PRINCE Harry has broken his silence on the "sadistic" rumour that Princess Diana's former lover, Major James Hewitt, is his real father.
Speaking in his explosive new memoir Spare, Harry writes how King Charles would often joke that he wasn't the prince's real dad.
Harry said: “He’d laugh and laugh, though it was a remarkably unfunny joke, given the rumour circulating just then that my actual father was one of Mummy’s former lovers: Major James Hewitt."
The duke goes on to add that this rumour, which is rooted in the fact both Harry and James Hewitt have ginger hair, persisted out of “sadism.”
He added: “Readers were delighted by the idea that the younger child of Prince Charles wasn’t the child of Prince Charles. Maybe it made them feel better about their lives that a young prince’s life was laughable.”
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Prince Harry claims he killed 25 people in his memoir whilst serving in Afghanistan.
The Duke spent 10 years in the Army, including two frontline tours to Afghanistan.
Writing in his autobiography Spare, the Duke of Sussex says he is neither proud nor ashamed of “taking human lives” as it was simply his job as a solider.
With just days until Prince Harry’s tell-all memoir hits shelves, a number of retailers in the UK and Ireland are offering readers the chance to pre-order the book.
Here’s a list of all the retailers you can purchase Harry’s book ”Spare” from.
Prices may vary depending on the retailer.
Royal expert, Angela Levin has hit out at Prince Harry for putting "all apologies on others" after excerpts were released from his memoir.
Angela Tweeted: "At nearly 40 and after loads of therapy Harry still puts all apologies on others.
"He also seems to insist that he will come to the Coronation if his demands are met.
"Can't see anyone go down on their knees. More and more people don't want him there. His loss."
In a leaked extract from Prince Harry’s explosive new memoir, the runaway royal outlines an alleged altercation between him and his older brother William.
According to the extract, released by The Guardian, the two brothers clashed after Prince Willaim voiced his frustrations with Meghan Markle.
Harry reportedly told a “piping hot” William: “Willy, I can’t speak to you when you’re like this.”
Harry then allegedly writes: “He set down the water, called me another name, then came at me. It all happened so fast. So very fast.
“He grabbed me by the collar, ripping my necklace, and he knocked me to the floor. I landed on the dog’s bowl, which cracked under my back, the pieces cutting into me.
“I lay there for a moment, dazed, then got to my feet and told him to get out.”
Royal commentator Richard Fitzwilliams has told how he believes Harry is using his book to “assassinate” his brother’s character.
He told The Sun: “If these excerpts are anything to go by it seems this book is a nuclear missile sent for the palace.
“There is no doubt that Harry is attempting a character assassination at his brother.
“In the Netflix show we heard how William was screaming at him in Sandringham – now we have claims of an actual assault.
“It seems to many that the Sussexes are jealous of the Prince and Princess of Wales popularity and Harry is trying to injure William's reputation because of this.
“It's hypocritical – he says he wants his brother and father back but with these allegations does he really think it will lead to a reconciliation?
“There is no going back from here. These allegations in the book are the final nail in the coffin for their relationship.”
Harry has claimed his brother and Kate Middleton encouraged him to wear his notorious Nazi uniform to a fancy dress party, according to a leaked excerpt from his book.
In a segment of the book, seen by Page Six, Harry describes selecting the outfit, saying it was a choice between two costumes – a pilot uniform or a Nazi one.
“I phoned Willy and Kate, asked what they thought. Nazi uniform, they said,” Harry writes, adding that when he went home and put it on for them. “They both howled. Worse than Willy’s leotard outfit! Way more ridiculous! Which, again, was the point.”
Harry’s outfit caused widespread outcry at the time, forcing Clarence House to quickly issue a written statement from the prince apologising for any offence, and there were indications that he received a dressing down from his father King Charles, who was then the Prince of Wales.
In the statement, Harry said he was "very sorry if I caused any offence or embarrassment to anyone".
Princess Diana notably discussed Charles' affairs in her 1995 Panorama interview, in which she said: "There were three of us in this marriage, so it was a bit crowded."
But Harry blasted the statement as "wrong" in his memoir, claiming: "My mother’s sentence that there were three people in her marriage was legendary but her calculations were wrong.
"William and I were left out of the equation."
He said he was too young to suspect his father's affair, but noted "the lack of stability, absence of love and affection in our home."
