Prince Harry’s military instructor denied his version of events in Afghanistan
The book spare part (In the Shadow), which takes Prince Harry on a tour of his life from the death of his mother, Princess Diana, to his departure from the British royal family. His memoirs have caused a great deal of controversy in the UK and around the world, not least because of the statements made by King Charles III’s son. about his time in Afghanistan.
According to the Duke of Sussex, he had been stationed and killed in that country at least six times 25 Taliban while serving as a helicopter pilot during his military service in Afghanistan. In his autobiography he says that he did not consider these 25 lifetimes as “people” but as “chess pieces” a board.
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These statements have caused widespread outrage among military veterans. retired colonel tim collins, who led a battalion in Iraq in 2003 stated: “Harry turned against the other family, the military, who once embraced him after tearing his birth family apart.”
Harry in his military uniform (Shutterstock)
Now Harry’s own military instructor, Michael Boley, spoke about these controversial words through the British newspaper Sunday Mirror.
Booley claimed he stayed “astonished” by the Prince’s account of one of his training flights, and that his testimony is “inaccurate”.
“I’m amazed at that. also in shockhe defined.
In one of the chapters of his book, Harry alludes to his military instructor and tells an anecdote about a training flight.Suicide”.
Harry claims in his autobiography that an Army instructor intentionally stopped his plane without warning. “I felt the left wing drop, a sickening sense of disorder, of entropy, and then after what felt like decades, Booley regained control of the plane and set up the wings,” the passage reads.
“I stared at him. But what the hell? Was it an aborted suicide attempt? “No,” he said quietly. That was the next step in my education,” says the prince in “Spare”.
Booley assured that the anecdote was not as the prince had told it. “Although he congratulates me in the book, I’m afraid the recollection of the trips and classes is inaccurate. It’s important to note that nothing in the cabin comes as a surprise. Every departure is fully informed in advance, every aspect. The only time there are surprises is later in the curriculum, not as the book states, when emergencies are introduced. Of course, engine failures are practiced before the first drive,” he explained in his interview with the English media.
Copies of Prince Harry’s book Spare in a London bookshop (AP Photo)
Booley has questioned certain parts of his memoir written by the author. Johann Josef Möhringer.
The soldier thinks this was a dramatization of the person who helped him write the book.
Booley rated a “complete fantasy” the statements of the prince: “i find the reference to flight departures dramatized. I think it’s the result of ‘ghost’ writing.”
“I think the references to plane departures have been dramatized. I suspect it’s the result of ghostwriting. Also, I never called Prince Harry Lieutenant Wales like it says in the book, I was an officer and I called him Sir.”Booley clarified regarding the Duke’s statements in his memoir.
In any case, Booley has fond memories of Harry: “He was an exceptional student. very talented. He’s a man I respect a lot.”
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