Prince Harry's denial that he accused his family of racism was interpreted in the UK press Monday as a bizarre peace offering, but commentators argued the damage had already been done as his unflinching memoir comes out.
The midnight release of"Spare" is being accompanied by four television interviews, with two more airing in the United States following the first pair on Sunday.
The allegation, made in a bombshell interview given by Harry and Meghan in March 2021 to US chat show host Oprah Winfrey, caused a transatlantic uproar. Several described his denial to ITV as an"olive branch", but one that was contradicted by the Oprah interview and too little, too late, given the incendiary nature of his other allegations in the book.Accusing the press of effectively killing his mother Princess Diana, Harry also accuses his father King Charles III's second wife Camilla of waging a cunning but dangerous campaign to win over the press herself.
To ITV, Harry also defended a long-serving royal courtier, Susan Hussey, after she grilled a black British guest at a palace reception about where the woman"really" came from. "Nothing is Harry's fault and almost everything can be blamed on the press," the Daily Telegraph wrote. The left-leaning Guardian wrote:"If she had lived to see this, it wouldn't have killed the queen. But it might have made her a republican."The contents of Harry's ghost-written book have already been widely leaked after it went on sale early in Spain.He insisted to ITV that he still wanted a rapprochement with his father and brother, but said the ball was in their court, refusing to confirm whether he will attend Charles's coronation in May.
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