King Charles and Prince William are putting on a united front amid the controversy surrounding Prince Harry 's bombshell memoir.
The monarch and the Prince and Princess of Wales have told aides it is “business as usual” and will visit communities across the UK on Thursday.
The King will attend a community group close to his Scottish home, Balmoral, and William and Princess Kate are due at a community engagement in the north of England.
Sources said the senior royals would not be reacting to Prince Harry’s tell-all book, Spare, as he continues on a promotional TV tour in the US.
As the Duke of Sussex tonight downed tequila shots with chat show host Stephen Colbert, aides said the royals were “getting on with the job”.
A royal source said: “The message is it’s very much business as usual. There’s lots to look forward to so the focus is on supporting communities and not being distracted, that’s best for everyone.”
Harry’s book contains explosive claims that he was attacked by his brother William, his revelation that he killed 25 Taliban members in Afghanistan and admissions of Class-A drug use.
He also claims William and Kate were unwelcoming towards his wife Meghan when she joined the fold, and alleges his family stereotyped her for being “American actress, divorced, biracial”.
Regarding his father, Harry says his “Pa” was “never made” for single parenthood but had made some effort.
He said in an ITV interview on Sunday that he will “always love” his father.
He told People magazine he “would like nothing more” than for his children, Archie, three, and 19-month-old Lilibet, to have relationships with the royals, saying “they do with some, which brings me great joy”.
Harry is close to his cousin Princess Eugenie, who has visited him.
He described his late mother Diana as a “guardian angel” who is always with him. And he also revealed that billionaire media mogul Tyler Perry offered him and Meghan his Los Angeles house to stay in amid the pandemic in 2020 because his own mother had “loved” Diana.
Meanwhile, all 9,000 residents of Montecito, California, where The Duke and Duchess live, have been told to evacuate amid fears of mudslides.
