to a fancy dress party in 2005 and “both howled” at the idea.
He also writes that Meghan upset Kate by saying she must have “baby brain” in the run-up to the Duke and Duchess of Sussex‘s 2018 wedding, Kate demanded an apology and William pointed a finger at Meghan and called her “rude”.
The Duke of Sussex writes about the infamous fight between Meghan and Kate during a bridesmaids’ dress fitting for Princess Charlotte, claiming he found his wife “on the floor” in tears after the fallout.
Also in the book, the duke says that Kate reluctantly lent Meghan her lip gloss, was “taken aback” by the request to borrow it and “grimaced” when Meghan squeezed some on to her finger and applied it to her lips.
Timeline of the bitter feud between Prince Harry and William
Monday 9 January 2023 21:30 , Emily Atkinson
Prince Harry’s new memoir Spare has caused a sensation before it has even been published, not least over a passage describing an altercation with his brother William, illustrating just how far the pair have drifted apart in recent years.
The row is said to have erupted at Nottingham Cottage in the grounds of Kensington Palace in London in 2019, with the Duke of Sussex alleging his sibling had arrived “piping hot” to confront him about his marriage to the American actress Meghan Markle and their running battles with the British press.
Here is Joe Sommerlad with a timeline of their falling out, largely as told by Harry since his break from the family, with William, the next in line to the British throne, largely preferring to remain silent.
Timeline of the bitter feud between Prince Harry and William
Watch: Top takeaways from Prince Harry's ITV interview
Monday 9 January 2023 20:45 , Emily Atkinson
Nadine White: ‘Prince Harry was right to tell his story – but he still has a lot to learn about racism'
Monday 9 January 2023 20:00 , Emily Atkinson
Prince Harry was wrong to suggest that there’s a substantive difference between “unconscious bias” and racism. There isn’t, writes our race correspondent Nadine White.
Opinion: Prince Harry still has a lot to learn about racism
Revealed: Royals despair as Harry ‘kidnapped by cult of psychotherapy’
Monday 9 January 2023 19:54 , Emily Atkinson
A reconciliation with Prince Harry is “impossible” because Charles, Camilla and William fear anything they say will be made public, The Independent understands.
A source close to the royal family said the King, Queen Consort and heir to the throne believe the situation will remain unchanged while the Duke of Sussex remains effectively “kidnapped by a cult of psychotherapy and Meghan Markle.”
“They are trapped,” said the source. “They really can’t engage because everything they say will be shared with the media. It is impossible to have a conversation or write a letter because of the risk that anything they say being put in the public domain by Harry, potentially for commercial benefit.
“There has been a complete breakdown of trust.”
Alastair Jamieson has this exlcusive report:
Royals despair as Harry ‘kidnapped by cult of psychotherapy’
Watch: Prince Harry says he would watch videos of his mother Diana to try and cry
Monday 9 January 2023 19:15 , Emily Atkinson
Opinion: What Prince Harry said about drug use and the psychological reason behind it
Monday 9 January 2023 18:30 , Emily Atkinson
Cocaine, like many other psychoactive drugs, is an effective way of altering how we feel or think, writes Ian Hamilton. So if you’re feeling low, cocaine can quickly change that negative feeling and thought pattern. Unlike counselling or mental health services, drugs don’t have a long waiting list or ask invasive questions. Drugs are easy to source and act quickly. In that sense, it is clear to see how they might appeal to someone like a young Prince Harry.
He was hardly unusual in using drugs like cocaine at this stage in his life, as it is young people who in the past made up the majority of those using drugs in a recreational way.
What Prince Harry said about drug use and the psychological reason behind it | Voices
Watch: Prince Harry says Diana would be ‘heartbroken’ over his relationship with William
Monday 9 January 2023 17:48 , Emily Atkinson
Duke insists Queen was not angry after he stepped down as senior royal
Monday 9 January 2023 17:22 , Emily Atkinson
The publication of Harry’s book Spare, which is due out on Tuesday, was reportedly delayed following the death of the Queen but the duke insisted his grandmother was not angry or upset with him about wanting to step down as a senior working royal.
“No. My grandmother and I had a very good relationship. It was never a surprise to anybody, least of all her.” the duke told GMA.
“She knew what was going on. She knew how hard it was. She never said to me that she was angry. I think she was sad that it got to that point.”
Prince Harry says divide between him and his family ‘couldn’t be greater'
Monday 9 January 2023 17:00 , Maryam Zakir-Hussain
The Duke of Sussex has said the divide between him and his family “couldn’t be greater”.
Asked about whether he thinks his book will bring his father and brother back to him or whether it will widen the divide, Harry told Good Morning America: “I thought about it long and hard, and as far as I see it the divide couldn’t be greater before this book.”
Harry said that if reconciliation does not happen, he will focus on his life and family.
“I’m not angry any more. There are things that will still anger me, but I’m not angry any more, because I am exactly where I am supposed to be,” he said.
During the interview, Harry said he was “born into service”, adding: “It runs in my blood.”
All the explosive revelations and claims from Harry’s leaked book Spare so far
Monday 9 January 2023 16:40 , Maryam Zakir-Hussain
Prince Harry has continued his seemingly neverending wave of allegations and revelations about the royal family in his new autobiography.
Leaked before the official release, Spare covers a wide range of subjects from his fractious relationship with brother William to the struggles after his mother Diana’s death in 1997.
His sex life, drug use and time served in the army are also covered in a memoir that appears to go into uncomfortable levels of detail.
The palace has so far declined to comment about any of the contents of the book, copies of which went on sale early in Spain.
All the explosive revelations and claims from Harry’s leaked book Spare so far
Prince Harry says ‘hunt for royal racist’ began after Oprah interview
Monday 9 January 2023 16:20 , Maryam Zakir-Hussain
The Duke of Sussex was quizzed on why his and the Duchess of Sussex‘s claim about an unnamed royal expressing concerns about how dark their unborn son’s skin would be did not appear in their Netflix documentary or his book.
Harry accused the British press of sparking a “hunt for the royal racist” following the Oprah interview, and warned CBS’s 60 Minutes interviewer Anderson Cooper that he would not discuss the matter further. Cooper said: “That wasn’t brought up in Netflix or in the book. Why?”
Harry replied: “The way the British press reacted to that was fairly typical. There was like a hunt for the royal racist. Neither of us believe that that comment or that experience or that opinion was based on racism.
“Unconscious bias, yes. But I think you speak to the majority of mixed-race couples around the world that the white side of the family would wonder, whether talking openly about it or amongst themselves, what the kids are gonna look like. The key word here was concern, as opposed to curiosity. But the way that the British press, what they turned it into, was not what it was.”
