Prince Harry’s tell-all memoir, Spare, is set to be released on Jan. 10, but it’s already producing a slew of headlines after leaked extracts and reports have come out this week. When the book’s publisher Penguin Random House announced the release date and cover art in October, the website teased that it would be filled with “raw, unflinching honesty” — and according to the leaks so far, it will fully deliver.
It was reported that Prince Harry was allegedly attacked by his brother, Prince William, due to an argument about Meghan Markle. Harry also claimed the future king and Kate Middleton encouraged him to wear a Nazi uniform on Halloween. He dives into the drama between Meghan and Kate leading up to Harry and Meghan’s wedding in 2018. The book isn’t even officially available yet, but there’s so much to unpack that we’re rounding up the most shocking revelations from Prince Harry, below.
Prince Harry claims brother William allegedly attacked him in a physical altercation
According to The Guardian, Harry details an alleged physical encounter that happened between he and Price William when he was living at Nottingham Cottage with Meghan on the grounds of Kensington Palace.
According to the outlet, Harry writes in the book that William arrived “piping hot” at his home to discuss the “situation” with Meghan. Harry says William allegedly called Meghan “difficult,” “rude” and “abrasive.” Harry then claims William “grabbed me by the collar, ripping my necklace, and … knocked me to the floor,” Harry wrote, according to The Guardian.
“It all happened so fast. So very fast. I landed on the dog’s bowl, which cracked under my back, the pieces cutting into me. I lay there for a moment, dazed, then got to my feet and told him to get out.”
Harry says William came back and apologized but allegedly said, “You don’t need to tell Meg about this.”
Prince Harry says Meghan Markle was reprimanded for saying Kate Middleton had a ‘baby brain’
There have been rumors of a rift between Meghan and Kate leading up to Harry and Meghan’s 2018 wedding. In his memoir, The DailyMail reports that Harry broke down what happened. According to the outlet, Harry wrote that Meghan told Kate she “must have baby brain because of her hormones.” At the time, Kate had recently given birth to her third child with Prince William, Prince Louis.
“In the book Harry says that there was a discussion about the timing of the wedding rehearsal and the flower girl dresses and Kate was very upset,” the outlet’s source said. “It caused a huge row because Meghan was told that she wasn’t close enough to her sister-in-law to discuss her hormones and it wasn’t the way people spoke to each other within the royal family.”
Prince Harry claims Prince William and Kate Middleton encouraged him to wear a Nazi uniform on Halloween
Prince Harry was blasted by the press when photos surfaced of him dressed in a Nazi uniform on Halloween in 2005. In his recent Netflix docuseries with Meghan Markle, Harry described it as “one of the biggest mistakes of my life.” Now, in his memoir, he allegedly reveals that two people who encouraged him to wear it were Prince William and Kate.
Page Six reported that Harry asked the two whether he should dress as a Nazi or a pilot for a “Native and Colonial”-themed costume party. The outlet reports that William and Kate chose the Nazi costume and Harry claims they “howled with laughter” when they saw his outfit.
In Harry & Meghan, Harry expressed remorse for his decision. “All I wanted to do was make it right,” he said.
“I sat down and spoke to the chief rabbi in London, which had a profound impact on me. I went to Berlin and spoke to a Holocaust survivor,” he shared.
Harry reveals intimate details about losing his virginity
According to The DailyMail, Harry reveals details about losing his virginity to an older woman in his book. The outlet reported that he called it a “humiliating episode” with an older woman “who liked macho horses and who treated me like a young stallion.”
He reportedly wrote, “I mounted her quickly, after which she spanked my ass and sent me away. One of my many mistakes was letting it happen in a field, just behind a very busy pub. No doubt someone had seen us.”
Harry watched Meghan Markle’s sex scenes from Suits
When Harry began dating Meghan, he reportedly wrote that he made “the mistake of Googling and watching some of her love scenes online.” According to Page Six, he said he needed “electric-shock therapy,” afterward to get them out of his mind. “I’d witnessed her and a castmate mauling each other in some sort of office or conference room,” the outlet reported Harry wrote. “I didn’t need to see such things live.”
Megan’s love interest on-set was played by Patrick J. Adams, who attended the couple’s 2018 royal wedding with his wife, actress Troian Bellisario.
Prince William allegedly discouraged Harry from proposing to Meghan
In a report from Page Six, Harry claims that his brother told him the relationship was moving “too fast” and he was taking things “a bit too far” with Meghan. It’s reported that Harry wrote that William didn’t like the idea of their marriage because she was “an American actress after all.”
