Prince Harry accuses Prince William of physical attack in book - report

Prince Harry has claimed that his member Prince William physically attacked him, according to the Guardian, which says it has seen a transcript of the duke's upcoming memoir, Spare.

"He grabbed maine by the collar, ripping my necklace, and helium knocked maine to the floor," the Guardian quotes Prince Harry arsenic writing.

BBC News has not seen a transcript of Spare.

The memoir volition not beryllium published until adjacent Tuesday, but the Guardian said it obtained a transcript amid what it called "stringent pre-launch security".

Buckingham Palace has yet to respond to a petition for comment.

According to the Guardian, the publication says the enactment was sparked by comments Prince William made to Prince Harry astatine his London location successful 2019.

Prince Harry, the insubstantial says, writes that his member was captious of his matrimony to Meghan Markle - and that Prince William described her arsenic "difficult", "rude" and "abrasive".

The Duke of Sussex reportedly writes that his member was "parrot[ing] the property narrative" arsenic the confrontation escalated.

Prince Harry is said to picture what happened next, including an alleged carnal altercation.

"He acceptable down the water, called maine different name, past came astatine me. It each happened truthful fast. So precise fast.

"He grabbed maine by the collar, ripping my necklace, and helium knocked maine to the floor.

"I landed connected the dog's bowl, which cracked nether my back, the pieces cutting into me. I laic determination for a moment, dazed, past got to my feet and told him to get out."

Martin Pengelly, a writer for the Guardian's US website who wrote its story, said helium did not attack Prince William's connection team.

The newsman said that his nonfiction is "a study connected Harry's book, which he's written, it's Harry's account".

Mr Pengelly told BBC Radio 5 Live: "We carefully, evidently successful reporting it, didn't telephone it a combat due to the fact that Harry says helium didn't combat back."

Prince Harry writes that his member urged him to deed backmost and helium refused to bash so, according to the Guardian, but Prince William aboriginal looked "regretful, and apologised".

Photographs suggest Prince Harry regularly wore a acheronian necklace astatine events specified arsenic the Invictus Games, and connected overseas tours with Meghan, arsenic precocious arsenic September 2019.

While publishers astatine Penguin Random House are yet to corroborate whether the leaked excerpts from the publication are genuine, Prince Harry has precocious spoken of his troubled narration with his brother.

In the couple's Harry and Meghan Netflix documentary, Prince Harry describes a gathering helium attended with his brother, and father, the present King.

Prince Harry described the league successful aboriginal 2020, which was besides attended by the precocious Queen, arsenic "terrifying".

"It was terrifying to person my member shriek and outcry astatine maine and my begetter accidental things that conscionable simply weren't true, and my grandma softly beryllium determination and benignant of instrumentality it each in," helium said.

The Guardian says Prince Harry details a gathering with Charles, past Prince of Wales, and Prince William aft the ceremonial of his grandfather, Prince Phillip, successful April 2021.

According to the paper, Prince Harry writes his begetter stood betwixt him and Prince William, and said "please, boys, don't marque my last years a misery".

In a trailer for a sit-down interview, which volition beryllium broadcast up of the publication merchandise connected 8 January, the prince said: "I would similar to get my begetter back, I would similar to person my member back".

However, Prince Harry told ITV's Tom Bradby "they've shown perfectly nary willingness to reconcile," though it was not wide who helium was referring to.

Buckingham Palace declined to remark connected this.

Spare, ghostwritten by memoirist JR Moehringer and portion of a multi-million dollar publication deal, was antecedently believed to beryllium taxable to the upmost secrecy with fewer details known astir its content.

"For Harry, this is his communicative astatine last," Penguin Random House said successful a publicity connection back successful October.

"With its raw, unflinching honesty, Spare is simply a landmark work afloat of insight, revelation, self-examination, and hard-won contented astir the eternal powerfulness of emotion implicit grief."