Cooper says: “You stand by that that happened but you just didn’t feel the need to...”
Harry says: “No but what else did I say at the end of, within the Oprah interview?” Cooper “That you would not discuss it further. Harry nods his head.
Richard Madeley criticises Prince Harry for denying calling royal family racist
Monday 9 January 2023 15:59 , Maryam Zakir-Hussain
Richard Madeley has called out Prince Harry after he refuted the suggestion that he or Meghan called the royal family racist during their 2021 Oprah Winfrey interview.
On Sunday (8 January), the royal sat down for an interview with ITV’s Tom Bradby ahead of the release of his memoir Spare this week.
As part of the interview, Bradby asked Harry about the 2021 interview with Winfrey, in which he and Meghan Markle claimed conversations had taken place in the royal family about “how dark” their son Archie’s skin would be.
ââDuring Monday’s (9 January) episode of Good Morning Britain, Madeley questioned why Harry allowed the “accusations of racism” against the royal family to continue.
Richard Madeley criticises Prince Harry over ‘unconscious bias’ remarks
Prince Harry opens up about ‘healing’ from PTSI after Diana’s death: What is Post Traumatic Stress Injury?
Monday 9 January 2023 15:32 , Maryam Zakir-Hussain
Prince Harry has spoken out about how he “healed” from his Post Traumatic Stress Injury (PTSI) after the death of his mother, Princess Diana.
The Duke of Sussex opened up about his new memoir, Spare, which is said to feature bombshell revelations about his relationship with the royal family, during an interview with Good Morning America’s Michael Strahan on Monday 9 January.
During their conversation, Harry talked openly about his grief and how serving in the military “literally saved him” in the wake of his mother’s death in a car crash in Paris in 1997.
When asked if he found his “purpose” in the military, the royal further explained how he finds value in performing different acts of service.
Amber Raiken has more:
Prince Harry on ‘healing’ from PTSI: What is Post Traumatic Stress Injury?
Prince Harry claims stepmother ‘sacrificed’ him on her ‘personal PR altar’ in upcoming memoir
Monday 9 January 2023 15:21 , Maryam Zakir-Hussain
The Duke of Sussex claimed the Queen Consort “sacrificed me on her personal PR altar”, in the latest interview to promote his controversial memoir.
Harry attacked what he alleged was Camilla’s attempts to “rehabilitate” her image, after being cast as the “third person” in his parents’ marriage, but also sympathised with her, saying in the interview with ABC’s Good Morning America (GMA) that she is not an “evil stepmother”.
The publication of Harry’s book Spare, which is due out on Tuesday, was reportedly delayed following the death of the Queen, but the duke insisted his grandmother was not angry or upset with him for wanting to step down as a senior working royal.
GMA co-host Michael Strahan read an extract from Harry’s book critical of the Queen Consort: “In a funny way I even wanted Camilla to be happy. Maybe she’d be less dangerous if she was happy.”
Another excerpt said: “I have complex feelings about gaining a step parent who I thought had recently sacrificed me on her personal PR altar.”
Asked what Camilla had “done” at that point, Harry replied: “I have a huge amount of compassion for her, you know. Being the third person within my parents’ marriage and she had a reputation, or an image, to rehabilitate.
“Whatever conversations happened, whatever deals or trading was made right at the beginning, she was led to believe that that would be the best way of doing it.”
In a separate interview with CNN’s Anderson Cooper, Harry said Camilla’s willingness to forge relationships with the British press made her “dangerous” and there would be “bodies left in the street because of that”.
Prince Harry clarifies his relationship with Camilla amid his claims she was ‘the villain’
Monday 9 January 2023 14:55 , Maryam Zakir-Hussain
Prince Harry has clarified his relationship with his stepmother, Queen Consort Camilla Parker-Bowles, after he described her as “the villain” and claimed she launched a “campaign” to marry his father, King Charles.
The Duke of Sussex, who is said to make a number of surprising claims about the Queen Consort in his upcoming memoir Spare, addressed his current relationship with his stepmother during an interview with Good Morning America’s Michael Strahan on Monday 9 January.
During the conversation, Harry was asked by Strahan about his “complex feelings” towards Camilla, who the duke alleges in his book had “recently sacrificed me on her personal PR altar”.
In response, Harry told Strahan that he has a “huge amount of compassion” for Camilla, “being the third person in my parents’ marriage”.
Prince Harry clarifies relationship with Camilla amid claims she was ‘the villain’
Harry says divide with family “couldn’t be greater”
Monday 9 January 2023 14:45 , Sam Rkaina
The Duke of Sussex has said the divide between him and his family “couldn’t be greater”.
Asked about whether he thinks his book will bring his father and brother back to him or whether it will widen the divide, Harry told Good Morning America: “I thought about it long and hard, and as far as I see it the divide couldn’t be greater before this book.”
Harry said that if reconciliation does not happen, he will focus on his life and family.
“I’m not angry anymore. There are things that will still anger me, but I’m not angry anymore, because I am exactly where I am supposed to be,” he said.
During the interview, Harry said he was “born into service”, adding: “It runs in my blood.”
‘No place for the monarchy in the 21st century the way it is now'
Monday 9 January 2023 14:29 , Sam Rkaina
The Duke of Sussex said there is a place for the monarchy in the modern world if they addressed unconscious bias.
Asked on Good Morning America if he thinks there is a place for the British monarchy in the 21st century, he said: “I genuinely believe that there is. Not the way that it is now.”
Asked if they need to modernise and if so in what way, Harry said: “I think the same process that I went through with regarding my own unconscious bias would be hugely beneficial to them.
“Not racism, but unconscious bias, if not confronted, if not learned and grown from, that can then move into racism.
“But there was an enormous missed opportunity with my wife.”
During the interview, Harry also said: “I think my mother would have realised the missed opportunity with Meghan being part of the institution, part of the monarchy.”
What is unconscious bias as Prince Harry denies accusing royals of racism
Monday 9 January 2023 14:17 , Maryam Zakir-Hussain
In an interview that has sent shockwaves around the world, Prince Harry has denied accusing the royal family of racism in his Oprah interview in March 2021, after Meghan revealed an unnamed family member raised concerns about how dark their unborn son Archie’s skin would be.
“No I didn’t … the British press said that … did Meghan ever mention that they’re racist? …There was concern about his skin colour,” the duke told ITV’s Tom Bradby on Sunday night.
Even Bradby was taken aback, asking: “Wouldn’t you describe that as essentially racist?” Harry replied: “I wouldn’t, not having lived within that family.”
