In his memoir, Spare, Prince Harry recounted what he says was a physical attack by his brother, Prince William, as their relationship fell apart over the younger prince’s marriage to Meghan Markle.

But the most interesting part of that confrontation at his London home in 2019 was the way the future King described Meghan Markle.

The Duke of Sussex says William called Meghan “difficult”, “rude” and “abrasive”, which Harry calls a “parrot[ing of] the press narrative” about his American wife.

Prince Harry wrote that the confrontation escalated, until William “grabbed me by the collar, ripping my necklace, and … knocked me to the floor”.

The Guardian describes how Prince Harry wrote that William wanted to talk about “the whole rolling catastrophe” of their relationship and struggles with the press.

But when William arrived at Nottingham Cottage – where Harry was then living, in the grounds of Kensington Palace and known as “Nott Cott” – he was, Harry says, already “piping hot”.

When William complained about Meghan, Harry told him he was repeating the press narrative and that he expected better. But William, Harry says, was not being rational, leading to the two men shouting over each other.

Harry then accused his brother of acting like an heir, unable to understand why his younger brother was not content to be a spare.

Prince Harry revealed intimate details about his feelings towards the Royal Family in his bombshell memoir, Spare, and on TV during a global interview with Oprah Winfrey, unsurprisingly sparking a huge fallout within the Firm.

Despite Prince Harry spilling lots of royal secrets, he claims there is information he chose to omit.

Following the release of Spare in January 2023, he spoke to the Telegraph and made an unexpected claim that he had actually excluded a number of stories about both his father and brother.

He also made the unexpected eight-word admission as to why the decision was made, stating “I don’t think they would ever forgive me”.