Prince Harry's army instructor rubbished memoir claims as 'dramatised'

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After the shock double health updates from Buckingham Palace this week, Prince Harry is being urged to get in contact with his family.Royal commentator Richard Fitzwilliams has sent a call to arms for the Duke of Sussex to phone his relatives after the news that the Princess of Wales underwent abdominal surgery on Wednesday and is due to be absent from royal duties until Easter as she recuperates.King Charles is also facing a hospital visit next week, for corrective treatment for an enlarged bowel, and is taking a break from his busy schedule to prepare for the operation.

But it comes at a time of a deep “rift” between Harry which was exacerbated by his claims in tell-all memoir Spare last year, in which he made a number of claims about relations between him and wife Meghan Markle and the rest of ‘The Firm’.When Harry’s book was released, there was much fanfare surrounding his allegations, including making a number of claims about issues between Meghan and Kate.But another tale in Spare about Harry’s time in the military also hit the headlines at the time, as it was rubbished by ex-Sergeant Major Michael Booley, who dismissed it as "dramatised”.

In Spare, the prince details a "suicide" training flight and claims that an army instructor stalled their Slingsby T67 Firefly propeller plane on purpose without alerting anyone to what was happening.

But Major Michael Booley, who is an ex-Sergeant and who was there at the time of the supposed incident, said this didn't happen - and that every detail of these flights is laid out beforehand.He told the Sunday Mirror at the time of the book’s release: "I am staggered by this.