Our race correspondent Nadine White reports:
What is unconscious bias after Prince Harry denies accusing royals of racism
Late Queen was not angry with Duke for wanting to step down as senior royal, he claims
Monday 9 January 2023 13:58 , Maryam Zakir-Hussain
The Duke of Sussex has insisted his grandmother the late Queen was not angry or upset with him about wanting to step down as a senior working royal.
Interviewer Michael Strahan asked him on Good Morning America: “Did she ever express that she was upset at you?”
Harry responds: “For what?”
Strahan replies: “For wanting to change your role.”
Harry says: “No. My grandmother and I had a very good relationship. It was never a surprise to anybody, least of all her.
“She knew what was going on. She knew how hard it was. She never said to me that she was angry. I think she was sad that it got to that point.”
Prince Harry says he ‘can’t ever get out’ of the royal family
Monday 9 January 2023 13:38 , Maryam Zakir-Hussain
The Duke of Sussex has told Good Morning America he “can’t ever get out” of the royal family.
He said there had been no compromise over his half-in half-out hybrid plan to move to Canada but also still serve the Queen during the Megxit crisis in 2020.
Interviewer Michael Strahan asked: “There was no compromise with the family?”
Harry replied: “No - which was really sad because I still to this day believe that this was entirely possible.”
Strahan asked: “There are going to be people who say ‘Why don’t they either be in or get out, because if you get out there’s no hypocrisy’.”
Harry said: “I can’t ever get out and I’m incredibly aware of my position.
“I’m incredibly grateful for the life that I’ve had and continue to live.
“But there’s no version of me being ever able to get out of this. I was stunned that my family would allow security to be taken away, especially at the most vulnerable point for us.”
Asked about critics who say he has sold out his family, Harry says the only way he could protect his family was to correct mistruths, by writing the truth in one place.
“I fully accept that writing a book is feeding the beast anyway,” he adds.
Opinion: Piers Morgan has proven himself Meghan Markle’s greatest fan
Monday 9 January 2023 13:18 , Maryam Zakir-Hussain
Piers Morgan is on the offensive again – in every sense of the word, Katie Edwards writes.
You might not have noticed because he’s maintained such a dignified silence until now, but Piers Morgan has gone for Meghan (and now her husband, Prince Harry) like a hunting pack after bait – and it’s been just as gruesome and bloodthirsty to witness.
For reasons known only to the broadcaster and talkTV presenter, over the years he’s gone from fawning over Markle and labelling himself a “superfan” on Twitter to spewing an almost constant stream of vitriol in her direction. She’s a liar, he claims. She’s playing the victim, he reckons. She ghosted him, he says.
Opinion: Piers Morgan has proven himself Meghan Markle’s greatest fan
Prince of Wales says he takes his share of responsibility for breakdown of relationships in his family
Monday 9 January 2023 13:06 , Maryam Zakir-Hussain
The Duke of Sussex said he has to take responsibility for his role in the breakdown of the relationship with his brother the Prince of Wales.
Asked on Good Morning America if he thinks he has any responsibility in the breakdown of the relationship, Harry replied: “Without question. Sure.
“But what people don’t know is the efforts that I’ve gone to to resolve this privately, both with my brother and with my father.”
Prince Harry says he does not view Camilla as an ‘evil stepmother'
Monday 9 January 2023 12:57 , Maryam Zakir-Hussain
The Duke of Sussex said he does not view the Queen Consort as an “evil stepmother”.
Speaking on Good Morning America, Harry said: “I have a huge amount of compassion for her, you know, being the third person within my parents’ marriage.
“She had a reputation, or an image, to rehabilitate.
“Whatever conversations happened, whatever deals or trading was made right at the beginning, she was led to believe that that would be the best way of doing it.”
Asked about what his relationship with Camilla is like now, Harry said: “We haven’t spoken for a long time. I love every member of my family, despite the differences, so when I see her we’re perfectly pleasant with each other.
“She’s my stepmother. I don’t look at her as an evil stepmother. I see someone who married into this institution and has done everything that she can to improve her own reputation and her own image for her own sake.”
Prince Harry’s popularity reaches record low ahead of memoir publication
Monday 9 January 2023 12:49 , Maryam Zakir-Hussain
The Duke of Sussex’s popularity in the UK has reached a record low, a new poll suggests.
According to a new YouGov survey, nearly two-thirds (64 per cent) of Britons currently have a negative view of Harry.
This is an increase of six per cent since May last year, when roughly half (58 per cent) of those polled said they had a negative view of the prince.
Meanwhile, the latest poll shows that only one in four (26 per cent) of Britons have a positive view of Harry.
His net favourability among Britons is currently at an all-time low of minus 38, with his wife, the Duchess of Sussex, achieving a score of minus 42.
Olivia Petter has more:
Prince Harry’s popularity reaches record low ahead of memoir release
Prince Harry says British press ‘pitch’ the family against each other
Monday 9 January 2023 12:45 , Maryam Zakir-Hussain
The Duke of Sussex said there has always been competition between him and his brother the Prince of Wales, and he has referred to the British press’s part in it.
Speaking on Good Morning America, Harry said: “They pitch the Waleses, which Kate and William are now, against the Sussexes, me and my wife.
“They always pitched us against each other. They pitch Kate and Meghan against each other.”
Asked if he thought this then made the two women “go against each other”, he said yes “without question”.
What Prince Harry has said about the British press
Monday 9 January 2023 12:18 , Maryam Zakir-Hussain
The Duke of Sussex has made a number of withering comments against the UK media over the years. Thanks to the publication of his tell-all memoir, Spare, though, he has also become a firm advocate against press intrusion.
Speaking to ITV’s Tom Bradby about the book, Harry referred to the media as the “devil” and blamed the ongoing rift between him and his family on the press.
Asked by Bradby about his love for the royal family, Harry commented: “I love my father. I love my brother. I love my family. I will always do. Nothing of what I’ve done in this book or otherwise has ever been to any intention to harm them or hurt them.”
Read more from Olivia Petter here:
Everything Prince Harry has said about the UK media
Prince Harry’s popularity sinks to record low following explosive interviews
Monday 9 January 2023 12:17 , Maryam Zakir-Hussain
The Duke of Sussex’s popularity has sunk to a record low following a number of claims about the royal family in his upcoming book, according to a new poll.
Almost two-thirds of Britons, 64 per cent, have a negative view of Harry, up from 58 per cent in May, with just 26 per cent seeing him in a positive light, according to the YouGov survey.
The results come ahead of the release of Harry‘s book Spare, due out on Tuesday, which has sparked a furore, following claims the Prince of Wales physically attacked him.
