By Katherine Tinsley
12:21pm PDT, Sep 17, 2025
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In
Spare,
Prince Harry accused Queen Camilla of playing the "long game, a campaign aimed at marriage and eventually the Crown."
"I have complex feelings about gaining a step-parent who I thought had recently sacrificed me on her personal p.r. altar," he added, as Harry alluded to Camilla planting stories about him to shift the public perception of her after being known as
King Charles III's mistress during his marriage to
Princess Diana.
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In
Spare,
Prince Harry compared meeting Queen Camilla for the first time to getting an "injection."
"Close your eyes and you won't even feel it," the veteran penned.
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Daily Express reported that Queen Camilla felt "hurt" by
Prince Harry's words.
"He has been extremely unkind to her in print and in word, and she doesn't forgive easily," an insider told
The Times. "The royal family make elephants look like they have short memories."
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Still,
Prince Harry revealed he doesn't regret working on
Spare. "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," Harry told
The Guardian. "My conscience is clear."
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Prince Harry later clarified why he wanted to write his book in the first place
. "It's not stubbornness, it is having principles," Harry stressed. "It is not about revenge, it is about accountability."