Prince Harry has claimed that he and Prince William were "dissuaded" from asking for an investigation into his mother's death after asking multiple questions.
The Duke of Sussex wrote: "Especially the summary conclusion, that our mother's driver was drunk and, as a result, that was the only cause of the accident. It was simplistic and absurd.
"Even if the man had been drinking, even if he had been drunk, he wouldn't have had any problem driving through such a short tunnel. Unless paparazzi were following him and dazzled him.
"Why had those paparazzi got off lightly? Why weren't they in prison? Who had sent them? And why weren't those people in jail either? What other reason could there be apart from corruption and cover-ups being the order of the day?
"We agreed on all those questions, and also what we should do next. We would issue a statement, asking jointly for the investigation to be reopened. We might call a press conference. Those who decided dissuaded us."
Harry alleges William "grabbed me by the collar, ripping my necklace, and … knocked me to the floor" in an extract of the book reported by the Guardian.
Harry claims: "It all happened so fast. He grabbed me by the collar, ripping my necklace, and he knocked me to the floor.
"I landed on the dog’s bowl, which cracked under my back, the pieces cutting into me. I lay there for a moment, dazed, then got to my feet and told him to get out.”
He says William told him to hit him back but he refused, and so his brother left "looking regretful, and apologised".
Following the death of his mother, Prince Harry claimed to seek help from a woman who "claimed to have powers".
In the Prince's memoir he said the woman relayed a message to him from beyond the grave.
According to The Guardian, Harry said the woman told him: "You're living the life she couldn't.
"You’re living the life she wanted for you."
Prince Harry has shockingly accused Camilla of leaking stories to the press and claims she launched a campaign to marry Charles to get the crown.
In an explosive section of his biography 'Spare' the Duke of Sussex tells of the King and Queen Consort’s relationship – and how he and William begged their father not to marry her.
In another bombshell, he accuses Camilla of leaking details of her conversation with William to the press.
He says the information could only have come from the communications person that Camilla convinced his dad to hire.
Prince Harry claims he killed 25 people in his memoir whilst serving in Afghanistan.
The Duke spent 10 years in the Army, including two frontline tours to Afghanistan.
Writing in his autobiography Spare, the Duke of Sussex says he is neither proud nor ashamed of "taking human lives" as it was simply his job as a solider.
In an explosive section of his biography 'Spare', the Duke of Sussex relived his teenage years.
He admitted he took "a line" of the Class A drug during a hunting weekend and had since "consumed some more".
The Duke wrote: "Of course I had been taking cocaine at that time.
"At someone's house, during a hunting weekend, I was offered a line, and since then I had consumed some more.
"It wasn't very fun, and it didn't make me feel especially happy as seemed to happen to others, but it did make me feel different, and that was my main objective."
The Duke's hero Ben McBean – who lost an arm and leg in Afghanistan – has told him to “shut up”.
Ben, who was seriously wounded by a Taliban blast, said: “Love you Prince Harry but you need to shut up!
“Makes you wonder the people he’s hanging around with.
“If it was good people somebody by now would have told him to stop.”
Harry called Ben a “real hero” after they shared an RAF flight back from the war zone in 2008.
Royal commentator Jonathan Sacerdoti, has claimed that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have “done everything they could to alienate themselves “.
Mr Sacerdoti told US Weekly: “It seems to me like he’s acknowledging that there’s no way back from this in the clip.
“He said he wants his brother back, he wants his father back. I think that seems a bit rich, to be honest, because Meghan and Harry have done everything they could to alienate themselves from their family.
“I think they’ve really fought quite hard to attack the family. I would say they’re not likely to be having complex or emotional discussions behind the scenes, because if anyone’s leaking things, it does seem to come more from Harry and Meghan’s side.”
Prince Harry’s memoir has already reached No2 on Amazon’s best-seller list in pre-order sales.
However, the book set for release in less than a week is on sale in most stores for half price.
Here is how much the book will set you back:
Prince Harry has lined up another interview.
The Duke of Sussex will be appearing on The Late Show alongside Stephen Colbert.
He will be discussing his new memoir on the show.
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King Charles reportedly made a desperate plea for his sons to reconcile in 2021.
Charles allegedly took both his sons aside after Prince Philip’s funeral in an attempt to bring them back together again.
