Prince Harry has stood by his explosive memoir Spare, more than two years after its release deepened rifts within the British royal family.
“I don’t believe that I aired my dirty laundry in public,” he told the Guardian in an interview published Sunday. “It was a difficult message, but I did it in the best way possible. My conscience is clear.”
The book, released in January 2023, gave an unflinching look at his life as a prince and contained blunt criticisms of his stepmother Camilla and sister-in-law Catherine, straining ties further with Buckingham Palace.
Harry, who left royal duties in 2020 to live in California with his wife Meghan, stressed that Spare was not written out of spite. “It is about accountability,” he said. “The book? It was a series of corrections to stories already out there. One point of view had been put out and it needed to be corrected.”
His surprise meeting with King Charles last week was their first in 19 months, following his rushed visit to the UK in February 2024 when the monarch revealed his cancer diagnosis.
Despite ongoing tensions, Harry said he still hopes for reconciliation with his father, admitting he “does not know how much longer my father has.”