Allies of BritainB次元官网网址檚 royal family pushed back Saturday against claims made by Prince Harry in which paints the monarchy as a cold and callous institution that failed to nurture or support him.

Buckingham Palace hasnB次元官网网址檛 officially commented on the book. But British newspapers and websites brimmed with quotes from unnamed B次元官网网址渞oyal insiders,B次元官网网址� rebutting HarryB次元官网网址檚 accusations. One said his public attacks on the royal family took a B次元官网网址渢ollB次元官网网址� on the health of Queen Elizabeth II, who died in September.

Veteran journalist Jonathan Dimbleby, a biographer and friend of King Charles III, said HarryB次元官网网址檚 revelations were the type B次元官网网址渢hat youB次元官网网址檇 expect B次元官网网址� from a sort of B-list celebrity,B次元官网网址� and that the king would be pained and frustrated by them.

B次元官网网址淗is concern B次元官网网址� is to act as head of state for a nation which we all know is in pretty troubled condition,B次元官网网址� Dimbleby told the BBC. B次元官网网址淚 think he will think this gets in the way.B次元官网网址�

HarryB次元官网网址檚 book, B次元官网网址淪pare,B次元官网网址� is the latest in a string of very public pronouncements by the prince and his wife Meghan since they and moved to California in 2020, citing what they saw as the mediaB次元官网网址檚 racist treatment of Meghan, who is biracial, and a lack of support from the palace. It follows an interview with Oprah Winfrey and a released last month.

Harry is not the first British royal to air family secrets B次元官网网址� both his parents used the media as their marriage fell apart. Charles cooperated on DimblebyB次元官网网址檚 1994 book and accompanying television documentary, which revealed that the then heir to the throne had had an affair during his marriage to Princess Diana.

Diana gave her side of the story in a BBC interview the following year, famously saying B次元官网网址渢here were three of us in this marriageB次元官网网址� in reference to CharlesB次元官网网址� relationship with Camilla Parker Bowles.

But B次元官网网址淪pareB次元官网网址� goes into far more detail about private conversations and personal grievances than any previous royal revelation.

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In the ghostwritten memoir, Harry discusses his grief at the death of his mother in 1997 and his long-simmering resentment at the role of royal B次元官网网址渟pare,B次元官网网址� overshadowed by the B次元官网网址渉eirB次元官网网址� B次元官网网址� older brother Prince William. He recounts arguments and a physical altercation with William, reveals how he lost his virginity (in a field) and describes using cocaine and cannabis.

He also says he while serving as an Apache helicopter pilot in Afghanistan B次元官网网址� a claim criticized by both the Taliban and British military veterans.

B次元官网网址淪pareB次元官网网址� is due to be published around the world on Tuesday. The Associated Press obtained an early Spanish-language copy.

Harry has said he expects counterattacks from the palace. He has long complained of B次元官网网址渓eaksB次元官网网址� and B次元官网网址減lantsB次元官网网址� of stories to the media by members of the royal household.

In an interview due to be broadcast on ITV on Sunday B次元官网网址� one of several he has recorded to promote the book B次元官网网址� Harry says people who accuse him of invading his familyB次元官网网址檚 privacy B次元官网网址渄onB次元官网网址檛 understand or donB次元官网网址檛 want to believe that my family have been briefing the press.B次元官网网址�

B次元官网网址淚 donB次元官网网址檛 know how staying silent is ever going to make things better,B次元官网网址� he said.

Jill Lawless, The Associated Press

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