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Manchester Evening News
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Prince Harry says being best man at William's wedding was 'a bare-faced lie'

Prince Harry has claimed he was not the real best man at his brother's wedding.

Harry reportedly said the ruse was carried out to save William’s two closest friends, James Meade and Thomas Van Straubenzee, from the attention the role would bring to their private lives.

Writing in his highly anticipated memoir, Spare, which was accidentally released early in Spain, the duke describes his apparent role as best man as a “bare-faced lie”, and says Mr Meade and Mr Van Straubenzee gave the traditional speech at the reception.

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