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Prince William attacked Prince Harry in violent fight over Meghan Markle
In another royal bombshell, Prince Harry has accused Prince William of “knocking me to the floor” in a wild fight over Meghan Markle.
Andrew Koubaridis
Danielle Gusmaroli
January 5, 2023 - 2:33PM
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The Duke of Sussex’s upcoming memoir is reportedly being released under the same super-secure security measures used to protect the last book in the ‘Harry Potter’ series.
Prince Harry claims his brother Prince William violently assaulted him during a wild fight over Meghan Markle.
The shocking accusation against the Prince of Wales – and heir to the throne – is made in a sensational chapter of Prince Harry’s upcoming biography.
According to The Guardian, Prince Harry alleges Prince William “grabbed me by the collar, ripping my necklace, and … knocked me to the floor” leaving him with visible marks on his back.
The brothers reportedly fought at Nottingham Cottage, in Kensington Palace, when they met to discuss their spiralling relationship.
Prince Harry writes in Spare, that is released next week, Prince William called Meghan “difficult”, “rude” and “abrasive”, which Harry calls a “parrot[ing of] the press narrative”.
Their fight became more heated as they shouted over each other and prompted the alleged assault when Prince Harry accused his brother of acting like an heir.
That led to more insults, with Prince William claiming he was trying to help.
“Are you serious? Help me? Sorry – is that what you call this? Helping me?” Prince Harry is said to have told him.
Prince William then allegedly swore and followed him into the kitchen where a scared Harry had walked to.
Prince Harry said that he gave his brother a glass of water and said: “Willy, I can’t speak to you when you’re like this.”
“He set down the water, called me another name, then came at me. It all happened so fast. So very fast. He grabbed me by the collar, ripping my necklace, and he knocked me to the floor. I landed on the dog’s bowl, which cracked under my back, the pieces cutting into me. I lay there for a moment, dazed, then got to my feet and told him to get out.”
Prince Harry claims his brother taunted him to fight back, like when they were children, but when he wouldn’t, Prince William left.
He returned soon after looking “regretful and apologised” and urged Prince Harry not to tell Ms Markle.
“You don’t need to tell Meg about this,” he reportedly said.
When Prince Harry said “You mean that you attacked me?” he was told: “‘I didn’t attack you, Harold.’”
The contents of Spare have been a closely guarded secret with tight security to avoid any leaks and the explosive revelations will cause even more tension between Prince Harry and his family.
Prince Harry didn’t immediately tell his wife, but did tell his therapist, but said Ms Markle later noticed “scrapes and bruises” on his back before he confessed.
“[She] wasn’t that surprised, and wasn’t all that angry,” Harry writes.
“She was terribly sad.”
In another chapter, Harry recalls meeting with the then Prince Charles and Prince William after the Windsor Castle funeral of Prince Philip in April 2021.
He claims his father stood between his sons and said: “Please, boys, don’t make my final years a misery.”
The Duke of Sussex has conceded there is no going back for him as a full-time member of the royal family after launching a series of barbs that stunned the palace.
Asked by CBS interviewer Anderson Cooper whether Prince Harry can see himself returning to the fold after splitting from the royal family three years ago, he bluntly replies “no”.
In a trailer for the news show 60 Minutes, to air on Sunday, the prince admits there is too much water under the bridge and the reason he has been vocal about his departure is “every single time I‘ve tried to do it privately, there has been briefings and leakings and planting of stories against me and my wife”.
In a second televised interview promoting his autobiography Spare, to also air on Sunday, he tells British ITV News star Tom Bradby: “I would like my father back, I would like my brother back, not the institution.”
Mr Bradby has hinted the future King has terminated their friendship after he was seen to side with the Duke and Duchess of Sussex when they split from the royal family.
Prince Harry has told ITV News star in a forthcoming interview to be aired on Sunday: ‘I would like my father back, I would like my brother back, not the institution.’
While the respected news presenter once enjoyed a close friendship with both the Prince of Wales and Prince Harry, Mr Bradby says that over recent years, William has ejected him out of his inner circle.
The former ITV royal correspondent is presenting a special interview with Harry on January 8 which is expected to contain more damning criticism of the monarch and their handling of the Sussexes’ departure from The Firm.
The correspondent was invited to the weddings of both Prince William and Prince Harry and he was even hand-picked to interview William and Kate following their engagement in 2010.
But last year the friendship between William and Mr Bradby appeared “very much over” because of Harry and Meghan‘s royal exit in early 2020, an insider said.
A year previously in 2019, the journalist narrated Harry and Meghan‘s “An African Journey” documentary, which laid the groundwork for the couple’s departure from the Royal Family just a few months later.
Last June Tom admitted to feeling in an “awkward position” regarding his friendship with Harry and William.
Speaking to RadioTimes, the ITV News host discussed the brothers’ feud, adding that their falling out was “difficult” for him and how he’d felt “a little bit caught in the middle”.
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A royal insider said: “The friendship between William and Tom is very much over. The duke feels let down by Bradby and the way he’s acted over the past few months.”
In a separate interview with GQ, also in 2021, he revealed the origins of his relationship with the royals and admitted William is not one of his “proper friends”.