Prince Harry gives another tell-all interview
Monday 9 January 2023 12:01 , Maryam Zakir-Hussain
Prince Harry’s latest interview ahead of his book launch is now live as the Duke sat down with Good Morning America.
Follow our blog to hear the latest on the Duke’s most recent interview.
Prince Harry’s ITV interview achieves ‘disappointing’ ratings
Monday 9 January 2023 11:49 , Maryam Zakir-Hussain
The viewing figures for ITV’s Prince Harry interview have been released.
The duke’s tell-all interview with Tom Bradby, which aired last night (8 January) on ITV, was watched in the UK by 4.1 million people – around a third of the 11.1 million people who watched his and wife Meghan Markle’s Oprah interview in 2021.
The ratings performance was described as “disappointing” by US entertainment publication Deadline.
In the interview, Harry narrated controversial and startling excerpts from the book that, according to one royal biographer, “could mark the beginning of the end” of the monarchy.
Prince Harry’s ITV interview achieves ‘disappointing’ ratings
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle may retreat for rest of the year now their story has been heard
Monday 9 January 2023 11:37 , Maryam Zakir-Hussain
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex may retreat for the rest of the year as they have both told their sides of the story, the author of a biography on the couple has said.
Omid Scobie, co-author of Finding Freedom, said the frankness of Harry’s memoir Spare is the result of a man who for all of his life “hasn’t been able to share a word of it”.
But he added there is not really much else to say and so royal watchers can expect to see a shift in the months ahead.
Speaking about Harry, Mr Scobie told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme: “He’s watched other people tell that story over and over again, including journalists such as myself.
“I think this is Harry finally wanting to put his voice on the historical royal record.
“Of course, that does come with some downsides for those who have been part of his journey. We heard some sort of really startling confessions and stories about members of the royal family, particularly when it comes to Camilla and her relationship with the press.
“This is really just Harry sort of pulling the curtain back on it all. We’re actually getting, I guess, the look behind palace walls that we’ve always wanted.”
Mr Scobie said Harry is clearly “very confident in the story that he’s telling” and that it has taken him a long time to get to this point.
Mr Scobie was asked if he gets the feeling from Harry and Meghan’s team that this is how they intend to continue, and he said he thinks the couple “have to be quite careful right now”, adding there has been a lot of focus on their private life recently and their brand has been “very much about drama” and a “soap opera” that has been played out publicly.
“I think we’re going to see, for the rest of this year, a couple sort of retreating from a lot of what we’ve seen over the last few months.
“They’ve both shared their sides of the story. Harry more in many, many ways, in more ways than we could have ever imagined.
“There isn’t really much else to say and so I think we will see a shift in the months ahead. That said, when it comes to talking about reconciliation, that is very difficult after the amount that he has shared in this book,” he said.
Harry claims he and Meghan never accused royals of racism on Oprah – here’s what they actually said
Monday 9 January 2023 11:17 , Maryam Zakir-Hussain
Prince Harry has denied that he and Meghan accused a member of the royal family of racism during their 2021 interview with Oprah Winfrey.
The Duke of Sussex sat down for two broadcast interviews, with ITV and CBS, which were released on Sunday night ahead of the official publication of his ghostwritten memoir Spare, leaked extracts from which have dominated headlines.
Alongside intensely personal recollections relating to himself and his relatives, the allegations reportedly contained in the book – due on Tuesday – include a physical attack by Prince William, and his brother’s supposedly hushed-up involvement in his infamous Nazi costume debacle.
Andy Gregory has more:
What Sussexes actually told Oprah – after Harry says he never called royals racist
Duke of Sussex has watched others tell his story ‘over and over again,’ author says
Monday 9 January 2023 11:10 , Maryam Zakir-Hussain
Omid Scobie, author of Finding Freedom, a book on the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, said the frankness of Harry’s memoir is the result of a man who for all of his life “hasn’t been able to share a word of it”.
He told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme: “He’s watched other people tell that story over and over again, including journalists such as myself.
“I think this is Harry finally wanting to put his voice on the historical royal record.
“Of course, that does come with some downsides for those who have been part of his journey. We heard some sort of really startling confessions and stories about members of the royal family, particularly when it comes to Camilla and her relationship with the press.
“This is really just Harry sort of pulling the curtain back on it all. We’re actually getting, I guess, the look behind palace walls that we’ve always wanted.”
Prince Harry opens up about ‘tainted’ romance with late Caroline Flack
Monday 9 January 2023 11:03 , Maryam Zakir-Hussain
Prince Harry has reportedly opened up about his “tainted” romance with Caroline Flack and reflected on the TV presenter’s death, in his leaked memoir.
Sections from the book have been quoted by the UK press after the memoir was accidentally put on sale on 5 January in Spain. The book was officially supposed to be released next Tuesday (10 January).
These include claims Prince William allegedly physically attacked the Duke of Sussex during a confrontation over Harry’s wife Meghan Markle in 2019.
Maanya Sachdeva reports:
Prince Harry opens up about ‘tainted’ romance with late Caroline Flack
Piers Morgan launches fresh attack on Prince Harry after ‘bitter’ ITV interview
Monday 9 January 2023 10:47 , Maryam Zakir-Hussain
Piers Morgan has posted a series of scathing tweets criticising Prince Harry after the royal’s recent spate of interviews in promotion of his memoir Spare.
In his interview with Tom Bradby on Sunday (8 January), the duke was asked about the previous claims that he and his wife, Meghan Markle, made during their interview with Oprah Winfrey in March 2021.
During the interview, the couple had said that unnamed members of the royal family had raised “concerns” over “how dark” their son Archie’s skin would be.
Read more here:
Piers Morgan launches fresh attack on Prince Harry after ‘bitter’ ITV interview
What did Prince Harry say about Kate? Here’s what you missed
Monday 9 January 2023 10:25 , Maryam Zakir-Hussain
In his new memoir Spare which launches tomorrow, the Duke of Sussex claims that William and Kate encouraged him to wear the Nazi uniform to a fancy dress party in 2005 and “both howled” at the idea.
He also writes that Meghan upset Kate by saying she must have “baby brain” in the run-up to the Duke and Duchess of Sussex‘s 2018 wedding, Kate demanded an apology and William pointed a finger at Meghan and called her “rude”.
The Duke of Sussex writes about the infamous fight between Meghan and Kate during a bridesmaids’ dress fitting for Princess Charlotte, claiming he found his wife “on the floor” in tears after the fallout.
Also in the book, the duke says that Kate reluctantly lent Meghan her lip gloss, was “taken aback” by the request to borrow it and “grimaced” when Meghan squeezed some on to her finger and applied it to her lips.
