Prince Harry's book describes physical attack on William, report says

"He knocked me down," Harry says of Prince William's alleged assault, according to The Guardian, which said it got a copy of Harry's Coming Book.

Prince Harry accused his brother Prince William of throwing him to the ground during a furious argument on Harry's marriage to Meghan Markle, according to a report on Thursday in The Guardian, which said it obtained a copy of the young prince's memoir nearly a week before their publication date.

The physical assault, which allegedly took place at Harry's cottage on the grounds of Kensington Palace in 2019, is part of a series of revelations in the prince's book, titled "Spare", due out Tuesday.

The book has been awaited with dread by the Royal Family and with anticipation by millions of others riveted by the Long House of Wi ndsor serial. In recent days, Harry has released unsavory details about his breakup with William and other family members to stir up interest.

"Willy, I can't talk to you when you're like that," Harry told his brother, handing him a glass of water, after William showed up at his cottage and said that Meghan, an American-born actress, was "difficult, 'rough' and 'abrasive,'" according to the Guardian article.

"He laid down the water, called me another name, then came to me," Harry wrote, according to the report. "It all happened so fast. So very fast. He grabbed me by the collar, tearing my collar, and he knocked me to the floor. I landed on the dog's bowl, which went down. cracked under my back, the pieces cutting into me. I lay there for a while dazed, then I got up and told him to get out. But he refused. William then said to Harry, "You don't have to. no need to tell Meg."

Harry replied, "You mean you attacked me?"

< p class=" css-at9mc1 evys1bk0">"I didn't attack you, Harold," William insisted.

Harry wrote that his first phone call after the altercation was to his therapist, the report adds.

That King Charles III's sons are called Willy and Harold was a delightful morsel amid the seemingly lavish banquet of revelations in the book The Guardian said the memoir anguishedly detailed the r rift between the brothers, which worsened after Harry and Meghan stepped back from their royal duties and moved to Southern California.

Editor , Penguin Random House, tried to keep the book a secret, banning the contents and only shipping it to bookstores just before its scheduled release. But the Guardian said it had obtained a copy nearly a week before publication, anticipating a rollout including two TV interviews with Harry next Sunday, with ITV in Britain and the CBS show '60 Minutes' in the UK. United States.

Martin Pengelly, the New York-based Guardian reporter who wrote the story, has a breaking news story about well-guarded books, including some on former President Donald J. Trump, often days before they are published.

Mr. Pengelly did not provide an exhaustive account of the book in his article. But he reported that Harry recalled a tense meeting with William and Charles after Prince Philip's funeral in 2021, in which his father pleaded: "Please boys don't make my last years a misery."

Representatives for King Charles and Prince William declined to comment on the allegations on Thursday, which followed various other accusations from Harry and Meghan made in a six-part Netflix documentary that aired last time. months.

Buckingham Palace has not commented on Harry's claims in the documentary that he refused to defend Meghan against an attack of negative tabloid coverage Londoners – and in some cases even fueled it with leaks damaging to journalists.