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Topics: King Charles III, Prince Harry, UK News, News, Royal Family
Rhianna Benson
Topics: King Charles III, Prince Harry, UK News, News, Royal Family
Despite reconnecting with his father for the first time in over a year last week, Prince Harry insists his 'conscience is clear' regarding the previous Royal Family fallout.
For those in need of a reminder, the Duke of Sussex and wife Meghan Markle fled the UK in 2020 after resigning from their royal duties, citing mistreatment and even bullying from a number of senior royals.
Specifically, he claimed brother Prince William had attacked him at his then home, Nottingham Cottage, during a conversation about the former Suits actress.
"He grabbed me by the collar, ripping my necklace, and… knocked me to the floor," Harry, 41, wrote in his 2023 memoir Spare. "I landed on the dog’s bowl, which cracked under my back, the pieces cutting into me. I lay there for a moment, dazed, then got to my feet and told him to get out."
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Harry also took aim at William's wife, his sister-in-law Kate Middleton, claiming she'd 'grimaced' after Meghan, 43, asked to borrow her lipgloss once, and drove the American to tears over complaints about Princess Charlotte's bridesmaid dress.
When it came to his father, King Charles, Harry claimed he was ceaselessly made to feel like William's 'spare', speaking of the monarch's coldness and distance as a single parent.
Last week, however, the father-of-two visited Charles's London residence at Clarence House, where the pair spent some time face-to-face for around 54 minutes. The get-together came just months after Harry told the BBC he seeks 'reconciliation' with his family.
Asked later that day by a reporter how his dad is following his arrival at the Invictus reception, Harry replied: "Yes, he’s great, thank you."
As we say, however, following the father-son duo's meeting last week, Harry has since claimed he saw no fault in his multiple exposés.
Speaking to The Guardian in a new interview published on Sunday (14 Sept), Harry insisted: "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."
He went on to claim: "My conscience is clear."
Elsewhere in the bombshell interview, Harry hit back at allegations of stubbornness with regards to his family feud, after millions of critics publicly questioned why he hadn't return to the UK previously after insisting he seeks 'reconciliation'.
"It’s not stubbornness, it is having principles," he told the publication, adding he's aware of the lack of favour he'll receive from many Brits going forwards.
"It is not about revenge, it is about accountability," the prince continued, adding, though, that repairing relations with his family is of above-all importance.
"You cannot have reconciliation before you have truth," he went on to say.