Prince Harry's Ghostwriter Recalls Arguing With Royal Over Princess Diana Story for 'Spare' Memoir
etonline.comPrince Harry's ghostwriter is speaking out. In an essay for , J.R. Moehringer recalls one argument he had with the Duke of Sussex while working on the royal's memoir, , which was released in January.The disagreement came as the men were on a late-night Zoom session, discussing a training exercise Harry underwent while in the military.«Harry, at the close of grueling military exercises in rural England, gets captured by pretend terrorists.
It's a simulation, but the tortures inflicted upon Harry are very real,» Moehringer writes. «He's hooded, dragged to an underground bunker, beaten, frozen, starved, stripped, forced into excruciating stress positions by captors wearing black balaclavas.
The idea is to find out if Harry has the toughness to survive an actual capture on the battlefield.»Eventually, «Harry’s captors throw him against a wall, choke him, and scream insults into his face, culminating in a vile dig at — Princess Diana?»Shortly thereafter, those participating in the exercise seemed to realize that bringing up Harry's mother, who died in a car accident in 1997, had broken «an inviolate rule» and was «out of bounds.»When one of the participants apologized over the comment, Harry responded with «a comeback» that struck Moehringer «as unnecessary.» And thus the argument began.«I was exasperated with Prince Harry.
My head was pounding, my jaw was clenched, and I was starting to raise my voice,» Moehringer writes. «And yet some part of me was still able to step outside the situation and think, 'This is so weird.
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