A former royal biographer is not impressed with Prince Harry 's recent publication revelations.
Jonathan Dimbleby says he "perplexed" by the Duke of Sussex 's decision to release a memoir and argues the details Harry shares in his forthcoming book Spare are the kind you would expect from a "B-list celebrity".
Dimbleby - who was the man King Charles confirmed his relationship with Camilla Parker Bowles to - goes as far to call Harry "a very troubled man" when discussing the dad-of-two's life choices.
Thanks to copies of the Duke of Sussex's tell-all book temporarily hitting shelves in Spain early, multiple claims and revelations from Harry have been leaked ahead of the book being released on Tuesday.
Excerpts from Spare reveal Harry claims his brother William once physically attacked him during an argument - writing how the future king "grabbed me by the collar, ripping my necklace, and he knocked me to the floor."
Other sensational details from Harry's memoir include his claim Prince William and his wife Kate Middleton encouraged him to wear a Nazi uniform complete with swastika armband to a fancy dress party in 2005.
According to US website Page Six, the Duke of Sussex claims he phoned William and Kate to ask them whether he should chose a pilot’s uniform or a Nazi one for the fancy dress party, and William and Kate said the latter, and both howled with laughter when he went home and tried it on for them.
But while many have been entertained and shocked by the revelations made in Spare, former royal biographer Dimbleby is seemingly not enjoying Harry's stint in the spotlight.
Speaking on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, Dimbleby said: "I am perplexed. I am at a loss. He is clearly a very troubled man.
"I’m concerned incidentally that everyone uses the word revelations. Yes, there are obviously revelations about how he lost his virginity, taking drugs, and how many people he feels he might have shot down from his Apache. But those are the kind of revelations, in part, that you would expect, I suppose, from a B-list celebrity."
He added: "I think he has constructed a narrative of his life which goes right back to his sense of terrible loss … back to the death of his mother and the loss of his mother … which very easily becomes everything that happens to you since."
According to The Guardian, Dimbleby think King Charles will be "extremely pained, very frustrated and would be very anxious" about Harry's candid confessions.
But he added how he would be surprised if Harry was not invited to the coronation because "that would simply fuel the flames".
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