Princess of Wales celebrates her birthday on eve of PrinceHarry’s memoir
Monday 9 January 2023 10:09 , Maryam Zakir-Hussain
The Princess of Wales is celebrating her 41st birthday just one day before the Duke of Sussex‘s controversial memoir hits shelves.
Kate, whose birthday is January 9, will likely mark the day in a private family way amid a period of fracture and turmoil for the royal family.
A flood of inflammatory claims have emerged from Harry’s tell-all autobiography Spare, which was leaked and also put on sale early in Spain ahead of its official release on Tuesday.
But it is not the first time Kate’s birthday has fallen in the shadow of bombshell revelations from the Sussex camp.
Harry and Meghan made the shock announcement that they would be stepping back as senior members of the royal family on January 8 2020.
Kate marked her 40th birthday last year by releasing three striking images of her dancing in Alexander McQueen dresses taken by celebrated fashion photographer Paolo Roversi.
This year, Kate’s birthday comes after intimate details about Harry’s life and family, including claims about his sister-in-law, have emerged from his new memoir.
Kensington Palace and Buckingham Palace have declined to comment but the book is being seen as damaging Harry’s fragile relationship with his brother - a future king - beyond repair.
Prince Harry says experimental drugs helped him clear ‘the misery of loss’ after Diana’s death
Monday 9 January 2023 09:44 , Maryam Zakir-Hussain
Prince Harry has opened up about his ongoing grief over the death of his mother, Princess Diana, and the ways he processed his emotions.
The Duke of Sussex spoke candidly about his mother’s passing during his 60 Minutes interview with Anderson Cooper on Sunday 8 January, ahead of the release of his tell-all memoir Spare on Tuesday 10 January.
During the conversation, the duke revealed that he cried only once after his mother’s death - when his mother’s coffin “actually went into the ground,” and that he later turned to experimental drugs to help him deal with his emotions.
“That was the first time that I actually cried. Yeah, there was never another time,” he said.
Chelsea Ritschel has more:
Harry says experimental drugs helped him deal with Diana’s death
Prince Harry says there are ‘25 versions of bridesmaids story’ about Meghan and Kate
Monday 9 January 2023 09:26 , Maryam Zakir-Hussain
Prince Harry says there have been “25 versions” of the story where it was reported that Meghan Markle made his sister-in-law, the Princess of Wales, cry.
Around the time of the Sussexes’ wedding, a widely publicised report emerged alleging that Meghan had made Kate Middleton cry over an argument over bridesmaids dresses.
Speaking in an ITV interview ahead of the release of his memoir Spare on Tuesday 10 January, the Duke of Sussex answered questions about how that story unfolded and its impact.
According to Harry’s memoir, Meghan was left in tears and Kate visited the following day to apologise.
Prince Harry says there are ‘25 versions of bridesmaids story
Prince Harry says it was time to ‘own’ his story
Monday 9 January 2023 09:11 , Maryam Zakir-Hussain
When asked by ITV’s Tom Brady why he has written an autobiography, Prince Harry replied: “38 years. 38 years of having my story told by so many different people, with intentional spin and distortion, felt like a good time to own my story and tell it myself.”
The Duke of Sussex added that he would not have this opportunity if he was still part of the institution, and feels “grateful” to now have the freedom to do so.
Tory MP says Prince Harry’s admission of killing 25 people in Afghanistan is ‘ill-advised'
Monday 9 January 2023 09:01 , Maryam Zakir-Hussain
Tory MP Tobias Ellwood has suggested the Duke of Sussex‘s admission that he killed 25 people in Afghanistan could create security risks for the Invictus Games.
Mr Ellwood, a senior backbencher and chairman of the Commons Defence Committee, said the revelation in Harry’s memoir was “ill-advised”.
“I do worry that this is going to have security implications,” he told Sky News.
Speaking about the Invictus Games, he said: “One of the rare occasions that I worked with Prince Harry was in the Invictus Games in Sydney and in Toronto and so forth. Incredible effort. This was his design, this was his creation.
“And I’m now concerned that something which has been so important to veterans to help rehabilitation will now suffer because there could be security implications of him participating in that.”
Prince Harry says the King blames himself for his son’s struggles
Monday 9 January 2023 08:47 , Maryam Zakir-Hussain
In an extract of his memoir which was read by Harry during the interview, the Duke of Sussex said his father, the King, blamed himself for his son’s struggles, telling him: “I should have got you the help you needed years ago.”
He says his “Pa” was “never made” for single parenthood but had tried, and told Bradby he will “always love” his father.
‘I love her’: Prince Harry defends Lady Hussey over Palace racism row
Monday 9 January 2023 08:37 , Maryam Zakir-Hussain
Prince Harry has addressed the recent controversy that broke out after Lady Susan Hussey asked a Black British charity worker where she “really came from”.
Ngozi Fulani, the founder of Sistah Space, found herself at the centre of a royal racism scandal over Lady Hussey’s comments, which were made during a Buckingham Palace reception in December last year.
Queen Elizabeth II’s former lady-in-waiting and Prince William’s godmother apologised to Fulani over the remarks, which were widely criticised.
During an interview to promote his forthcoming memoir, Harry told ITV’s Tom Bradby he was “very happy” for Fulani to be invited to the palace for a reconciliatory meeting with Lady Hussey, “because [the Duchess of Sussex] Meghan and I love Susan Hussey”.
He continued: “And I also know that what she meant – she never meant any harm at all. But the response from the British press, and from people online because of the stories that they wrote was horrendous.”
‘I love her’: Prince Harry defends Lady Hussey over Palace racism row
Opinion: Harry and Meghan are starting to look as out of touch as the Bourbons and the Romanovs
Monday 9 January 2023 08:22 , Maryam Zakir-Hussain
Prince Harry says his family “has been briefing the press for over a decade”.
He means briefing against him, his wife and his family.
For their own selfish – even jealous – purposes, according to Harry; Charles, Camilla, William and Kate and their respective staffs have all variously been “complicit” with the British tabloid press in creating a damaging family divide, Sean O’Grady writes.
He proclaims, often, how much he loves his family, and how much he wants them back, but the “dysfunctional” family doesn’t seem to want him, or Meghan and the kids.
Quotes, leaks and planted stories attributed to Buckingham Place “sources”, says Harry, came (and still come) from his own family members.
Harry and Meghan are starting to look as out of touch as the Romanovs | Sean O’Grady
Monday 9 January 2023 08:06 , Maryam Zakir-Hussain
The Duke of Sussex has said he is “not texting” his brother and described the Queen Consort as “the villain” in an incendiary interview in the US.
