Royal insiders say Prince Harry will 'never be forgiven' after he made shocking allegations in his memoir, Spare. Sources close to the royal family said Harry would be branded a 'traitor' because of Spare.
The book features claims that Prince William attacked Harry as they argued about his wife Meghan Markle. A former royal staffer, who knew William and Harry while working in the household, said there would 'never be a way back for Harry', reports the Mirror.
The source said: "I believe he will never be forgiven. After everything he has said about privacy and intrusion, this is hard to comprehend. His words are so vicious and targeted.
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"I don't doubt he still loves his father and his brother but it's impossible to see how he won't come to bitterly regret his decision to do this. He knows he will be labelled a traitor by crossing a red line so many times, his father, his brother, the Princess (of Wales) and Camilla - it's utterly extraordinary."
Spare is set to be released on Tuesday, but the Mirror obtained a copy after the book accidentally went on sale early in Spain.
In it, Harry claims he killed 25 Taliban insurgents while serving in Afghanistan and took cocaine when he was 17 - the age at which he said he lost his virginity to an 'older woman' in a field outside a pub. But it is the allegations about his family which are most sensational.
Royal sources suggested William would be 'devastated' by the book. One insider branded it an 'utter distortion of reality'.
He reveals that he and his brother call each other Willy and Harold, but his wrath across 557 pages is unforgiving. He claims William attacked him, grabbing him by the collar and throwing him to the ground in a row about Meghan. And he says King Charles later sounded 'like an old man' as he begged his sons to make peace.
Harry also claims Charles would joke with him about whether he was his 'real father' after rumours Princess Diana had engaged in an affair. Harry reveals that after Charles and Diana divorced, he and William begged their father not to marry Camilla, fearing she would become their 'wicked step-mother'.
And he claims William pointed a finger at Meghan and called her 'rude' after she said Kate, then pregnant with Prince Louis, must have 'baby-brain' because of her hormones.
Harry also accuses Kate and William of playing a key part in his decision to dress as a Nazi for a fancy dress party in 2005, suggesting they 'howled' with laughter at his costume. He also addresses his use of racist language, claiming when he was 21 he had no idea calling someone from Pakistan the 'P-word' was offensive.
Harry also claims he and William were dissuaded from jointly asking for an investigation into Diana's death as they disagreed with the 'conclusion that our mother's driver was drunk and, as a result, that was the only cause of the accident'. The brothers believed the paparazzi who had been following the car had 'got off lightly'.
He writes: "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."
More trailers from an interview with ITV News at Ten anchor Tom Bradby have also emerged. In it, Harry refused to say if he would attend the King's coronation on May 6. In another trailer for an interview with Good Morning America, Harry branded William his 'arch-nemesis'.
Buckingham Palace and Kensington Palace have refused to comment on the book.
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