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Jennifer Newton

Prince Harry may 'wind down' what he says in memoir after 'spiking his guns', say experts

Prince Harry seems to have "spiked his guns" and may "wind down" what he says in his forthcoming memoir, royal experts have claimed.

The autobiography is due out later this year with Harry promising it will be a "truthful and wholly accurate" account of his life.

When the book was announced it reportedly sent a "tsunami of fear" through royal circles and although the content of the book is not known, many have speculated he could criticise his royal relatives once again.

However, some royal experts believe Harry's recent meetings with his grandmother the Queen earlier this year may have convinced him to "tone down" what is in the book.

Prince Harry's memoir is due out later this year (Getty Images)

Royal expert Richard Kay told the latest edition of True Royalty TV's The Royal Beat: "There is still that possibility that the entreaties of the Royal Family have not fallen on deaf ears, and that Harry is having second thoughts about when he publishes this book at all...

"The book was completed, we believe in, about January - at least Harry’s part in it - the interviews. That was really when Harry was still at peak rage, with Britain, with the Royal Family, with his sibling and family.

Harry with his grandmother the Queen and wife Meghan Markle (Getty Images)

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"Since then, there has been a measure of a rapprochement. We saw it at the Jubilee, there was a bit of an attempt by Harry to sort of wind it down a bit. Will he want to readjust what he’s written? All these things must be going through his mind.”

While royal author Duncan Larcombe added: "When he saw the Queen on his way to the Invictus Games earlier this year ... I think Harry seems to have just slightly spiked his guns. The Queen has slightly calmed the situation down.”

Harry and Meghan at the Queen's Platinum Jubilee celebrations (Getty Images)

And Ingrid Seward, the editor-in-chief of Majesty Magazine, believes Harry will refrain from criticising his family members.

She said: "I've got a feeling that Harry is not going knock any members of his family.

"He wants to talk about himself, and his feelings, and his wokeness. And the ghost-writer is a very, very good writer indeed, and he has a way with words that he can encompass all that.

(AFP via Getty Images)

"I don’t think Harry has to say anything unpleasant about anyone in this book."

Harry has been working on the “intimate and heartfelt memoir" with the help of ghostwriter JR Moehringer – a Pulitzer Prize-winning author.

When announcing his book, he previously said: "I'm writing this not as the prince I was born but as the man, I have become.

"I've worn many hats over the years, both literally and figuratively, and my hope is that in telling my story - the highs and lows, the mistakes, the lessons learned - I can help show that no matter where we come from, we have more in common than we think."

Harry, 37, has yet to shed much light on the contents of his memoir, but if he and wife Meghan Markle's explosive interview with Oprah Winfrey is anything to go by, the memoir is also likely to contain several bombshells.

The Royal Beat - available on True Royalty TV.

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