Speaking with CNN’s Anderson Cooper, Harry said Camilla’s willingness to forge relationships with the British press made her “dangerous” and there would be “bodies left in the street because of that”.
The duke wrote in his memoir Spare that Camilla “sacrificed me on her personal PR altar”.
He told interviewer Anderson Cooper: “She was the villain, she was a third person in the marriage, she needed to rehabilitate her image.”
He added: “The need for her to rehabilitate her image...that made her dangerous because of the connections that she was forging within the British press.
“And there was open willingness on both sides to trade information and with a family built on hierarchy, and with her on the way to being Queen Consort, there was going to be people or bodies left in the street because of that.”
The duke writes in his memoir how he and William begged the King not to marry Camilla, and he told Cooper: “We didn’t think it was necessary. We thought it would do more harm than good.”
In his UK interview with ITV on Sunday night, the duke, however, denied that he had been “scathing” about the Queen Consort in his autobiography.
Watch: Prince Harry says he does not speak to his brother or father
Monday 9 January 2023 07:54 , Maryam Zakir-Hussain
If you’re just tuning in to Prince Harry news this morning, here’s what you missed:
The Duke of Sussex has said he currently does not speak to the Prince of Wales or King Charles III.
During an interview on CBS’s 60 minutes, Anderson Cooper asked: “Do you speak to William now?”
“Currently, no”, Prince Harry responded.
The duke went on to say that he hasn’t spoken to his father “in quite a while” but the rift within the British royal family “can be healed”.
Watch: Prince Harry says he does not speak to his brother or father
Harry: The Interview review – Stage-managed and unchallenging from start to finish
Monday 9 January 2023 07:43 , Maryam Zakir-Hussain
“Never complain, never explain.” That is, according to Prince Harry’s latest primetime moan, the motto of the Royal Family.
In service of this, the prodigal prince found himself an hour-and-a-half slot on ITV (9pm on a Sunday, not bad for the “spare”) in which to lay out an exhaustive list of grievances and clarifications.
If you’re not already drained by the endless Windsor saga, get ready for another glimpse inside Britain’s iciest family.
Read Nick Hilton’s review here:
Harry: The Interview – Stage-managed and unchallenging from start to finish
If Harry really wants his family back, he’d be smart to stop talking so much
Monday 9 January 2023 07:30 , Sravasti Dasgupta
“Oh, Prince Harry. Finally, the time has come when I feel sorry for everyone’s favourite jet-hopping, mansion-dwelling, dirty laundry-dragging royal. To be clear, this is not because I worry about the quality of his life now that he has firmly established himself across the pond in sunny Montecito. Nor is it because I’m concerned that he and Meghan might struggle to get any work done at their vast two-seater desk. Or because they’re too busy texting Beyoncé again. No. It’s because I fear that after all of this media face time, Harry is going to wind up without the one thing he wants most in the world: his family.”
Olivia Petter writes:
If Harry really wants his family back, he’d be smart to stop talking so much
Recap- Prince Harry tells all in new interviews ahead of book launch
Monday 9 January 2023 07:24 , Maryam Zakir-Hussain
Ahead of his book launch on Tuesday, Prince Harry sat down with TV’s Tom Braby and CBS’ Anderson Cooper in tell-all interviews about his tense relationships with his father and brother.
Here’s what you missed so far:
Harry described the Queen Consort as “the villain” and says her willingness to forge relationships with the British press made her “dangerous”.
“She was the villain, she was a third person in the marriage, she needed to rehabilitate her image,” he told CNN’s Anderson Cooper.
The Duke of Sussex also said he was “not invited” onboard a plane taking other members of the royal family Balmoral Castle, ahead of the Queen’s death.
“I asked my brother...’what are your plans, how are you and Kate getting up there?”’ he said.
“And then a couple of hours later all of the family members that live within the Windsor and Ascot area were jumping on a plane together, a plane with 12, 14 maybe 16 seats.”
“You are not provided on that plane?” Cooper asked him.
“I was not invited,” Harry replied.
ICYMI: The 10 biggest talking points from Prince Harry’s ITV interview
Monday 9 January 2023 07:00 , Sravasti Dasgupta
Extract after extract from Prince Harry’s memoir Spare flooded the news cycle this week, after it was leaked in Spain five days before its official publication date.
These publications came to a head on Sunday (8 January), when the Duke of Sussex’s highly anticipated interview with ITV host Tom Bradby was aired.
Here are the 10 biggest talking points from the duke’s sit-down with Bradby:
The 10 biggest talking points from Prince Harry’s ITV interview
Harry denies royal family is racist in ITV interview
Monday 9 January 2023 06:30 , Sravasti Dasgupta
The Duke of Sussex has denied members of the royal family are racist.Harry said the Duchess of Sussex’s claims that a family member made “troubling” comments about the skin colour of his son, Archie, related to “unconscious bias” not racism.
Josh Payne has more:
Harry denies royal family is racist in ITV interview
Don’t pretend you’re not interested in what Prince Harry has to say
Monday 9 January 2023 06:00 , Sravasti Dasgupta
With Prince Harry’s new autobiography Spare set for release on Tuesday 10 January, explosive claims from the book have generated interest across press and social media.
The Harry naysayers appear to fall into two camps. There are those who are forthright in their vehement dislike of the prince, who call him a “traitor” and want him to just shut up.
And then there are others who also wish he wasn’t generating so many news stories and column inches – because they claim they’re not interested in what he has to say.
Harriet Williamson writes
Editor’s Letter: Don’t pretend you’re not interested in what Prince Harry has to say
Prince Harry says he and Prince William believed Diana faked her own death
Monday 9 January 2023 05:30 , Sravasti Dasgupta
Prince Harry has revealed he and his brother once believed their mother, Princess Diana, faked her own death.
When asked by Anderson Cooper for CBS’ 60 Minutes how long he believed she had faked her own death, Harry replied: “Years. Many, many years. William and I talked about it as well.“He had similar thoughts,” he said in reference to his older brother, Prince William.
Read more:
Prince Harry says he and Prince William believed Diana faked her own death
Prince Harry describes Camilla as ‘the villain’ in CBS interview
Monday 9 January 2023 05:00 , Sravasti Dasgupta
Prince Harry has made a number of explosive claims about his stepmother, Camilla, Queen Consort.
In his interview with Anderson Cooper for CBS’ 60 Minutes, the Duke of Sussex described Camilla Parker-Bowles as “the villain.”
“She was the villain. She was the third person in their marriage. She needed to rehabilitate her image,” Harry said in Sunday’s interview, before confirming that he and his brother Prince William begged their father not to marry Camilla.
