In memoir, Prince Harry says William attacked him during row - The Associated Press

LONDON (AP) — Prince Harry says his member William physically attacked him during a ferocious statement — 1 of galore startling allegations successful a caller memoir that includes revelations astir the estranged royal’s drug-taking, archetypal intersexual brushwood and relation successful sidesplitting radical during his subject work successful Afghanistan.

In the ghostwritten memoir, titled “Spare,” Harry said that his member Prince William lashed retired during a furious statement implicit the siblings’ deteriorating relationship. The Associated Press purchased a Spanish-language transcript of the publication up of its work successful 16 languages astir the satellite connected Tuesday.

Harry recounts a 2019 statement astatine his Kensington Palace home, successful which helium says William called Harry’s wife, the erstwhile histrion Meghan Markle, “difficult,” “rude” and “abrasive.” Harry said William grabbed his member by the collar and ripped his necklace earlier knocking him down.

“I landed connected the dog’s bowl, which cracked nether my back, the pieces cutting into me,” Harry says successful the passage, archetypal reported by The Guardian.

Harry says helium had scrapes and bruises arsenic a effect of the tussle, for which William aboriginal apologized.

The allegation is 1 of a slew successful a publication that exposes painful, intimate — and successful immoderate cased contested — details astir the lives of Harry and different members of the royal family. The memoir is the latest successful a drawstring of nationalist revelations and accusations by Harry and Meghan that person shaken Britain’s royal family.

It includes Harry’s assertion that helium killed 25 radical portion serving arsenic an Apache chopper co-pilot and gunner successful 2012 arsenic portion of Britain’s subject run against the Taliban successful Afghanistan. He said helium felt neither pridefulness nor shame astir his actions, and successful the vigor of conflict regarded force combatants arsenic pieces being removed from a chessboard.

Harry spent a decennary successful the British Army — years helium has described arsenic his happiest due to the fact that they allowed him a measurement of normality — earlier taking up full-time royal duties successful 2015.

The publication recounts Harry’s decades of disenchantment with his privileged, scrutinized and constrained royal life. In it helium alludes to the book’s title, recounting the alleged words of his father, past Prince Charles, to his mother, Princess Diana, connected the time of his birth: “Wonderful! Now you’ve fixed maine an heir and a spare — my enactment is done.”

While William was destined from commencement to beryllium king, Harry, who is 5th successful enactment to the throne down his member and William’s 3 children, has often appeared to conflict with the much ambiguous relation of “spare.”

In the publication Harry describes his rebellious teenage years. He recounts however helium mislaid his virginity — to an older pistillate successful a tract down a pub — and describes however helium took cocaine erstwhile helium was 17.

Neither Buckingham Palace, which represents King Charles III, nor William’s Kensington Palace bureau has commented connected the allegations.

Harry, 38, and the American histrion married astatine Windsor Castle successful May 2018. Less than 2 years later, the mates quit royal duties and moved to California, citing what they saw arsenic the media’s racist attraction of Meghan, who is biracial, and a deficiency of enactment from the palace.

Since past they person presented their broadside of the communicative successful an interrogation with Oprah Winfrey and a six-part Netflix documentary released past month, which recounted the couple’s bruising narration with the U.K. media and estrangement from the royal family.

In the series, Harry said William screamed astatine him during a household gathering and accused palace officials of lying to support his elder brother, who is present heir to the throne. Meghan, 41, talked astir wanting to extremity her beingness arsenic she struggled to header with toxic property coverage.

Harry has recorded interviews with respective broadcasters successful Britain and the United States to beforehand the book.

In snippets released successful advance, Harry told Britain’s ITV that the royal household had formed him and Meghan arsenic “villains” and “shown perfectly nary willingness to reconcile.” In an interrogation with CBS, helium said the palace’s refusal to support him and Meghan from attacks was a “betrayal.”

Palace officials person declined to remark connected immoderate of Meghan and Harry’s allegations.

Since Harry and Meghan divided from the royal household successful 2020, the mates has launched a caller beingness arsenic U.S.-based foundation campaigners and media personalities.

Harry has spoken astir his tendency for a reconciliation with his member and father, who became King Charles III erstwhile Queen Elizabeth II died successful September, aged 96. The book’s scorching revelations are apt to marque that much difficult.

Asked by ITV’s Tom Bradby whether helium volition play a portion successful the British monarchy’s future, Harry said: “I don’t know.”