The Duke of Sussex has said he wrote his tell-all book Excessive Due to “38 years… spin and distortion”.
Prince Afflictbombshell interview aired ITV on Sunday evening ahead of the release of his memoir on Tuesday.
he told the broadcaster tom bradby He was “really grateful” to have had the opportunity to tell his story.
and asked why it was written Excessivehe said: “38 years. 38 years of deliberate twisting and distortion after so many different people told their story.
“You know, I don’t, I don’t think if I was still part of the organization I would have been given this opportunity.
“So, I’m just really, really grateful that I got this opportunity to tell my story because it’s my story.”
In the interview, Harry made several revelations about the royal family’s relationship with the press, his rift with his brother and his reaction to his mother’s death.
The royal family’s relationship with the media
Harry accuses his family of “falling into bed with the devil” to restore his image, and the King of sacrificing Harry’s interests in favor of his own.
Harry said he wanted to reconcile with his father and brother, and there was a 100 per cent chance of an apology, but when asked by Bradby whether he had carried a “flamethrower” over any bridges, the Duke insisted: “Silence Only allows the abuser.”
Harry during his interview broadcast on ITV
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“They’ve shown absolutely no desire to reconcile up to this point. And I’m not sure how honestly that’s going to burn bridges,” said Harry.
Speaking about Charles and William, Harry said: “I love my father. I love my brother. I love my family. I always will.”
“Nothing I have done in this book or otherwise has ever been intended to harm or injure them.
“The truth is something I need to rely on, and after so many years of being lied to about me and my family, there comes a point where, you know, again, some family members Going back to the relationship between and the tabloid press, some of those members have decided to go to bed with the devil to rehabilitate their image.
Harry lambasted the British press and accused the royals of being “complicit” in a media-created conflict.
Harry addresses Jeremy Clarkson’s ‘horrible’ and ‘harmful’ Meghan column
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Prince Harry also addressed Jeremy Clarkson’s widely condemned column Sun,
“what [Clarkson] Said was horrible, and is hurtful and cruel to my wife. But it also encourages other people in the UK and around the world, especially men, to go and think that it is acceptable to treat women this way.
Feud with William and Kate
The Duke of Sussex said he had put a lot of hope into the idea that the four would get along, but the stereotype caused “a bit of a barrier” for the Prince and Princess of Wales welcoming Meghan.
Mr Bradby said the impression was that his brother William and sister-in-law Kate did not meet with Meghan “almost from the get-go”, to which Harry replied: “Yeah, right.”
When asked what the reason was, he said: “Lots of different reasons… I put a lot of hope into the idea that it would be William and Kate and me and whoever.
Kate, William, Harry and Meghan at Windsor last September
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Before meeting Harry, Meghan starred in US legal drama series Suit In which she played the role of paralegal-turned-lawyer Rachel Zane. Harry laughs as he tells Bradby about his brother and sister-in-law. Suit “Fans”, adding: “Who would have thought? I didn’t know.”
Talking about his wife, Harry suggested there was a lot of “stereotyping” that she was initially “guilty of”. When asked what exactly he meant by stereotyping, Harry elaborated: “American actress, divorcée, fraternity.”
He continued: “There are all different parts to that and what it could mean but if you are, as a lot of people in my family do, if you’re reading the press, living life as well as British If you’re reading newspapers too, there’s a tendency where you can actually live in a bubble of newspapers rather than the actual reality.
broke ties with the royal family
Prince Harry said he wanted the royal family to be with him in “the second darkest moment” of his life.
The Duke lamented his family’s reluctance to move to America with Meghan following a dispute about his wife’s press coverage, which appeared to be the “dark moment” he was referring to.
“I love my motherland and I love my family and I always will. I wish they were both there for me in the second darkest moment of my life,” said Harry.
“I’d like to have my father back, I’d like to have my brother back,” Harry also said, “they think it’s better to have us as villains somehow.”
The Duke also said there was a “terrible reaction” from members of the Queen’s family when she died.
He said his brother raised “some concerns” about his marriage to Meghan and how his father the king blamed himself for his son’s struggles, adding: “I should have got you the help you needed years ago “.
The interview is the first of four broadcasts over the coming days, for which Duke Anderson is also speaking to Cooper 60 minutes on CBS News on Sunday nights, Michael Strahan of Good Morning America on Mondays, and Stephen Colbert on the late Show Wednesday mornings UK time on CBS.
Camilla accused
Prince Harry also took aim at his stepmother Camilla in his memoir, claiming the Queen Consort launched a “campaign” to get her to marry his father, now King Charles.
Harry recounted an excerpt from the now-leaked book during the broadcast of his ITV interview with Tom Bradby.
Camilla and Charles in Sandringham earlier this month
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during Harry: Interview, The Duke of Sussex read a section from the Ghostwriting autobiography about Camilla’s relationship with Charles.
Harry writes that while he and William “supported” and “approved” of his father’s relationship with Camilla, he asked her not to marry him.
When Bradby suggested that Harry had been “quite consistently scathing” towards Camilla, the Duke replied: “I have no part in any of that.” [in the book] Who is bitter towards any member of my family, especially not my step mother.