London: Prince Harry believes his mother, the late Princess Diana, spoke to him from the grave via an unnamed woman, his autobiography will reportedly reveal.
This story is contained in his memoir, Spare, which was accidentally put on sale in Spain five days ahead of the official release.
The late Princess Diana and Prince Harry in 1995.Credit:AP
Several media outlets claimed to have obtained copies of the manuscript on Thursday (UK time), sparking widespread reporting of Harry’s memoir, which also includes revelations that he refers to Camilla, the Queen Consort, as “the other woman” and wondered if she’d be an “evil stepmother” and begged his father not to marry her.
His book also reflects on how his father, King Charles, joked that he was not his paternal father, referencing rumours that his mother’s lover James Hewitt is his true dad. Diana claimed that she met Hewitt after Harry’s birth.
Harry also wrote that he killed 25 Taliban fighters while serving in Afghanistan and didn’t view them as people but as pieces on a chessboard that needed to be removed.
And in a third interview to promote his memoir, Harry revealed why he refers to his older brother William, the Prince of Wales, as his “arch nemesis”.
“There has always been this competition between us, weirdly, I think it plays into the … heir/spare,” he said in an interview with Good Morning America.
According to leaks of the manuscript, Harry blames his older brother and wife Catherine, the Duchess of Wales, for endorsing his decision to wear a Nazi costume to a party, saying the pair howled with laughter when he tried it on.
Another report said Harry writes about a physical fight he says his brother started over a row about his wife Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex.
And in another sign of how far off any reconciliation between Harry, Charles and William will be, the UK’s ITV broadcast a clip of Harry saying he did not know whether he will attend his father’s coronation in May.
Prince Harry and Meghan walk behind Prince William and Catherine and the King.Credit:AP
The Guardian’s US-based reporter Martin Pengelly, who obtained a copy of the book Spare ahead of its release on Monday, further reported that Harry, grief-stricken over the death of his mother, sought out a woman “who claimed to have powers” and that he immediately felt an energy around her.
Diana died in a car crash in Paris in 1997 when Harry was aged 12.
In his memoir, he recounts that the woman relayed the following message: “You’re living the life she couldn’t, you’re living the life she wanted for you.”
Harry’s back with his memoir.Credit:Random House Group via AP
According to the report, Harry acknowledged that his grief made him a ripe target for “humbuggery” but that he went to see the unnamed woman on the recommendation of trusted friends.
He said the woman answered his question for “clarity” about her credentials by mentioning a Christmas ornament.
“Your mother says … something about a Christmas ornament? Of a mother? Or a grandmother? It fell? Broke?,” the woman is quoted as saying to Harry.
Harry’s book also recounts an anecdote of his son Archie accidentally breaking a Christmas tree ornament fashioned to represent his late grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II.
The woman said: “Your mother says she had a bit of a giggle about that.”
The woman told him: “Your mother is with you … right now,” causing his neck to warm and eyes to water.
Harry agreed and told the woman: “I know. I’ve felt that of late.”
The book does not detail when this encounter happened or the identity of the woman.
In his book, Harry says he regularly drives through the tunnel in Paris where Diana’s fatal car accident occurred to try and understand what happened.
In their Netflix documentary, Harry spoke of the likeness between Diana and his wife and that his move to the US was something his mother might have done herself had she not died.
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