Bereaved boy, troubled teen, wartime soldier, unhappy royal 91裸聊视频� many facets of Prince Harry are revealed in his explosive memoir, often in eyebrow-raising detail.
From accounts of cocaine use and losing his virginity to raw family rifts, 91裸聊视频淪pare91裸聊视频� exposes deeply personal details about Harry and the wider royal family.
The Associated Press purchased a copy of the Spanish-language edition of the book ahead of its publication around the world on Tuesday. Its revelations have electrified the British media 91裸聊视频� but have been met with silence from Buckingham Palace.
BROTHER AND SON
The book opens with a quote from American writer William Faulkner: 91裸聊视频淭he past is never dead. It91裸聊视频檚 not even past.91裸聊视频�
Harry91裸聊视频檚 story is dominated by his rivalry with elder brother Prince William and the death of the boys91裸聊视频� mother, Princess Diana, in 1997. Harry, who was 12 at the time, has never forgiven the media for Diana91裸聊视频檚 death in a car crash while being pursued by photographers.
The loss of his mother haunts the book, which Harry dedicates to wife Meghan, children Archie and Lili 91裸聊视频渁nd, of course, my mother.91裸聊视频�
The opening chapter recounts how his father Prince Charles 91裸聊视频� now King Charles III 91裸聊视频� broke the news of his mother91裸聊视频檚 accident, but didn91裸聊视频檛 give his son a hug.
Harry reveals that years later he asked his driver to take him through the Pont de l91裸聊视频橝lma tunnel in Paris, site of the fatal crash, hoping in vain that it would help end a 91裸聊视频渄ecade of unrelenting pain. He also says he once consulted a woman who claimed to have 91裸聊视频減owers91裸聊视频� and to be able to pass on messages from Diana.
Harry adds that he and William both 91裸聊视频渂egged91裸聊视频� their father not to marry his long-term paramour Camilla Parker-Bowles, worried she would become a 91裸聊视频渨icked stepmother.91裸聊视频�
Harry also is tormented by his status as royal 91裸聊视频渟pare91裸聊视频� behind William, who is heir to the British throne. Harry recounts a longstanding sibling rivalry that worsened after Harry began a relationship with American actress Meghan Markle, whom he married in 2018.
He says that during an argument in 2019, William called Meghan 91裸聊视频渄ifficult91裸聊视频� and 91裸聊视频渞ude,91裸聊视频� then grabbed him by the collar and knocked him down. Harry suffered cuts and bruises from landing on a dog bowl.
Harry says Charles implored the brothers to make up, saying after the funeral of Prince Philip in 2021: 91裸聊视频淧lease, boys. Don91裸聊视频檛 make my final years a misery.91裸聊视频�
Neither Buckingham Palace, which represents King Charles III, nor William91裸聊视频檚 Kensington Palace office has commented on any of the allegations.
WILD TEENAGE YEARS
The memoir suggests the media91裸聊视频檚 party-boy image of Harry during his teen and young adult years was well-deserved.
Harry describes how he lost his virginity at 17 91裸聊视频� in a field behind a pub to an older woman who loved horses and treated the teenage prince like a 91裸聊视频測oung stallion.91裸聊视频� It was, he says, a 91裸聊视频渉umiliating episode.91裸聊视频�
He also says he took cocaine several times starting at the same age, in order 91裸聊视频渢o feel. To be different.91裸聊视频� He also acknowledges using cannabis and magic mushrooms 91裸聊视频� which made him hallucinate that a toilet was talking to hm.
ARMY REVELATIONS
Harry spent a decade in the British Army, serving twice in Afghanistan. He says that on his second tour, as an Apache helicopter co-pilot and gunner in 2012-2013, he killed 25 Taliban militants. Harry says he felt neither satisfaction nor shame about his actions, and in the heat of battle regarded enemy combatants as pieces being removed from a chessboard, 91裸聊视频淏addies eliminated before they could kill Goodies.91裸聊视频�
Veterans criticized the comments and said they could increase the security risk for Harry. Retired Col. Richard Kemp said it was 91裸聊视频渁n error of judgment,91裸聊视频� and regarding enemy fighters as chess pieces is 91裸聊视频渘ot the way the British Army trains people.91裸聊视频�
91裸聊视频淚 think that sort of comment that doesn91裸聊视频檛 reflect reality is misleading and potentially valuable to those people who wish the British forces and British government harm,91裸聊视频� he told the BBC.
The Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan in 2021. Afghan Foreign Ministry spokesman Abdul Qahar Balkhi called the Western invasion of Afghanistan 91裸聊视频渙dious91裸聊视频� and said Harry91裸聊视频檚 comments 91裸聊视频渁re a microcosm of the trauma experienced by Afghans at the hands of occupation forces who murdered innocents without any accountability.91裸聊视频�
PERSONAL JOURNEY
Harry credits Meghan with changing the way he sees the world and himself. He says he was 91裸聊视频渨rapped in privilege91裸聊视频� and had no understanding of unconscious bias before he met her.
The young prince notoriously wore a Nazi uniform to a costume party in 2005, and claims in the book that William and his now-wife Kate encouraged the choice of outfit and 91裸聊视频渉owled91裸聊视频� with laughter when they saw it. He was recorded using a racist term about a fellow soldier of Pakistani descent in 2006, but says he did not know the word was a slur.
Meghan and Harry cited the U.K. media91裸聊视频檚 treatment of the biracial American actress as one of the main reasons for their decision to quit royal duties and move to the U.S. in 2020.
The book gives no sign that royal family relations will be repaired soon. Harry told ITV in an interview to promote the book that he wants reconciliation, but that there must be 91裸聊视频渁ccountability91裸聊视频� first.
In the final pages, Harry describes how he and William walked side by side during the funeral procession of Queen Elizabeth II in September, but spoke barely a word to one another.
91裸聊视频淭he next day, Meg and I returned to the United States,91裸聊视频� he says.
91裸聊视频擩ill Lawless, The Associated Press