Meredith Clark reports:
Prince Harry describes Camilla as ‘the villain’ in CBS interview
Prince Harry says experimental drugs helped him clear ‘the misery of loss’ after Diana’s death
Monday 9 January 2023 04:30 , Sravasti Dasgupta
Prince Harry has opened up about his ongoing grief over the death of his mother, Princess Diana, and the ways he processed his emotions.
He told Anderson Cooper that he turned to alcohol to cope, and later, to therapy and experimental drugs, such as “psychedelics, Ayahuasca, psilocybin, mushrooms”.
He said: “I would never recommend people to do this recreationally. But doing it with the right people if you are suffering from a huge amount of loss, grief or trauma, then these things have a way of working as a medicine.”
Chelsea Ritschel reports:
Harry says experimental drugs helped him deal with Diana’s death
Prince Harry says he tried making himself cry by watching Princess Diana videos
Monday 9 January 2023 04:00 , Sravasti Dasgupta
Prince Harry has spoken candidly about his mother’s death in his interviews with ITV’s Tom Bradby and CNN’s Anderson Cooper for 60 Minutes.
Meredith Clark has more:
Prince Harry says he watched Princess Diana videos online hoping to cry
Monday 9 January 2023 03:30 , Chelsea Ritschel
Ultimately, Prince Harry believed that Camilla was “the villain,” the duke told Anderson Cooper. “She was the villain. She was the third person in their marriage. She needed to rehabilitate her image,” he said.
Prince Harry describes Camilla as ‘the villain’ in CBS interview
Monday 9 January 2023 03:15 , Chelsea Ritschel
Prince Harry also alleged during the interview, and in his upcoming memoir, that his stepmother “started a campaign in the British press to pave the way for a marriage” and that Camilla was “dangerous”.
When asked by Cooper how Camilla was “dangerous,” the Duke of Sussex said: “Because of the need for her to rehabilitate her image.”
According to Harry, who was asked by Cooper to elaborate on the claim, the need for rehibilitation in the eyes of the public and the media meant was “dangerous because of the connections that she was forging within the British press”.
“There was open willingness on both sides to trade of information. And with a family built on hierarchy, and with her, on the way to being Queen consort, there was gonna be people or bodies left in the street because of that,” he said.
Monday 9 January 2023 03:05 , Chelsea Ritschel
The Duke of Sussex’s candid revelations also included his claim that he and his brother Prince William asked their father not to marry Camilla, Queen Consort, because they thought it would do “more harm than good”.
“We didn’t think it was necessary. We thought that it was gonna cause more harm than good and that if he was now with his person, that, surely that’s enough. Why go that far when you don’t necessarily need to?” he said.
However, according to Harry, he and his brother wanted their father to be “happy”.
“And we saw how happy he was with her. So, at the time, it was: ‘Okay,’” he said.
Monday 9 January 2023 02:38 , Chelsea Ritschel
According to Prince Harry, for “many years,” he refused to believe that his mother Diana had died, with the duke telling Anderson Cooper that his brother Prince William shared similar thoughts.
Rather, the duke told Cooper the brothers were convinced that the late princess had faked her death, and that she would reach out to her sons once it was so safe to do so, so that they would be able to join her.
Prince Harry says he and Prince William believed Diana faked her own death
Monday 9 January 2023 02:21 , Chelsea Ritschel
During Prince Harry’s interview with Anderson Cooper, he also made a number of explosive claims about his stepmother, Camilla, Queen Consort.
In the 60 Minutes interview, Harry described Camilla as “the villain,” while noting that she had needed to “rehabilitate her image” after Diana famously described her as being the “third person” in her and Charles’ marriage.
“She was the villain. She was the third person in their marriage. She needed to rehabilitate her image,” Harry said, before confirming that he and his brother Prince William begged their father not to marry Camilla.
Monday 9 January 2023 01:57 , Chelsea Ritschel
Although Prince Harry did not make it to Balmoral Castle in time to say goodbye to his grandmother, he told Anderson Cooper that he was able to spend time alone with the Queen after her death.
According to Harry, he was “really happy” for the late monarch, because she had “finished life” and would now be reunited with her late husband Prince Philip.
Prince Harry says he was able to spend time alone with Queen after her death
Monday 9 January 2023 01:44 , Chelsea Ritschel
During Harry’s interview with Anderson Cooper, he spoke candidly about his grief over his mother’s passing, as well as his inability to “cry” after Diana’s death.
According to Prince Harry, he went to great lengths to express his grief through tears, with the duke telling Cooper that he used to watch videos of his mother in the hopes that they would make him cry.
Prince Harry says he watched Princess Diana videos online hoping to cry
Monday 9 January 2023 01:34 , Chelsea Ritschel
Prince Harry says he spent time with Queen Elizabeth II after her death:
Monday 9 January 2023 01:28 , Chelsea Ritschel
While reflecting on his grandmother’s death in September, Prince Harry says he reached out to his brother about his plans for travelling to Balmoral. At the time, Prince Harry and Meghan were in the UK for a charity event.
According to Harry, despite their being room on the plane, he was not invited to join his brother and other members of the royal family.
“I asked my brother, I said: ‘What are your plans? How are you and Kate getting up there?’ And then, a couple of hours later, you know, all of the fam, family members that live within the Windsor and Ascot area were jumping on a plane together, a plane with 12, 14, maybe 16 seats,” he says.
After Anderson Cooper asked Harry if he meant he wasn’t invited, the duke confirmed: “I was not invited.”
Monday 9 January 2023 01:23 , Chelsea Ritschel
Prince Harry tells Anderson Cooper that he used to watch videos of his mother Princess Diana in an effort to make himself cry.
Monday 9 January 2023 01:22 , Chelsea Ritschel
However, according to Prince Harry, he does not currently speak with his brother or his father.
The Duke of Sussex confirmed that he is not in contact with his family members while speaking to Anderson Cooper during Sunday night’s interview.
“Do you speak to William now? Do you text?” Cooper asked Harry, to which the duke replied: “Currently, no. But I look forward to-- I look forward to us being able to find peace.”
As for how long it has been since the brothers spoke, Harry said “a while”.
Cooper then asked whether Harry is in contact with his father, King Charles III, with the duke revealing that they also haven’t spoken for “a while”.
“We haven’t spoken for quite a while. No, not recently,” he said.
Monday 9 January 2023 01:11 , Chelsea Ritschel
Despite the Duke of Sussex’s criticisms of his family members, he says that all he wants is to reconcile with his family.
“At the heart of it, there is a family, without question. And I really look forward to having that family element back. I look forward to having a relationship with brother, I look forward to having a relationship with my father, and other members of my family,” Harry says. “That’s all I’ve ever asked for.”
