Prince Harry’s “nasty threat” to the Royal Family ahead of the re-release of his controversial memoir Spare has been criticised by royal historian and commentator Richard Fitzwilliams.
The Duke of Sussex’s best-selling book, which launched fresh attacks on his family members and drove a further wedge between him and his brother Prince William, was released in paperback format earlier this month.
Speaking to GB News, Fitzwilliams dubbed the decision by the Prince to not add any new passages in the book a “relief”, despite the “threat” of publishing 400 new pages of scathing claims against the monarchy.
Discussing the book’s second release with host Nana Akua, Fitzwilliams highlighted the “silence” from Harry, a contrast to the very public interviews the estranged royal gave ahead of the book’s first unveiling to the world.
Prince Harry has re-released his best-selling memoir Spare, despite the upset it originally caused to the Royal Family
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Fitzwilliams explained: “One thing one has to say about the paperback of Spare – at least it didn’t include anything new.
“We know that 400 pages, according to Harry anyway, was originally cut out because it would be too sensitive. That was obviously a nasty threat.
“He also didn’t give any interviews promoting the paperback, which was at least a relief.”
Delivering his verdict on Prince Harry’s most recent work amid his professional separation from wife Meghan Markle, Fitzwilliams claimed that the Duke is embarking on his projects “successfully solo”, and questioned where his decision to work without the Duchess will lead him.
Prince Harry’s ‘Spare’ is now being released in a paperback versionPAFitzwilliams told GB News: “Whenever they’re silent or doing their own thing, and recently doing it quite successfully solo, we wonder where will all this lead?”
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Discussing Harry’s relationship with his brother William, Fitzwilliams claimed that the future King has hinted at a “significant” development in their “deep rift”, by mentioning him publicly for the first time in several years as part of his new ITV documentary.
Fitzwilliams added: “The fact that in a documentary to be shown on ITV this week, we’ve got William mentioning Harry the first time in six years. That is extraordinary.
“However, it is in the context of a visit in 1993 with their mother Princess Diana to The Passage, a homeless shelter.”
Remaining optimistic for a future reconciliation between the royal brothers, the royal commentator affirmed that the decision by William to mention Harry is “extraordinary”.
Fitzwilliams claimed that William’s decision to mention Harry for the first time in six years is ‘extraordinary’
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He said: “It’s part of William’s drive against homelessness and trying to help the homeless, which, of course, is admirable.
“But just mentioning Harry, it’s quite extraordinary, given how deep the rift is. But what it would lead to, if it leads to anything, is the huge question mark, obviously.”
In the ITV documentary, Prince William: We Can End Homelessness, the 42-year-old recalled visiting homeless shelters as a child with his mother and Harry.
The Prince revealed: “I have taken some inspiration and guidance from what my mother did, particularly with homelessness. And that’s grown more over the last few years.
“She took Harry and I both there – I must have been about 11, I think probably… Maybe 10. I’d never been to anything like that before.”