Prince Harry discussed his conflicts with the royal family in a TV interview ahead of the official release of his memoir, Spare.
The British Royal prince has expressed hope for reconciliation with the royal family.
In an interview with ITV, which aired on January 8, journalist Tom Bradby told the Duke of Sussex that people may believe he has destroyed any chance of reconciling with his loved ones in England by publishing his new tell-all memoir, Spare.
In the book, Harry discusses his childhood, his family’s departure from the monarchy in 2020, and their conflicts with the royal family.
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Harry stated that he “100%” believes there is a chance of reconciliation. His family, he claims, has “shown absolutely no willingness to reconcile up to this point.”
The 38-year-old added, “I’m not sure how honesty is burning bridges. You know, silence only allows the abuser to abuse. Right? So I don’t know how staying silent is ever gonna make things better.”
The royal family has declined to comment on the book or other public comments made by Harry about them.
“Though I would like to have reconciliation, I would like accountability,” Harry said. “I’ve managed to make peace over this time with a lot of things that have happened. But that doesn’t mean that I’m just gonna let it go.”
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The duke said, “Forgiveness is 100 percent a possibility because I would like to get my father back. I would like to have my brother back. At the moment, I don’t recognize them, as much as they probably don’t recognize me.”
He and Meghan were in England in September to attend Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral. He and his brother Prince William, whom he accuses in his book of physically assaulting him during an argument, put on a united front as they and their wives attended memorial services alongside the siblings’ father, King Charles III, and other family members.
“I love my father. I love my brother. I love my family. I…will always do,” Harry said in the ITV interview. “Nothing of what I’ve done in this book or otherwise has ever been with any intention to harm them or hurt them.”
When Bradby raised the possibility that people might accuse Harry of invading his family’s privacy with his memoir, the duke responded, “That’ll be the accusation from the people that don’t understand, or don’t want to believe that my family have been briefing the press solidly for well over a decade.”
The duke accuses the royal communications teams of leaking and planting stories about him and his wife in the Netflix docuseries Harry & Meghan, which was released in December, and in a recent interview with Anderson Cooper, which will also air on January 8.
He reiterated his allegations to ITV, saying he has never had a problem with the monarchy, but rather with “the press and the sick relationship that has evolved between it and the palace.”
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He insisted that “certain members have decided to get in bed with the devil…to rehabilitate their image,” adding, “The moment that rehabilitation comes at the detriment of others—me, other members of my family, then that’s where I draw the line.”
Harry’s book, whose Spanish-language version was accidentally released last week before being pulled ahead of the publication’s official January 10 release date, has shocked many people on social media with how revealing it is and has also caused some to question its timing. The time was right for the Duke.
“Thirty-eight years of having my story told by so many different people with intentional spin and distortion,” he told Bradby, “felt like a good time to own my story and be able to tell it for myself.”