Harry says Charles, then the Prince of Wales, stood between him and William while “looking up at our flushed faces”, in an extract of the book reported by the Guardian.
He claims Charles said: “Please boys, don’t make my final years a misery.”
Royal expert, Angela Levin has hit out at Prince Harry for putting "all apologies on others" after excerpts were released from his memoir.
Angela Tweeted: "At nearly 40 and after loads of therapy Harry still puts all apologies on others.
"He also seems to insist that he will come to the Coronation if his demands are met.
"Can't see anyone go down on their knees. More and more people don't want him there. His loss."
In a leaked extract from Prince Harry’s explosive new memoir, the runaway royal outlines an alleged altercation between him and his older brother William.
According to the extract, released by The Guardian, the two brothers clashed after Prince Willaim voiced his frustrations with Meghan Markle.
Harry reportedly told a “piping hot” William: “Willy, I can’t speak to you when you’re like this.”
Harry then allegedly writes: “He set down the water, called me another name, then came at me. It all happened so fast. So very fast.
“He grabbed me by the collar, ripping my necklace, and he knocked me to the floor. I landed on the dog’s bowl, which cracked under my back, the pieces cutting into me.
“I lay there for a moment, dazed, then got to my feet and told him to get out.”
Prince Harry has recently launched an array of attacks on the royal family.
Within recent months, Prince Harry has slammed the royals during his Netflix series as well as his soon to be published memoir.
Despite his actions, Prince Harry has claimed that he does wish to attend his father's coronation, however he has stated "the ball is in their court".
So, should Harry and Meghan attend Charles' coronation?
Royal commentator Richard Fitzwilliams has told how he believes Harry is using his book to “assassinate” his brother’s character.
He told The Sun: “If these excerpts are anything to go by it seems this book is a nuclear missile sent for the palace.
“There is no doubt that Harry is attempting a character assassination at his brother.
“In the Netflix show we heard how William was screaming at him in Sandringham – now we have claims of an actual assault.
“It seems to many that the Sussexes are jealous of the Prince and Princess of Wales popularity and Harry is trying to injure William's reputation because of this.
“It's hypocritical – he says he wants his brother and father back but with these allegations does he really think it will lead to a reconciliation?
“There is no going back from here. These allegations in the book are the final nail in the coffin for their relationship.”
Harry has claimed his brother and Kate Middleton encouraged him to wear his notorious Nazi uniform to a fancy dress party, according to a leaked excerpt from his book.
In a segment of the book, seen by Page Six, Harry describes selecting the outfit, saying it was a choice between two costumes – a pilot uniform or a Nazi one.
“I phoned Willy and Kate, asked what they thought. Nazi uniform, they said,” Harry writes, adding that when he went home and put it on for them. “They both howled. Worse than Willy’s leotard outfit! Way more ridiculous! Which, again, was the point.”
Harry’s outfit caused widespread outcry at the time, forcing Clarence House to quickly issue a written statement from the prince apologising for any offence, and there were indications that he received a dressing down from his father King Charles, who was then the Prince of Wales.
In the statement, Harry said he was "very sorry if I caused any offence or embarrassment to anyone".
Princess Diana notably discussed Charles' affairs in her 1995 Panorama interview, in which she said: "There were three of us in this marriage, so it was a bit crowded."
But Harry blasted the statement as "wrong" in his memoir, claiming: "My mother’s sentence that there were three people in her marriage was legendary but her calculations were wrong.
"William and I were left out of the equation."
He said he was too young to suspect his father's affair, but noted "the lack of stability, absence of love and affection in our home."
Prince Harry has claimed that he and Prince William were "dissuaded" from asking for an investigation into his mother's death after asking multiple questions.
The Duke of Sussex wrote: "Especially the summary conclusion, that our mother's driver was drunk and, as a result, that was the only cause of the accident. It was simplistic and absurd.
"Even if the man had been drinking, even if he had been drunk, he wouldn't have had any problem driving through such a short tunnel. Unless paparazzi were following him and dazzled him.
"Why had those paparazzi got off lightly? Why weren't they in prison? Who had sent them? And why weren't those people in jail either? What other reason could there be apart from corruption and cover-ups being the order of the day?
"We agreed on all those questions, and also what we should do next. We would issue a statement, asking jointly for the investigation to be reopened. We might call a press conference. Those who decided dissuaded us."
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