Royal expert Jennie Bond has warned Prince Harry needs to decide what he actually wants – amid reports Duke of Sussex and his brother Prince William will struggle to “reconcile after his revealing memoir.”
speaking on UK News ahead of the release of Harry Spare’s book, Ms Bond said: ‘I think even that title is very telling. But I want to know, what does Harry want?
“The quarrels between brothers, between brothers and sisters, go back to Cain and Abel if you will. There is nothing new in this. So what did Harry want? Did he want the fate William was born into? Does he want to be king? I do not think so.
Insiders fear tension the relationship between the brothers is likely to be further damaged By attacks on the Prince of Wales and his wife Kate, both 40, in the controversial book, due out next week.
Royal expert Jennie Bond (pictured) has warned Prince Harry needs to decide what he actually wants – amid reports the Duke of Sussex and his brother Prince William will struggle to ‘reconcile after his revealing memoirs”
Ms Bond said: “I think so [Harry] don’t like the way the institution of our monarchy works.
I don’t think he would like his wings clipped even more like his father’s were now that he is a monarch. I don’t think he would like anything about it.
Urging Harry to reflect on the story, she continued: ‘Look back if you wish to George the Sixth and his brother Edward the Eighth, who abdicated and handed this chalice to his brother Bertie.
His wife, the queen mother, wept when they found out it would be their fate. She didn’t want him to be king. So what does Harry want?’
Insiders fear the strained relationship between the brothers (pictured in September) is likely to be further damaged by the attacks on the Prince of Wales and his wife Kate, both 40, in the controversial book, which is due out next week.
The Duke’s book is said to be so hard on the Prince of Wales that insiders fear the sibling relationshipwhich has been strained since Harry and Meghan Markle have announced they are stepping down from their royal duties, will not recover.
A source told the Sunday time: ‘Generally, I think the book [will be] worse for them than the royal family expects. Everything is laid bare.
Charles is doing better than he expected, but it’s hard on William, in particular, and even Kate is hurting a bit.
There are these minute details and a description of the fight between the brothers. Personally, I don’t see how Harry and William will be able to reconcile after this.
The Duke of Sussex is expected to argue in Spare how unfair it was that he was always forced to play ‘second fiddle’ to his older brother, who is heir to the British throne.
The king is said to be doing better than his eldest son, but he is already hurt by criticism from him and other royals from Harry’s netflix series with wife Megan.
Sources say that although the King is deeply hurt and bewildered by Harry’s actions, he is still keen to keep a line of communication open, even if it is guarded. “Whether Prince William is so receptive is another matter,” a source said.
“Things are hanging by a thread, as they have been after the past few months, and from what we hear, Harry’s memoir probably won’t be useful.”
The Daily Mail previously reported that while the friends find it hard to believe the brothers will never speak again after all they’ve been through, William feels betrayed and angered by his brother’s constant attacks on the Royal Family.
There is also a deep concern that anything they say in private could be made public by Harry or Meghan.
While Buckingham Palace refuses to comment or get caught up in a ‘needless for a tac’ public row with the Sussexes, there is some ‘trepidation’ over Harry’s memoir.
Prince William, then Duke of Cambridge and Catherine, then Duchess of Cambridge, Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex attend a service at Westminster Abbey on November 11, 2018
The book will indeed be about the sibling rivalry between Princes Harry and William, a source told the Sun.
They said it would reveal that Harry’s ‘bitterness and feelings of injustice’ due to his elder brother’s birthright of becoming king meant he always ‘played second fiddle to the elder William “.
But their mother, Princess Diana, warned the siblings that they ‘must never fall out’ as they would need each other, the source said, adding that it was ‘very sad’ that their falling out was gone that far.
Prince Harry’s highly anticipated memoir will be titled ‘Spare’ and is set to be released on January 10, publisher Penguin Random House has confirmed
Spare is written by JR Moehringer, a former Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who was also the ghostwriter of Andre Agassi’s bestselling autobiography.
The book’s publisher, Penguin Random House, says it will be a “historic publication”, telling its story with “raw and unflinching honesty”.
Harry is also expected to give two high-profile TV interviews to promote him.
He is said to have already recorded an ITV interview in California with his News At Ten presenter, Tom Bradby, a former royal correspondent who has known William and Harry for decades.
The second television interview will be with broadcaster CBS in the United States. It will be led by news anchor Anderson Cooper and is scheduled to air on Sundays.
Publishing sources also said Harry needed to do at least one newspaper interview, potentially with The New York Times. Buckingham Palace should remain silent on his accusations. But they are unlikely to end with his memoirs.
After leaving the royal family, Harry and Meghan struck lucrative deals with Netflix, Spotify and Penguin Random House that commit them to other projects. Their publishing deal is said to be for four books, which could include an explosive memoir by Meghan.
The Duchess, 41, is known for keeping a diary while in Britain.
She has previously published a children’s book, The Bench, with the same publisher and the pair are reportedly working on a ‘wellness’ book. But some have warned there could be a danger of overexposure, following their Oprah interview, the Netflix series and Harry’s memoir.
A senior Hollywood executive told the Mail on Sunday: ‘If I were advising him, I would caution against publishing a book too quickly because there is a very real danger that people will start to feel ‘Sussex fatigue’ “.
There comes a time when people may feel like they’ve heard the same stories too many times. They have to change the narrative at some point and focus on the future rather than the past.
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