Patti Davis, actress and youngest daughter of the late President Reagan, gave Prince Harry some wise but unsolicited advice before the publication of his memoir, “Spare”.
In an OpEd written for The New York Times, Davis warned the Duke of Sussex to be judicious with his candor.
“My rationale in writing a book that I wish I hadn’t written…was very similar to what I understand to be Harry’s reasoning. I wanted to tell the truth, I wanted to set the record straight. Naively, I thought that if I put my own feelings and my own truth out there for the world to read, my family might also understand me better,” she wrote.
Davis’ book on the reagan family, Family Secrets was published in 1993.
Patti Davis has offered Prince Harry some advice ahead of the release of her new memoir ‘Spare’.
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“At the onset of my father’s Alzheimer’s disease, when he still had moments of lucidity, I apologized to him for having written an autobiography several years earlier in which I opened the doors of our lives troubled family,” Davis admitted. “He was already talking less by then, but his eyes told me he understood.”
Davis saw a parallel between her decision-making and that of estranged Prince Harry.
“I thought about that moment when I read that Prince Harry, in his new memoir, wrote about his father, King Charles, coming between his fighting sons and saying, ‘If he please, boys, don’t make my last years a misery. Time is an unpredictable thing… I had the gift of spending time with my father, which allowed me to apologize, even if an illness hovered between us and clouded our communication. King Charles’s words reveal a man who is aware of his mortality and would like his offspring to be aware of it as well.
Patti Davis (left) was the only child of Nancy and Ronald Reagan.
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Davis drew attention to the fact that there are multiple versions of the truth, and since the plots of Prince Harry’s book were teased ahead of its January 1st. 10 date of availability, she believes the King and Prince William are also entitled to their own version.
People generally don’t react well to being embarrassed and exposed in public. And in the years that followed, I learned something about the truth: it’s a lot more complicated than it seems when we’re young. There is only one truth. , our truth – the other people who inhabit our story have their truths too,” she wrote.
Prince Harry has alleged his older brother attacked him in his book.
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In recent days, part of Harry’s book recount a physical altercation with William was shared with the public.
“Prince William has, I’m sure, his own take on the physical combat depicted by Harry,” Davis offered. To truly understand the dynamic between the brothers, to expand the story and make it more complete, William’s truth must also be considered. Harry wrote that after William hit him, William told Harry to retaliate, which he refused to do. make. But in writing about the fight, he did just that. “
Looking back, Davis thinks she should never have revealed her family’s most intimate secrets.
Years ago someone asked me what I would say to my younger self if I could. Without hesitation, I replied, “That’s easy. I would have said, ‘Shut up.’ Not forever. But until I can step back and look at things through a broader lens. Until I understood that words have consequences, and they last a very long time Harry called William not only his “beloved brother” but his “sworn enemy” scar; maybe if he had taken the time to be silent, to reflect on the lasting power of his words, he would have chosen otherwise.
Patti Davis wishes she chose to “shut up” when it comes to revealing family turmoil.
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“Silence gives you space, it gives you distance and it allows you to look at your experiences more completely, without the temptation to even the score. Sometimes in the years to come, Harry can look back like I did and wish I could shut up what he said. I learned something else about truth: not all truths need to be told to the world. People will always be curious about families famous, and often the stories of these families can resonate with others, giving them insight into their own situations, even transcending time as fame floats on the edge of eternity.But not everything needs to be shared , a truth that silence can teach. I would respectfully say yes.
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