Inside ‘Nott Cott’ where Prince Harry ‘claims “piping hot” William knocked him onto dog bowl that cracked and cut his back’ – and Meghan said was ‘so small’
- Harry ‘claims William physically attacked him at Nottingham Cottage in 2019’
- Allegation is made in report of leaked extract of Duke’s upcoming memoir, Spare
- Harry and Meghan lived in Nottingham Cottage before moving to Frogmore
- The couple shared intimate photos of their time there in their Netflix series
Prince Harry claims ‘piping hot’ William injured him by pushing him onto a dog bowl on the kitchen floor of the Duke of Sussex’s quaint cottage home in the grounds of Kensington Palace, according to a report of a leaked extract of the royal’s upcoming bombshell memoir.
In a report of a passage from his highly anticipated autobiography, Spare, leaked to the left-wing The Guardian newspaper, Harry alleged that he fought with his brother at Nottingham Cottage in early 2019 during a conversation about their relationship, Harry’s rows with the press and Meghan Markle.
The Duke of Sussex claims that the Prince of Wales then grabbed him by the collar, ripped his necklace then pushed him over in the kitchen, causing him to land on a dog bowl that shattered and injured his back.
Harry and Meghan lived in the London home – dubbed ‘Nott Cott’ – set within the grounds of Kensington Palace, from 2016 before they moved to Frogmore Cottage in the Windsor estate in April 2019.
In their explosive Netflix series Harry & Meghan, the couple described the home as ‘so small’, with clips from the documentary showing cobbled walkways and shrubs sprouting in the borders.
In a report of a passage from his highly anticipated autobiography, Spare, in The Guardian newspaper , Harry alleged the confrontation took place at his London home in early 2019 and had left him with a visible injury to his back after landing on a dog bowl after the Prince of Wales grabbed his brother by the collar, ripped his necklace then knocked him to the floor
Alongside pictures of the royal couple doing gardening, Harry and Meghan’s Netflix series featured snaps of the Duchess dressed in a burgundy swing dress for date night, and the Duke in his military dress uniform joking around with his wife
Harry said in an interview for the series: ‘The whole thing is on a slight lean, [with] really low ceilings. So I don’t know who was there before but they must have been very short.’
Meghan laughed, revealing Harry would ‘hit his head constantly because he is so tall’.
Clips also showed Harry and Meghan doing DIY, the Duke varnishing a summer house and Meghan gardening.
The Duchess of Sussex said: ‘It was a time in our lives that people probably couldn’t believe what was going on behind the scenes.’
Another snap with a homely feels shows Harry eating chicken and cuddling up with Meghan’s dog Guy on a cream sofa.
Oprah Winfrey was among the guests who came to visit the Sussexes at Nottingham Cottage.
Harry shared that the TV mogul also remarked on the size upon entering their home, revealing that the TV host exclaimed, ‘No one would believe it!’ when she saw the property herself. Meghan repeated the phrase and laughed.
Alongside pictures of the royal couple doing gardening, the show featured snaps of Meghan dressed in a burgundy swing dress for date night, and the Duke of Sussex in his military dress uniform joking around with his wife.
The décor at Nottingham Cottage brought a touch of minimalist countryside chic to the Kensington-based home, with shaggy cushions, throws and cream furnishings. Other personal moments shared by the couple in the latest batch of episodes include unseen wedding photos, and footage and images of their two children Archie and Lili.
Harry and Meghan lived in Nottingham Cottage, a residence set within the grounds of Kensington Palace, from 2016 before they moved to Frogmore Cottage in 2019
Harry eats chicken outside the cottage on a sunny day as Meghan’s dog Guy begs for a treat
The Duke is seen varnishing the outhouse in a very domestic scene as his wife watches on
Harry and dog Guy sharing a cuddle on the sofa
Prince Harry says he called his THERAPIST before his wife Meghan after being ‘knocked to the floor’ by his brother William during a furious row in 2019, his new book Spare claims
It comes as Harry makes a string of fresh allegations against the Royal Family, in a report of a leaked extract of his upcoming autobiography Spare, which is set to be published next week.
