Prince Harry is set to promote his memoir Spare in an interview with ITV journalist (and friend) Tom Bradby… while Palace braces for MORE ‘truth bombs’ when the book lands next month
- The Duke of Sussex will be promoting his memoir Spare in an interview with Tom Bradby
- Harry is set to be interviewed by ITV journalist Mr Bradby ahead of the release date
- Mr Bradby famously asked Meghan about her mental health in South Africa
- The memoir is widely expected to be even more explosive than the Netflix series
The Duke of Sussex will be promoting his memoir Spare in an interview with ITV journalist Tom Bradby, it was reported last night.
Prince Harry is being interviewed by Mr Bradby, who has known the king since he was young, to launch his explosive new book ahead of its January 10 release.
The memoir, written by JR Moehringer, is expected to be even more inflammatory than his and Meghan’s Netflix series, which featured a spate of bombshell allegations against the royal family.
Buckingham Palace is reportedly preparing for new “bombs of truth” contained within the pages of his book, which are widely believed to focus on his upbringing as a senior member of The Firm.
The Duke of Sussex will be promoting his memoir Spare in an interview with ITV journalist Tom Bradby, it was reported last night
Bradby, who presents ITV News at Ten, met William and Harry when he was royal correspondent in the 1990s. He conducted the first official interview with William and Kate when they got engaged in 2010 and famously asked Meghan about her mental health on the South African tour.
The Duchess then replied: “Thanks for asking as not many people have asked if I’m okay. But it’s a very real thing to go through behind the scenes.
The memoir, written by JR Moehringer, is expected to be even more inflammatory than his and Meghan’s Netflix series, which featured a spate of bombshell allegations against the royal family
Representatives of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex have been asked for comment.
It follows reports that days before the release of his explosive new memoir, Harry is taking part in another in-depth interview with leading US TV host Anderson Cooper.
The interview is scheduled to air on Mr. Cooper’s 60 Minutes show on CBS on Sunday, January 8, two days before the memoir’s release in bookstores.
Mr Cooper, 55 – who is also a star of the CNN network – has campaigned for better mental health and hosts a podcast called All There Is. He has spoken about losing his brother Carter to suicide. The 23-year-old fell to his death from the family’s 14th-floor Manhattan apartment in 1988.
Mr Cooper also has war experience, having reported from Afghanistan, where Harry has made two trips of duty.
A TV source said: “Mr. Cooper has gained Harry’s trust. This would be a coup for Mr Cooper and fits well with Harry’s mental health campaign. It is a Sunday prime-time program that hosts foreign leaders and presidents. It’s the one that all politicians and decision-makers are watching.’
60 Minutes recently featured exclusive interviews with US President Joe Biden and French President Emmanuel Macron.
Bradby, who presents ITV News at Ten, met William and Harry when he was royal correspondent in the 1990s
In 2020, Mr Cooper interviewed Afua Hirsch, the British author and former Guardian journalist who appears on the Sussexes’ Netflix program and who delivers a scathing judgment on the Commonwealth as “Empire 2.0”.
Discussing with Mr Cooper after Harry and Meghan announced they were stepping down from royal duties, Ms Hirsch described the royal family as “ground zero for Britain’s troubled history of colonialism and race”.
She added that she was “always concerned about Meghan Markle’s well-being” when she joined the royal family.
Mr Cooper appeared to sympathize with the couple’s plight, telling Ms Hirsch: “The idea of being hounded by the press is going to have such weird, weird echoes for Prince Harry given what happened to his mother.”
Mr Cooper has also joked about getting a wave from Prince Harry during his wedding to Meghan in May 2018. He told viewers: “I was at the royal wedding and covered it for CNN.
“Our correspondent Max Foster said, ‘You should wave at Harry because Harry will be looking up at the bright lights and I bet he’ll be waving at you.’ The carriage makes a turn. I start waving. Harry looks up at the tower, we look at each other and he waves. I almost died.’