Prince Harry “wounded” his older brother Prince William when he took a blistering dig at Kate, the Princess of Wales in Netflix’s documentary Harry & Meghan, according to a royal author.
In the first episode of the series, the Duke of Sussex discusses royal traditions surrounding marriage – noting members of the Royal Family in the past picked partners out of convenience rather than love.
Author Robert Hardman claimed the comments directly attacked the Prince and Princess of Wales as he boasted about marrying his wife Meghan Markle out of love.
Speaking to The New York Post, the author said: “Harry talks about marrying someone for love, not because it’s the sort of person you ought to.
“I think that’s a lot more wounding. I mean that’s effectively dissing your brother and his choice of wife in a very public way.”
For all the latest on news, politics, sports, and showbiz from the USA, go to Daily Express US
In the series, Harry openly referenced his parents’s marriage, insisting he was his “mother’s son” because he chose to pick his partner with his heart.
He said: “For so many people in the family, especially obviously the men, there can be a temptation or urge to marry someone who fits in the mould, as opposed to somebody who you are perhaps destined to be with.
“The difference between making decisions with your head, or your heart. And my mum [Diana] made most of her decisions, if not all of them, from her heart. And I am my mother’s son.”
The Duke of Sussex doubled down on his criticism of William’s marriage in his memoir Spare, in which he claimed he felt his brother was “gone – forever” as soon as he said yes to Kate.
He wrote: “The brother I’d escorted into Westminster Abbey that morning was gone — forever.
“Who could deny it? He’d never again be first and foremost Willy. We’d never again ride together across the Lesotho countryside with capes blowing behind us.
“We’d never again share a horsey-smelling cottage while learning to fly. Who shall separate us? Life, that’s who.”
He added: “And I recall Willy walking her back up the aisle, and as they disappeared through the door, into the carriage that would convey them to Buckingham Palace, into the eternal partnership they’d pledged, I recall thinking: Goodbye.”
However, later in the book his tone towards Kate was much more positive as he described her as a “good match” to William and “the sister I’ve never had and always wanted.”
The Duke wrote: “I loved my new sister-in-law. I felt she was more sister than in-law, the sister I’ve never had and always wanted, and I was pleased that she’d forever be standing by Willy’s side. She was a good match for my older brother.
“They made each other visibly happy, and therefore I was happy too.”
