By Katherine Tinsley
11:54am PDT, Sep 17, 2025
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In an interview, Prince Harry minimized the negative impact of Spare and his interviews about the monarchy, as the duke and Meghan Markle portrayed the royals as cold and implied the institution was racist toward the Suits star.
“I know that [speaking out] annoys some people and it goes against the narrative,” Harry told The Guardian. “The book? It was a series of corrections to stories already out there. One point of view had been put out, and it needed to be corrected.”
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“I don’t believe that I aired my dirty laundry in public. It was a difficult message, but I did it in the best way possible,” Prince Harry continued. “My conscience is clear.”
In the book, Harry commented on Prince William’s appearance and depicted him as violent.
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Royal editor Emily Ferguson noted how Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s actions ultimately hurt Prince William and Kate Middleton.
“After five years of hurling abuse at his family and torpedoing any meaningful relationship with his older brother by attacking both him and his wife, the Princess of Wales, by portraying her as cold and unfeeling towards Meghan Markle, Harry still won’t admit that his decision to pen a tell-all biography, sit down for a scathing interview with Oprah Winfrey and film a bombshell documentary series with his wife about their royal exit was a mistake,” Ferguson wrote for Daily Express.
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“Harry could have deflected the question, or offered a hint of an apology without needing to say ‘I’m sorry, I regret the hurt I’ve caused my family,'” Ferguson added. “But instead, he’s doubled down on his bullish approach and shown once and for all that he cannot be trusted.”