Friends of the late Caroline Flack have called Prince Harry “Prince Charming” in response to the Duke’s comments about the former Love Island host in his upcoming book, Spare.
Just weeks after the release of Netflix’s Harry & Meghan, the Duke of Sussex is gearing up to launch his memoir tomorrow, January 10.
After a version of the book was leaked in Spain, lots of details emerged that included Harry’s use of psychedelics, branding the Queen Consort a “villain”, and the “secret Diana code” used by William during Prince Philip's funeral.
Now friends of Caroline – who lost her life to suicide in February 2020 – have spoken out in support of the Prince, and specifically, the passages he wrote relating to his brief relationship with Caroline in 2009.
The two met through mutual friends on a night out in 2009, but the relationship was relatively short-lived thanks to conflicting schedules and the media coverage.
In the book, Harry reportedly wrote: “Very soon after they papped me and Flack, those photos set off a frenzy. Within hours a mob was camped outside Flack’s parents’ house, and all her friends’ houses, and her grandparents’ house.
“She was described in one paper as my ‘bit of rough’, because she once worked in a factory or something.
“Jesus, I thought, are we really such a country of insufferable snobs? We kept on, I think, because we genuinely enjoyed each other’s company, and because we didn’t want to admit defeat.”
He added: “But the relationship was tainted, irredeemably, and in time we realised it just wasn’t worth the grief and harassment. Especially for her family. Goodbye, we said. Goodbye and good luck.”
Reacting to the passages, Sam Campbell, who is the co-founder of Bleach London, shared a headline that slammed the Prince for including the parts about Caroline.
Sam wrote: "How are we turning the most famous man in the world taking the opportunity to say kind things about what a legend she was and calling out what the press did to her into a negative.
"Completely disagree. Thank you Harry x."
Another friend, Lou Teasdale, reposted Sam’s statement alongside the additional comment: "Prince Charming."
It comes after Caroline’s former agent, Alex Mullen, slammed Harry for including details of the short-lived romance in the book, saying: "It’s absolutely gross for Prince Harry to reveal such private details about Caroline Flack.
“The way in which the press spoke about her at that time and the reason they split are both very sad and it’s disgusting he’s brought up old long forgotten slurs she had to suffer in full view of the public around the world.
"Of course Caroline reacted to them with humour and grace but privately she was deeply hurt; just the first of many injustices she didn’t deserve.”
Alex continued: "Harry’s decision to remind all of the terrible things said about her to help sell his appalling book is grotesque.
"Moreover, and perhaps worst of all, he writes as if he has any idea why Carrie took her own life, parroting media reports as if they’re reality. Blaming the press because that’s what he read about it. He knows nothing.
"Perhaps he should be considering how he and Meghan Markle might have caused Queen Elizabeth II pain just as she lost her husband of 70 years and while she was on the path to her final goodbye.
"The Royal Family need to strip him of all titles immediately."
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