Prince Harry wrote in his soon-to-be-released autobiography, “Spare,” obtained by The Guardian, that his brother, Prince William, “knocked [him] to the floor” while in an argument about Harry’s wife, American actress Meghan Markle.
Harry said that the argument, which Harry said resulted in visible injury on his back, took place in his home in London in 2019, according to The Guardian, in which Harry describes that William called Markle “difficult”, “rude” and “abrasive.”
Harry said that William’s words were a “parrot[ing of] the press narrative” about the Duchess of Sussex, The Guardian reports.
According to The Guardian, Harry then described the altercation, writing that William “grabbed me by the collar, ripping my necklace, and … knocked me to the floor”.
Harry said that his brother egged him on to fight back after their argument escalated to a physical altercation, but that Harry refused, leaving his brother “regretful” and eventually lead to him apologizing, according to The Guardian.
William urged Harry not to tell his wife, and Harry said that he did not immediately do so, but that Markle noticed the marks on his back and when she found out she wasn’t surprised or angry, but “sad.”
The theme of Harry’s autobiography, according to The Guardian, is that Harry is the”spare” prince: If anything happens to the heir, Harry would be “the spare”.
Harry wrote about a story in his autobiography, The Guardian reports, of how his father, King Charles, said to his wife, Princess Diana, Harry’s mother, on the day of his son’s birth, “Wonderful! Now you’ve given me an heir and a spare – my work is done.”
The memoir by Prince Harry is expected to be released in full on January 10.
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