“Spare” won’t be officially released until January 10, but an excerpt from Prince Harry’s memoir proves the Duke of Sussex isn’t afraid to talk about the inner workings of the royal family. In an excerpt obtained by Weekly, Prince Harry became the first member of the royal family to address sexual assault allegations against his uncle, Prince Andrew, Duke of York. (Andrew denies all allegations against him.) .)
In “Spare,” Harry talks about how he told Meghan Markle that the royal family wouldn’t remove security details after what happened to her mother, Princess Diana. Popsgar reached out to Buckingham Palace for comment on Harry’s comments about his uncle in “Spare,” he noted. , there was no immediate response.
“Never. Not in this climate of hatred. Not after what happened to my mother. [Princess Diana]And not in the wake of my uncle Andrew,” Harry tells Markle in “Spare,” telling Markle that security details will remain intact even after stepping down as an active member of the royal family. He was embroiled in a shameful scandal, accused of sexually assaulting a young woman, and no one suggested he lose his security. Sex crimes weren’t on the list anyway.”
Markle and Harry lost their security details after moving to North America in 2020. In her 2021 interview with Oprah Winfrey, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex talked about how difficult it is to maintain a sense of security in the family after moving. The protection they had come to expect was no longer there. As the prince writes in “Spare,” his father, Charles III, cut him off financially after Harry relied on the royal family for money his whole life. He described his father as “my boss, banker, auditor, and custodian of my money as an adult.”
Meanwhile, Queen Elizabeth II stripped Andrew of his HRH title and military titles after Virginia Giuffre filed a sexual assault lawsuit in January 2022. The Duke of York settled out of court and pleaded not guilty. Despite being no longer an active member of the royal family, he hasn’t lost his security details.
