Prince Harry accused the royal family of waging an “active campaign” to undermine his memoir – suggesting they are “uncomfortable and frightened” by his side of the story.
The 38-year-old exiled king told Stephen Colbert on The Late Show that “nothing has changed” about the way his family is said to work to spread stories intentionally to attack him.
Shortly after pouring the prince a tequila, Colbert asked him, “Do you think there is an active campaign right now by the rest of your family, royalty so to speak, to undermine this book and you?”
“Of course,” said Harry.
While Harry said it was “principally from the British press,” he agreed when the late-night host asked if it was also “backed and encouraged by the Palace”.
“One more time, of course,” Harry said in the interview, which was filmed on Monday but aired late Tuesday.
“That’s the other side of the story, right? After 38 years. They told their side of the story, this is the other side of the story.
“And there’s a lot in here that might make people uncomfortable and scared,” he said of his memoir, which follows earlier attacks on his family in numerous interviews and a six-part Netflix docuseries.
So far, Buckingham Palace has made no official comment on Spare, which is packed with startling – and sometimes intimate – revelations about his family, including his father, King Charles III, his brother, heir apparent Prince William and Queen Consort Camilla, who he accuses of being tricked into “turning him right under the bus” by her PR persona.
Despite their silence, the royal family and palace orchestrated much of the negative turn against the prince’s memoir, he claims. Getty Images
“That’s the other side of the story, right? After 38 years. They have told their side of the story, this is the other side of the story,” said the exiled king. Portal
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Despite their silence, the family and the palace had orchestrated much of the negative turn against the book, Harry suggested.
“I’m not going to lie – the last few days have been painful and challenging,” he said.
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“My words are not dangerous, but the twist in my words is very dangerous to my family,” he said of his wife Meghan Markle and their children Archie and Lili, who now live in California.
“And that’s a decision they made,” he said, soon taking a sip of his tequila.