Prince William grabbed his younger brother Harry and threw him to the floor in a heated confrontation over Meghan Markle, the young prince is set to declare in his forthcoming autobiography, according to Guard, obtained a copy of the widely anticipated book.
The controversy at Harry’s London home in 2019 is said to have escalated after William said the young prince’s wife was “difficult”, “rude” and “abrasive”. The two insulted each other, with Harry, feeling threatened, eventually retreating to the kitchen. William followed him.
“Willy, I can’t talk to you when you’re like this,” Harry said after handing his brother a glass of water.
The Prince of Wales then “putted me in the water, called me by another name, and then came towards me,” Harry wrote, according to Guard. “It happened so fast. Very fast.”
“He grabbed my collar, ripped my necklace off, and he knocked me to the floor. I landed on the dog’s bowl, the bowl cracked under my back, the shards slicing through me. I lay there for a while, stunned, then got up and told him to get out.”
Harry went on to assert that William had tried to lure him into fighting back, but when the younger man refused to do so, William left the room. He eventually turned around “looking regretful and apologetic.”
Before leaving, William is said to have turned to say, “You don’t have to tell Meg about this.”
“You mean you attacked me?” Harry shot back, he wrote.
“I did not attack you, Harold.”
Alone, Harry then called his therapist.
According to Harry, the attack left him with “scratches and bruises” on his back – visible injuries that Markle later realized. According to the Duke of Sussex, his wife was not surprised but “very sad”.
William approached Harry, then living on the grounds of Kensington Palace in Nottingham Cottage, wanting to discuss the “whole disaster unfolding” in his relationship with the Royal Family. suit actor. But the Prince of Wales has arrived “as hot as fire”, according to Harry.
Detailed encounter—one of many included Additionalbased on guard—is unlikely to thaw the icy relationship between the Sussexes, who were married in 2018, and the senior royals.
Last week, a source suggested Sunday Times that Harry all but his brother on coals in the book. The insider said: “Personally I don’t understand how Harry and William can reconcile after this.
The book is expected to treat Harry’s father, King Charles, with a lighter touch. In an excerpt published by guardThe monarch was weary as he watched his sullen sons after Prince Phillip’s funeral.
“Please, boys,” Harry remembered his father’s words. “Don’t make my last years miserable.”
One recurring theme of Harry’s ongoing press tour, however, is his desire to reconcile with his family. “I want my father back. I want my brother back,” said Harry network ITV in a clip from an interview that will air on Sunday night.
But in another clip from a private conversation with CBS’ 60 minutesThe estranged royal added, “There are times when silence is treacherous.”
Buckingham Palace has not officially responded to Harry’s words since Wednesday.
Harry’s memoirs, Additionalwill be available on January 10th.
