Prince Harry’s bombastic memoir Spare was accidentally sold in Spain this Thursday (5). The release, scheduled for release next week, has been leaked and UK news outlets have already revealed the work’s biggest scandals.
Check out some of Harry’s accounts below, covering 417 pages of commentary on his relationship with his brother, personal life stories and memories of the time he fought in Afghanistan.
Harry started using cocaine at the age of 17
On a hunting trip at the age of 17, a person, Harry did not say who, offered the prince cocaine. The young man, who said he had “tried anything that would change the preestablished order,” accepted the drug.
“Of course I was snorting cocaine at the time. I was offered a little string at someone’s house during a hunting weekend and have used it a few more times since,” Harry admitted.
The prince described the experience as different, but not as spectacular as it would have been for others who had taken cocaine.
“It wasn’t much fun and I didn’t feel particularly exhilarated like the others, but I felt different and that was my main goal. Feel. Be different.”
Harry killed 25 people in Afghanistan
The Duke of Sussex spent ten years in the United Kingdom’s armed forces, during which time he made two incursions into Afghanistan, which at the time was dominated by the United States, which was trying to use allied countries to oust the Taliban from power.
In Spare, Harry says that since bullets are fired “randomly” in a battlefield firefight, many soldiers are not sure how many people they have killed. However, the prince has an exact number: 25.
“Most soldiers don’t know exactly how many kills they have to their credit. In a fight, you often shoot randomly,” says Harry. “So my number: 25. That doesn’t fill me with satisfaction, but I’m not ashamed either.”
The prince insists that he is not proud of these deaths, but stresses that he would rather live in “a world without Taliban, a world without war”.
“But even for a casual positive thinking practitioner like myself, there are realities that cannot be changed.”
Harry lost his virginity to an older woman
The Duke of Sussex also shared intimate memories, such as the time he lost his virginity. Without specifying at what point in life this happened, Harry described the place, the person, and how it happened.
“I mounted them quickly; after that she slapped my butt and held me,” the prince revealed, adding that the woman is older and loves horses. “One of my mistakes was letting that happen in a field behind a busy pub. Someone must have seen us.”
According to Harry, this was still a humbling moment.
Williams aggression
Harry and William’s relationship deteriorated over the years, particularly after Diana and Charles III’s youngest son married former American actress Meghan Markle.
In one passage from the book, the Duke of Sussex recounts an argument with the new Prince of Wales that ended with William hitting him. The reason for the fight would have been Meghan’s behavior, which has been widely criticized by the royal family.
“William grabbed my collar, broke my necklace and threw me to the ground,” says the prince of the fight with his brother. “I fell into the dog bowl, it shattered under my back, the pieces cut me.
William then challenged his brother to fight back, but Harry refused. The heir to the British throne later returned to the scene looking “rueful and apologetic,” Harry wrote. According to the excerpt, the Prince of Wales asked him not to tell Meghan about the “attack”.
William and Harry asked Charles not to marry Camilla
Charles and Camilla’s relationship, which they dated when they were young, has always been a subject of controversy in Britain. The queen consort is even cited as one of the reasons behind the new king’s split from his exwife, Princess Diana.
The king’s controversial relationship was also covered in the book. Both William and Harry, according to the Duke of Sussex, asked their father not to marry Camilla.
“Willy [apelido de William] and I promised our father that we would welcome Camilla into the family. […] All we asked was that he not marry her in return. […] You [Charles] you don’t have to remarry,” Harry said.
Nazi fantasy
One of the most critical moments of public opinion against Karl’s youngest son was when the prince wore a costume with a swastika, the greatest symbol of Nazism, to a party in 2005.
However, Harry revealed that the fantasy was supported by his brother William and thengirlfriend and nowwife Kate Middleton.
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