• Autobiography Harry lashes out at William: the physical assault, the Nazi costume and the evil stepmother

"Never complain, never explain"...

The motto of the British royal family -"never complain, never explain"- has prevailed once again after the explosive revelations of

Prince Harry

,

contained in his autobiography "In the Shadows" " and amplified on Sunday with a long interview on ITV in which he again accused his brother

Guillermo

of physical assault ("he wanted me to hit him, but I decided not to").


King

Charles

meanwhile attended, without

Camilla

, Sunday mass at Sandringham and greeted the public casually.

William has also preferred not to reply to his brother for the moment, "although he is burning with anger", as revealed by The Daily Mail, which anticipates that Harry has been "erased" from the list of guests at the Coronation on May 6 (The Sunday Times assures that the invitation still stands).

Harry himself, in his interview with ITV, left the question up in the air: "There can be many occasions between now and then. But the door is always open. And the ball is now in your court."


53% of the British believe at this point that Guillermo and Carlos should not make peace with Harry

, compared to a scarce 28% who consider that the best way out of the critical situation that the royal family is experiencing is "reconciliation", according to a Techne poll for The Daily Express.

The tabloids have become staunch defenders of the

royals

in the war opened by the wayward prince, but Harry's renewed attacks in his 400-page autobiography - a month after the impact of the series with Meghan on Netflix - have transcended the morbid interest that the dirty laundry of the monarchy tends to arouse.


"There is a misperception of what happened with Harry as a light story about a British tourist attraction,"

says Catherine Mayer, Carlos' biographer and author of "The Heart of a King," in The Observer.

"But this is more than just a stage show from a famous person. We are talking about the status of a state institution, with significant powers and financed by taxpayers, so it should be taken seriously, whether we are monarchists or anti-monarchists." .


Mayer warns of

the long-term impact that

Harry's revelations can have at a very delicate moment for King Charles, with the scandal of his brother Andrés still raging and just four months after the death of Elizabeth II.

"We are probably facing something that can mark the beginning of the end of the monarchy, and that is what we should be debating," warns the biographer.

"Members of the royal family have become targets of anger over issues like racism, misogyny and wealth. We are after all an institution that represents inequality, so the stakes are high."


Mayer concludes that "the secrecy and obfuscation" that have distinguished the royal family have to be left behind

to guarantee their own survival: "Silence has been a defense until now, but it will end up defeating the organization... The British looked at the royal family as an idealized reflection of themselves, and Harry and Meghan's marriage was to contribute to that mission. The fiasco has been absolutely catastrophic."


The

anger of 'Harold' against 'Willy'

, as the brothers call each other, is the main plot line of the book and has given rise to all kinds of speculation by experts due to the poorly resolved duel after Diana's death. .

At least the two brothers agree on something, according to Harry reveals in his interview on ITV, and it is in the psychological torture that involved having to parade at an early age after his mother's coffin and contain his emotions in public.

"I cried once, already at the funeral, and I won't go into detail about the guilt I felt, and I think William did too, when I had to walk through the crowd outside Kensington Palace afterward," Harry adds.

The two brothers also joined forces in asking their father not to marry "the other woman", and

Harry himself came to fear as a child that Camilla would become "the evil stepmother

".


The pact between the two brothers was blown up with the irruption of Meghan, whom Guillermo considered "a difficult, rude and abrasive woman" (despite having seen all seasons of "Suits" with Kate).

The animosity between the two reached such an extreme that Carlos had to beg them: "Don't make the end of my life miserable."


The first discussion on Meghan's behalf is already public and notorious.

It happened in 2019 and

Guillermo ended up grabbing Harry by the neck and throwing him to the ground

, who fell on the dog's plate and ended up with several cuts on his back.


The second was more recent, in 2021, at the funeral of Philip of Edinburgh and with Carlos as a witness.

The reason for the dispute was this time Harry and Meghan's interview with Oprah.

Guillermo grabbed him by the shirt again and ended up shouting in his face the old slogan after Diana's death: "I love you and I want you to be happy!"

Harry replied, "I love you too, but you're extraordinarily stubborn."


Guillermo is without a doubt the one who appears worst off in the book

, busted prematurely by the British press after the advance sale of copies of 'En la sombra' in Spain.

Kate does not escape her attacks either: Meghan even says of her that she had the "brain of a baby" after the birth of Louis, her third child.

But Harry, who has also earned the anathema of British veterans for bragging about killing 25 Taliban "like chess pieces" from his Apache helicopter, has chosen

William, who remains silent for the good of his "punching ball".

of the family and the country",

according to what a common friend of the brothers told The Sunday Times who preferred not to reveal his name. "It is very cruel and sad to see Guilermo taking the blows," said the friend. "But revenge is not It is part of their schemes.

He won't fight back, he never would, because he has a sense of dignity and an incredibly loyal ex."

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