Harry claims William had called the American actress ‘difficult’, ‘rude’ and ‘abrasive’ – comments which the younger brother said parroted ‘the press narrative’ about his wife.
The Guardian newspaper goes on to say that, according to Harry, his elder brother had wanted to discuss ‘the whole rolling catastrophe’ of their relationship and struggles with the press. But when William arrived at Nottingham Cottage – where Harry was then living – in the grounds of Kensington Palace, the Prince of Wales was already ‘piping hot’.
‘After William complained about Meghan, Harry writes, Harry told him he was repeating the press narrative and that he expected better,’ The Guardian reports.
‘But William, Harry says, was not being rational, leading to the two men shouting over each other.
‘Harry then accused his brother of acting like an heir, unable to understand why his younger brother was not content to be a spare.’
Insults were then exchanged between the two men, before William claimed he was trying to help, claims which Harry found incredulous, and informed his brother of such, angering William.
So much so, Harry writes, the Prince of Wales swore and stepped forwards, scaring him.
He writes: ‘(William) called me another name, then came at me. It all happened so fast. So very fast. He grabbed me by the collar, ripping my necklace, and he knocked me to the floor. 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.’
Harry reportedly claims William had called the American actress ‘difficult’, ‘rude’ and ‘abrasive’ – comments which the younger brother said parroted ‘the press narrative’ about his wife
Harry with his brother Prince William and father King Charles
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According to The Guardian, Harry writes that William urged him to hit back but he refused. Shortly afterwards though, the elder brother apologised.
William had then told his brother not to tell Meghan about the confrontation, resulting in Harry saying: ‘You mean that you attacked me?’, to which William responded: ‘I didn’t attack you, Harold.’
Harry said he did not immediately tell his wife but she had noticed ‘scrapes and bruises’ on his back.
The duke’s extraordinary book claims come after the release of a teaser trailer from an ITV interview in which Harry said he wants his father and brother back.
The interview, due to be released on Sunday, will be broadcast two days before Spare is published around the world.
In a series of clips from the duke’s ITV conversation, Harry tells presenter Tom Bradby: ‘It never needed to be this way’, and refers to ‘the leaking and the planting’ before adding: ‘I want a family, not an institution.’
He also says ‘they feel as though it is better to keep us somehow as the villains’ and ‘have shown absolutely no willingness to reconcile’, although it is unclear who he is referring to.
Filmed in California where the duke now lives, ITV said Harry: The Interview will go into ‘unprecedented depth and detail’ about his life in and outside the royal family.
Mr Bradby, a former royal correspondent and current presenter of ITV News at Ten, is a friend of the Sussexes and previously interviewed them for a documentary about their 2019 Africa tour.
But in a separate interview with CBS News, set to air the same day, Harry also criticises Buckingham Palace over an alleged failure to defend him and his wife, the Duchess of Sussex, before they stepped down as senior royals.
The duke also reveals to the US broadcaster that he would not return to the institution as a full-time royal.
Both CBS and ITV have released snippets of the duke’s conversations ahead of the full interviews being televised.
Speaking with CBS’s Anderson Cooper, Harry talks of the ‘betrayal’ by Buckingham Palace, telling the 60 Minutes programme: ‘Every single time I’ve tried to do it privately, there have been briefings and leakings and planting of stories against me and my wife.
‘The family motto is ‘never complain, never explain’, but it’s just a motto.
‘They (Buckingham Palace) will feed or have a conversation with a correspondent, and that correspondent will literally be spoon-fed information and write the story, and at the bottom of it, they will say they have reached out to Buckingham Palace for comment.
‘But the whole story is Buckingham Palace commenting.
‘So when we’re being told for the last six years, ‘we can’t put a statement out to protect you’, but you do it for other members of the family, there becomes a point when silence is betrayal.’
It comes after the duke claimed in his Netflix documentary that William broke a promise to him never to leak stories or brief against one another after witnessing the fallout of such actions in their father’s office.
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