Prince William Is Furious About Prince Harry’s Memoir Leaks, According to Palace Insiders

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You may have noticed that approximately, 1,000,000 articles about Prince Harry hit the internet at once yesterday—all thanks to his memoir, Spare, leaking several days in advance of its publication date.

The royals haven’t commented on the memoir, but according to Vanity Fair royal reporter Katie Nicholl, Prince William is...uh...less than thrilled. Sources close to William say he’s “furious” that Harry leaked details of their private conversations, and that there’s a “massive trust issue” between the brothers since William (or as Harry calls him, “Willy”) is worried communications will be “made public.”

Even before Spare leaked, William was stressed about the possibility of being around his brother for the holidays since the Sussexes were invited to join the royals at Sandringham. As an insider who spent time with Wills before Christmas put it, “William worries everything and anything he says will be made public. For now, he isn’t going to be commenting or reacting, his plan is to ride this all out. At the end of the day he will still be the Prince of Wales, and that’s what he is focused on.”

As for Spare, the royals are expected to continue their motto of “never complain, never explain.” Reporter Richard Palmer tweeted, “Kensington Palace and Buckingham Palace aren’t responding to Prince Harry’s leaked claims from his memoir that William physically attacked his brother or that it was it was William and Kate’s idea for him to wear a Nazi uniform to an infamous fancy dress party. Similarly, there is no comment from the palace on Harry’s description of their father pleading with them after an anguished meeting post Prince Philip’s funeral: “Please, boys, don’t make my final years a misery.”

Harry has two lengthy interviews coming up with Anderson Cooper on 60 Minutes and Tom Bradby on ITV, not to mention a GMA interview and an appearance on The Colbert Report, so...guess we’ll see what happens next.

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