Prince Harry Is ‘Trying to Get a Rise Out of’ Members of the Royal Family But Might ‘Come to Rethink’ Speaking Out, Royal Expert Claims
usmagazine.comDoes silence speak volumes? The royal family has yet to publicly comment on Prince Harry’s bombshell memoir Spare — and one royal expert thinks the Duke of Sussex was hoping for more of a reaction.“I think he’s trying to get a rise out of somebody,” Christopher Andersen exclusively told Us Weekly of Harry, 38, on Wednesday, January 11. “But as we approach the coronation, I think all [King] Charles [III] wants is calm … [which is], I think, making [Harry] very frustrated that he’s not getting any kind of response.”The prince’s tell-all, which hit shelves on Tuesday, January 10, includes allegations that a “gung-ho” member of Charles’ team “devised and launched a new campaign of getting good press” for the king, 74, and Queen Consort Camilla ahead of their 2005 nuptials.
According to Harry, the strategy came “at the expense of bad press” for him and Prince William.The former military pilot also refers to Camilla, 75, as “dangerous” within the pages of Spare.
During his Sunday, January 8, appearance on 60 Minutes, Harry explained to Anderson Cooper how exactly his stepmother posed a threat.“Because of the need for her to rehabilitate her image.
That made her dangerous because of the connections that she was forging within the British press,” the prince said. “And there was open willingness on both sides to trade off information.
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