Monday 9 January 2023 01:08 , Chelsea Ritschel
According to Prince Harry, after his grandmother the Queen died, he spent “some time with her, alone” in her bedroom at Balmoral.
The duke previously revealed that he did not arrive until after Queen Elizabeth’s death, and that he found out she had passed away from the BBC’s website.
Monday 9 January 2023 01:06 , Chelsea Ritschel
Prince Harry tells Anderson Cooper that Jeremy Clarkson’s comments about Meghan Markle in The Sun did not “surprise” him. However, he says they did “shock” him.
Monday 9 January 2023 01:04 , Chelsea Ritschel
The duke tells Anderson Cooper of the moment that Prince William “snapped” during their fight in Nottingham Cottage. According to Prince Harry, he wouldn’t have told Meghan about the fight had she not seen the marks from falling.
Monday 9 January 2023 01:02 , Chelsea Ritschel
Prince Harry has also told Anderson Cooper that his wife Meghan dealt with similar treatment to Kate Middleton or Camilla at the hands of the press. However, according to Harry, the difference was the “bigoted” nature of the treatment of Meghan.
Monday 9 January 2023 01:00 , Chelsea Ritschel
According to Prince Harry, in addition to therapy, he also began trying experimental drugs, which he claimed have a way of “working as a medicine”.
He says these illegal substances helped him, as they were able to “clear the windscreen, the misery of loss, this idea I had in my head that I needed to cry to prove to my mother that I missed her, when in fact, all she wanted was for me to be happy”.
Monday 9 January 2023 00:58 , Chelsea Ritschel
As Prince Harry reflects on the death of his mother, and the “war” it started in him at age 12, he tells Anderson Cooper that he was only able to cry once, when Diana was buried.
According to the Duke of Sussex, his inability to cry haunted him, as he felt a “weight on his chest” and was “constantly trying to find a way to cry”.
In an effort to make himself cry, Harry tells Cooper that he watched videos of his mother, “hoping to cry”.
Monday 9 January 2023 00:49 , Chelsea Ritschel
In his candid 60 Minutes interview with Anderson Cooper, Prince Harry reiterates his disbelief over his mother Princess Diana’s death, and his longtime belief that the late Princess of Wales was actually alive somewhere.
According to Prince Harry, from looking at photos of the car crash that killed his mother, he believes the last thing Princess Diana saw were the lights of paparazzi cameras.
Monday 9 January 2023 00:44 , Chelsea Ritschel
Prince Harry tells Anderson Cooper that the issues between him and Prince William did not start with Meghan Markle. Rather, the Duke of Sussex says their feud goes back years, and that they were different growing up, with his older brother allegedly telling Harry to pretend they didn’t know each other while at school.
Monday 9 January 2023 00:41 , Chelsea Ritschel
The Duke of Sussex’s candid interview with Tom Bradby is just the first of many sit-down interviews Prince Harry has scheduled in the lead-up to the release of his memoir Spare on Tuesday 10 January.
This is how to tune in to Prince Harry’s interview with Anderson Cooper.
How to watch Prince Harry’s 60 Minutes interview with Anderson Cooper on CBS
Monday 9 January 2023 00:29 , Chelsea Ritschel
During his ITV interview, Prince Harry denied Tom Bradby’s claim that he or Meghan ever described the royal family as “racist” during their 2021 interview with Oprah Winfrey.
Rather, according to Harry, it was the “British press [that] said that”.
The claim prompted Bradby to delve into the couple’s claims that conversations among the royal family about the colour of Archie’s skin took place, with Harry confirming “there was concern about his skin colour”.
In response, Bradby asked: “Right, wouldn’t you describe that as essentially racist?” to which Harry suggested that it was not racism, but rather “unconscious bias”.
Read more below:
Harry denies accusing royal family members of racism
Monday 9 January 2023 00:09 , Chelsea Ritschel
Over the nearly two-hour interview, Prince Harry covered a number of topics, including his feud with his brother Prince William, and the relationship between the press and members of the royal family.
These were the 10 biggest talking points from Prince Harry’s ITV interview with Tom Bradby, Maanya Sachdeva writes.
The 10 biggest talking points from Prince Harry’s ITV interview
Monday 9 January 2023 00:04 , Chelsea Ritschel
The duke’s interview with Tom Bradby included a number of explosive moments, such as Harry’s comments about his stepmother Camilla, the Queen Consort. According to Harry, he and his brother William begged their father not to marry Camilla.
However, the duke defended the comments on the basis that none of his comments about any of his family members in his upcoming memor Spare were “scathing”.
“There’s no part of any of the things that I’ve said that are scathing towards any member of my family, especially not my stepmother.”
Sunday 8 January 2023 23:48 , Chelsea Ritschel
The Duke of Sussex’s interview with ITV’s Tom Bradby comes just hours before Prince Harry’s interview with Anderson Cooper is set to air.
The duke is expected to cover similar topics during the CBS interview, with a trailer showing Harry criticising the press over the treatment of Meghan Markle.
“What Meghan had to go through, in some part, was similar to what Kate and Camilla went through,” Harry said in a trailer released Thursday, before noting that they were “very different circumstances” due to the “race element”.
“But then you add in the race element, which was what the press - the British press 0 jumped on straightaway. I went into this incredibly naive,” he continues. “I had no idea the British press were so bigoted.
“How I was probably bigoted before the relationship with Meghan.”
Watch: Prince Harry says Prince William ‘aired concerns’ over Meghan Markle relationship
Sunday 8 January 2023 23:36 , Emily Atkinson
Harry: The Interview review – ‘Stage-managed and unchallenging from start to finish'
Sunday 8 January 2023 23:30 , Emily Atkinson
If you’re not already drained by the endless Windsor saga, get ready for another glimpse inside Britain’s iciest family.
Nick Hilton shares his thoughts on ITV’s Harry: The Interview:
Harry: The Interview – Stage-managed and unchallenging from start to finish
Prince Harry breaks silence on Lady Susan Hussey racism row
Sunday 8 January 2023 23:22 , Emily Atkinson
Prince Harry has addressed the recent controversy that broke out after Lady Susan Hussey asked a Black British charity worker where she “really came from”.
Ngozi Fulani, the founder of Sistah Space, found herself at the centre of a royal racism scandal over Lady Hussey’s comments, which were made during a Buckingham Palace reception in December last year.
Queen Elizabeth II’s former lady-in-waiting and Prince William’s godmother apologised to Fulani over the remarks, which were widely criticised.
Maanya Sachdeva reports:
Prince Harry addresses Lady Susan Hussey racism row in new ITV interview
