One expert believes the ramifications of Prince Harry’s long-awaited testimony will be catastrophic.
“The consequences of this will be far-reaching and potentially very destructive,” royal author Richard Fitzwilliams said. The Daily Mail on the Thursday after the name of the book, For spareand the release date, January 10, were announced.
According to Fitzwilliams, the title is “sensational” and “it implies [Harry] he was not valued or… that he did not feel at the center of events”, Page Six reports
In its press release, Penguin Random House described the content of the Duke of Sussex’s autobiography as “raw and unflinching honesty”, which Fitzwilliams believes has Buckingham Palace “very concerned, especially as it is the first few months of the reign of King Charles”.
“No doubt there will be endless interviews, serialization and speculation about these memoirs,” Fitzwilliams told the mailadding that he believes the 38-year-old prince “should have waited many years” to tell his story.
“Even Edward VIII, then Duke of Windsor, waited until 1951 before that The story of a king was published,” he noted.
Mark Borkowski, author and publicity expert, echoed Mr Fitzwilliams’ sentiments, predicting that “the damage to the royal family will be great”.
“Charles’ retaliation could include not giving his children the titles of prince and princess, and even withdrawing his own titles of Duke and Duchess of Sussex,” Borkowski said of Harry, wife Meghan Markle, 41 , and the couple’s children: 3-year-old son Archie. , and daughter Lilibet, 1.
Borkowski also agreed that the royals are likely to have “a nervous Christmas … as they anticipate the worst”.
“For the new king, who was still planning his coronation, this could not have come at a worse time,” he said.
Charles’ official coronation ceremony will take place on May 6, 2023, a date that many social media users suspect was chosen on purpose as an insult to his son and daughter-in-law.
“So King Charles the Cruel has set his coronation for May 6th next year… aka his grandson Prince Archie of Sussex’s 4th birthday,” one of the many critics tweeted in response in the news “Chile like ghetto. I hate it here. Anyway, Harry, when do these memories drop.
Earlier this month, Tom Bower, who wrote Revenge: Meghan, Harry and the war between the Windsorshe said Page Six that Harry’s relatives are “very nervous”. For sparewhich he described as a “ticking time bomb”.
It has also been reported that Charles will ban Harry from his coronation if the Duke’s book criticizes Queen Consort Camilla.
“It’s one thing for Harry to attack Charles – he can take it on the chin. But if Harry forces him to choose, by putting Camilla in his book, I have no doubt he will choose Camilla,” a source recently said . The daily beastand adds that the new monarch is “incredibly protective” of his second wife.
Page Six Last July she broke the news that the prince was writing a book originally planned for publication in November.
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