A previous version of this article reported that Sergeant Major Michael Booley stated that the version of events published in Prince Harry's 'Spare' was a 'complete fantasy'. In fact, Booley has never made any reference to this version of events as being 'fantasy', but believed the reference to flying sorties was 'dramatised' and disputed the accuracy of some other accounts in the book. We are happy to clarify this and apologise for the error.
Prince Harry's former army instructor says a dramatic account of a 'suicide' training flight in the prince's new book isn't accurate. In his new autobiography Spare, the Duke of Sussex claims an Army instructor deliberately stalled their Slingsby T67 Firefly propeller plane, without warning.
However, in an exclusive interview with the Mirror, ex-Sergeant Major Michael Booley said every detail of training flights was discussed beforehand. He said he was left 'staggered' by the prince's claims and even shocked.
