Prince Harry has defended his tell-all autobiography Spare, insisting he has no regrets about its publication.
“I don’t believe that I aired my dirty laundry in public,” Prince Harry said in an interview with The Guardian newspaper in Kyiv that was published on Sunday.
“It was a difficult message, but I did it in the best way possible. My conscience is clear.”
Harry, who despite having stepped back from royal affairs still holds the title of Duke of Sussex, insisted Spare was “not about revenge”.
Prince Harry visits areas of Kyiv heavily damaged by Russian missile strikes. (Reuters/ Kyiv Military Administration)
“It is about accountability,” he said.
“I know that [speaking out] annoys some people and it goes against the narrative.
“The book? It was a series of corrections to stories already out there. One point of view had been put out and it needed to be corrected.”
Prince’s memoir irritated royal family
With its unstinting depiction of the royals and at times uncomfortably detailed account of his life as a prince, Spare flew off the shelves after its release in January 2023.
Spare became the UK’s fastest-selling non-fiction book, recording 400,000 sales on its publication day in January 2023. (Reuters/ Peter Nicholls)
But his frank criticisms of other family members, including his brother’s wife Catherine and his stepmother Camilla, irritated Buckingham Palace.
In the wake of the book’s publication, the already strained ties between Harry and the rest of royal family frayed further.
Harry had quit royal duties in 2020, moving to California with his wife Meghan.
He had previously voiced hopes for “reconciliation” with the king, as he did “not know how much longer my father has”.
However, before paying a surprise visit to Charles on Wednesday, he had not seen his father for 19 months.
Their previous meeting was in February 2024, when Harry rushed to the UK after Charles announced he had been diagnosed with cancer, for which he is still receiving treatment.
Prince Harry and his wife Meghan no longer have an official UK residence. (Reuters/ Mike Segar )
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