02 February 2024 , 22:46
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Prince Harry was allowed to "play the fool" as a child which led to him having "an unwillingness to take responsibility", according to one royal expert.
The Duke of Sussex has issued a number of scathing attacks against various members of the Royal Family in recent years. In the Netflix docuseries he created with wife Meghan Markle, Harry claimed his brother Prince William "screamed and shouted" at him and said he is still hoping for a "genuine apology" from the Royal Family.
He then spoke about his family further in his debut memoir Spare. Harry detailed the breakdown of his relationship with his brother and claimed his father King Charles made a number of cruel jokes at his expense. Royal author Ingrid Seward has suggested things would have been different if he had "a bit more early discipline".
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Prince Harry has a broken relationship with his family (James Veysey/REX/Shutterstock)In an extract from her new book My Mother and I, which was shared with the Daily Mail, Ingrid explained: "As the spare, Harry had always been allowed greater licence than his elder brother. He'd play the fool and get away with childish pranks."
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She said his pranks as a child amused his mother and father, but added: "Later events suggest, however, that a bit more early discipline might have been helpful." She suggested the King should have been "firmer" with his son to avoid Harry causing "so much worry".
Ingrid said the lack of firmness led to Harry developing "an unwillingness to take responsibility for his own actions". She suggested he has a "tendency to blame others when things don’t work out".
His brother, Prince William, is heir to the throne (Getty Images)The royal expert also said Harry "always knew where he stood in the royal pecking order". She recalled how at the age of nine, Harry turned to his brother and declared: "You're going to be King; it doesn't matter what I do."
Harry and William have always had a fraught relationship, which seems to have come to blows in recent years. In Spare, the Duke of Sussex recalled one explosive row he had with William.
He wrote: "He set down the water, called me another name, then came at me. It all happened so fast. So very fast. He grabbed me by the collar, ripping my necklace, and he knocked me to the floor. I landed on the dog’s bowl, which cracked under my back, the pieces cutting into me. I lay there for a moment, dazed, then got to my feet and told him to get out."