The Princess of Wales' uncle has weighed into the Prince Harry saga with an op-ed in the Daily Mail. Photo / AP
The Princess of Wales' uncle has weighed into the Prince Harry saga with an op-ed in the Daily Mail. Photo / AP
The Princess of Wales’ uncle, Gary Goldsmith, has claimed that Prince Harry’s book Spare has made the “gaping chasm between [Harry and the royal family] unbridgeable”.
Writing in the Daily Mail, Goldsmith said: “Harry has launched this precision missile at his own father, brother and niece. He has unmasked himselfas the consummate hypocrite, endlessly claiming alleged breaches of privacy — then disclosing confidential conversations about highly personal matters involving his own niece. He both courts the media, granting interviews to boost his book sales, and reviles it for its ’intrusion’ into his life.
”Few people have bought into Harry’s fractious and peevish book — and, in writing it, I’m afraid he has overstepped the line.
”Will his family ever forgive him? I doubt it.”
Prince Harry and his sister-in-law, Kate Middleton, in seemingly happier times. Photo / Getty Images
Goldsmith also waded into the alleged row between Harry’s wife Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, 41, and Catherine over bridesmaids dresses for Harry and Meghan’s wedding.
He insists that Catherine - who he refers to as Kate - was not at fault.
He said: “I honestly don’t believe this version of the ‘facts’. Kate is self-sufficient, resourceful and extremely capable. She comes from a family of doers and fixers and has an amazing support system in her younger sister Pippa and her mum, my older sister Carole, who runs her own successful business. She has taught her girls to deal with problems with calm capability, not histrionics.
FILE - Britain's Kate, Duchess of Cambridge watches Mate Pavic and Nikola Mektic of Croatia play Matthew Ebden and Max Purcell of Australia in the final of the men's doubles on day thirteen of the Wimbledon tennis championships in London, July 9, 2022. Kate, the Princess of Wales will celebrate her 41st on Monday, Jan. 9, 2023. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)
”The Kate I know so well would never have caused a fuss. She’s not a drama queen; she’s not confrontational, as the book suggests. And she’d never pile more pressure on a bride. After all, she knows the tensions involved when you marry into the royal family all too well.”
Prince Harry’s book, Spare, which went on sale last week following a string of tell-all television interviews, has revealed startling accusations about the royal family and the prince’s strained relationship with them.
