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book-extravagance · 2 years

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1. For me, by far the biggest takeaway from Spare was Harry's claim that it was Clarence House that did most of the leaking against him and Meghan—and, too, that it was Charles and Camilla also fed the press the story about Will's alleged affair with Rose Hanbury.

As someone who had previously thought William was behind most of the Sussex-related leaking, that was... interesting.

2. Another great point of interest for me is Harry coming to William's defense on the issue of his "laziness"? Harry claimed it was unfair that the papers ragged on William for being "work-shy" when in fact Will could only do the work that Charles funded.

I find claim #1 pretty plausible. I think Harry is still very biased in favor of his brother when it comes to #2 (but I'm keeping an open mind as I continue my royal studies, perhaps he is right. Certainly it's a factor to keep in mind.)

#the coverage around this book makes it sound like harry read william for filth and it's been so interesting to read #because i didn't get that at all #like if you're arguing he shared things that he shouldn't have that's one argument #but i did not see character assassination re: will (or charles for that matter)#when it came to william he very much laid it all out there #some of it makes william look bad some of it makes harry look bad #people are acting like that second bit means harry's wily plan backfired or something #but the idea that harry is trying to paint himself as an innocent victim or william as a devil is other people's projection #harry is pretty clear in this book that he thinks the bonkers circumstances under which they live cracked an already dysfunctional family #NOT that he hates william or charles or thinks they are personally evil #anyway while of course his account will be biased he was making a real effort to be honest and fair #and to the extent there is biased i think he is as biased in favor of 'willy' as he is of himself asdkfsad;#anyway william if you ask me your brother was being very kind to you and you actually rose a bit in my estimation after reading this #... so you can fuck off with your 'cult of therapy' gaslighting!#spare

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