Prince Harry has spoken about his tell-all memoir Spare and his relationship with his dad King Charles in a wide-ranging interview while visiting Ukraine with his Invictus Foundation
Prince Harry has said his “conscience is clear” and he didn’t “air his dirty laundry in public” when he published his controversial memoir, Spare.
It comes after the prince made clear where his pressing priorities lie following a meeting his father King Charles at Clarence House last week. The royal pair met for the first time as they sat down to heal their rift in a meeting that lasted less than an hour.
Just hours later, Harry gave a wide-ranging interview in Ukraine – which he is visiting with his Invictus Foundation. He spoke of how his focus over the next year will be on his dad, adding that he wants to be able to see him more often. However, he said he had no regrets for publishing Spare, a tell-all memoir which caused ripples and divides among the royal fold.
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“I know that [speaking out] annoys some people and it goes against the narrative. 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,” he told The Guardian in Ukraine.
He adds: “I don’t believe that I aired my dirty laundry in public. It was a difficult message, but I did it in the best way possible. My conscience is clear.”
Harry was in Kyiv to promote the work of the Duke of Sussex’s Invictus Games Foundation (IGF), and to celebrate the recovery and rehabilitation of the thousands of veterans there who have suffered life-changing injuries since the war with Russia began three years ago.
But the dad of two recognises the trip is a gamble, and admitted he doesn’t like posing for staged photographs. The journey – and the engagement with his dad – has, though, left Harry in a position to reflect, he continued.
“I have always loved the UK and I always will love the UK. It’s been good to reconnect with the causes I am passionate about. I have been able to spend some time with people that I have known for so long. It is hard to do it from far away,” Harry added. He stressed he does he want to prolong any divisions with his family. However, Harry continued: “You cannot have reconciliation before you have truth.”
The Duke of Sussex’s mission in Ukraine, designed also to encourage those who have been seriously injured to find a purpose outside the military, continues.
