Prince Harry has admitted he watches and 'fact-checks' The Crown on Netflix.
The Duke of Sussex told the host of The Late Show, Stephen Colbert, on Tuesday night in the US, that he has watched 'the older stuff and the more recent stuff' from the hit show. He admitted that he does fact-check the show as he believes it is 'important history has it right'.
In his final interview about the release of his bombshell memoir Spare, the duke was asked by Colbert: "You’ve watched The Crown, right? You’ve got to have watched some of The Crown, right?"
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Harry looked at the audience and paused briefly before saying: "There’s people laughing at that – yes, I have actually watched The Crown.” "The recent stuff or the older stuff?" Colbert asked.
The duke replied: "The older stuff and the more recent stuff." Colbert continued: "Do you fact-check it while you watch it?"
Harry then jokingly pretended to take out a notepad and mimed taking notes before laughing: "Yes, I do actually." He then pointed to a copy of his book and added: "Which, by the way, is another reason why it’s important that history has it right."
Spare was officially released in the UK yesterday (January 10). It became the fastest selling non-fiction book ever with 400,000 hardback, e-book and audio format copies being snapped up.
The book includes claims that the Prince of Wales physically attacked him and teased him about his panic attacks, and that the King put his own interests above Harry’s and was jealous of the Duchess of Sussex and the Princess of Wales. In a US broadcast promoting the work, Harry branded Duchess of Cornwall the 'villain' and 'dangerous', accusing her of rehabilitating her image at the expense of his.
Larry Finlay, managing director of Transworld Penguin Random House, said: "We always knew this book would fly but it is exceeding even our most bullish expectations. As far as we know, the only books to have sold more in their first day are those starring the other Harry (Potter)."
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