Prince Harry’s suspense sparks outrage as the Windsors await his book | Prince Harry

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As teasers for teasers, the trailers released from the TV interviews in which the Duke of Sussex promotes his memoir, Spear, were pretty short.

In one, confronting Tom Bradby, a coup for the ITV news anchor and former royal correspondent he’s known for nearly 20 years, Prince Harry says: “I want my father back, I want my brother back.”

The clips cut to him saying “it doesn’t have to be like that at all,” and “I want a family, not an institution,” as he claims it’s appropriate to portray him and his wife Megan as “bad guys.”

In another segment, with Anderson Cooper, from CBS News’ 60 Minutes, Harry takes up the subject of royal reporters, his alleged collusion with Buckingham Palace, “in briefings, leaks, and planting stories against me and my wife.”

The clips last about a minute each, and yet, predictably, they precipitated a tsunami of rage. The indefatigable columnist drew deeply on his well of metaphor and exasperating adjectives. A well that must certainly be close to drying up given the influx of Sussexes booked this Christmas.

“Windsors watch out, bitter Harry heats up his power from his spleen again,” one headline read, while others described him as trashing his family, or engaging in a satirical money-making exercise with a story that has a “short shelf life.”

From Buckingham Palace and Kensington Palace, there was silence, in public at least, as sources clearly indicated no desire for reciprocity.

But, will the royal family avoid the spare book when it’s published on Tuesday? Trailers for the two interviews, which will air on Sunday, revisit similar themes to those of Netflix’s six-part Harry and Meghan documentary series, which aired last month. Family fractures, the intrusion of the press, the accusation of failing to protect the spouses—they seem directed at both the institution and the family.

The motto of the royal family, according to Harry, is: “Never complain, never explain.” But he said in the CBS segment that this is “just a catchphrase” and that behind the scenes there is a lot of complaining going on. He notes that it manifests itself in the “spoon-fed stories” of conformist journalism.

To date, the contents of the “explicit” notes remain unknown. An unnamed source, said to have knowledge of the book, told The Sunday Times: “Overall I think the book is [will be ] Worse for them than the royal family expects. Everything is exposed. Charles gets out of it better than I expected but he’s hard on William, especially, and even Kate gets some criticism.”

Not so long ago, the palace’s PR machine managed what looked like a triumphant coup with the one-off “Fab Four” of William, Kate, Harry and Meghan briefly meeting and smiling on tour in Windsor in the immediate aftermath of the Queen’s death. . Maybe Harry’s book will pull back the curtain on that, along with the other anecdotes the public feeds on daily about “The Company.”

If any members of the royal family react publicly, the bookies’ money will be on the Prince of Wales. Harry has already claimed his brother yelled and yelled at him during the Sandringham meeting that sealed the Sussexes’ departure from the UK and the Royal Family.

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William, smitten by Harry and Meghan’s public suggestion that the royal family was racist, couldn’t stop himself from responding when questioned by a TV reporter, saying: “We’re not very much a racist family.”

Perhaps what will affect William most is his brother’s monopoly over the memory of their mother, Diana, Princess of Wales. Harry has spoken several times about the lasting psychological effect her early death had on him.

Unconstrained by protocol, he has publicly claimed her, time and time again, and there is every expectation that this will make up an important part of the book. In promoting the interview, ITV said Harry would talk about his personal relationships and “unheard-of details” about her death. But Diana left two young sons.

As for the royal, sources regularly claim that the door is always open for Harry and Meghan. Undoubtedly, it would take a very deep feud for Charles not to invite his youngest son to his coronation on May 6, or for Harry to decline the invitation. Whether Speer’s publication was the catalyst for this – or for some form of reconciliation – will only be clear once it hits bookshelves.

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