The British monarchy faces a series of damning new revelations with the January 10 publication of Harry’s book The Alternate.
A month after the thundering Netflix documentary about Harry and his wife Meghan aired, the British monarchy faces a series of damning new revelations with the January 10 release of Harry’s book The Alternate.
The youngest son of King Charles III notably accuses his brother William, heir to the British crown, of having thrown him to the ground in 2019 and recounts his opposition to the remarriage of his father, now king. He also reveals to have killed 25 people in Afghanistan, and to have taken cocaine in his youth.
• Violent William
The Duke of Sussex accuses his brother William of throwing him to the ground during a 2019 row over Meghan. William “grabbed me by the collar, ripping my collar off, and knocked me to the ground,” Harry would relate. “I landed on the dog bowl, which shattered under my back, the pieces cutting into me,” adds the prince. William would then “apologize”.
• “Naughty” Camilla
the MailOnlinedigital version of DailyMailreveals that Harry explains in his book that he opposed his father’s remarriage to Camilla, fearing that she would be a “nasty stepmother”.
• Encouraged to dress up as a Nazi
According to the tabloid The SunHarry also explains that William and his wife Kate encouraged him, when he was 20, to dress up as a Nazi at a costume party, which caused a scandal.
• His birth
According to Guardian, Harry alludes throughout his memoir to the difficulty of being “the substitute”. He says in particular that on the day of his birth, his father Charles would have said to his mother Diana: “Magnificent! From now on you have given me an heir and a substitute – mission accomplished”.
• War in Afghanistan
Prince Harry also reveals he killed 25 “Taliban” when he was employed as a helicopter pilot in Afghanistan, having to consider his targets as “chess pieces”, as learned in training to be able to shoot , reported the Telegram.
The youngest son of King Charles III spent 10 years in the British Army, with two deployments to Afghanistan, in 2007-2008 for 10 weeks, then as a helicopter pilot in the south of the country from September 2012 to January 2013. He resigned in 2015, unable to return to the field.
• Cocaine
Harry also says he “of course” took cocaine at one time while explaining that he did not find it “fun”, reported the British channel Sky News. “At someone’s house, during a hunting weekend, I was offered a line and then I took it again”, writes the prince.
“It wasn’t very fun, it didn’t make me particularly happy”, “but it made me feel different, and that was my main goal, to feel, to be different”. “I was a 17-year-old kid who wanted to try anything to upset the established order. Anyway, that’s what I was trying to convince myself of,” he wrote.
• Diana’s death
According to sky news, Harry finally tells how he learned of the death of his mother in 1997. His father woke him up by installing him “on the edge of the bed by placing his hand on my knee”. “My dear son, mum had a car accident,” his father told him. “Mom was seriously injured and she was taken to the hospital, my dear son.” “He spoke slowly. I felt like he was in shock,” Harry recalled.
