Prince Harry聽revealed how he got聽the nickname聽“spare” which ended up becoming the title of his bombshell memoir.
The Duke of Sus饾憼e饾懃 shocked royal watchers worldwide last January when he released Spare, which contained聽many claims about the Royal Family聽and Harry’s life within the Firm.
One of Harry’s claims was about how his father, King Charles, was the first member of the Royal Family to call him a “spare”, in an alleged conversation with his late mother, Princess Diana, on the day he was born.
The duke, who said the term was later often used to describe him, wrote in his memoir: “I heard the story of what Pa allegedly said to Mummy the day of my birth: ‘Wonderful! Now you鈥檝e given me an Heir and a Spare鈥攎y work is done.’
“A joke. Presumably. On the other hand, minutes after delivering this bit of high comedy, Pa was said to have gone off to meet with his girlfriend. So. Many a true word spoken in jest.”
Elsewhere, Harry alleged that he was “the shadow, the supporting actor, the plan B.”
He added: “I was brought into this world in case something happened to Willy.”
The prince’s alleged revelations in his bombshell memoir are believed to have widened his ongoing rift with the royals even further even though, according to Harry, he left out several stories about the King and his older brother,聽Prince William.
He told the Telegraph at the time of his book’s publication: “It could have been two books, put it that way. And the hard bit was taking things out.
“There are some things that have happened, especially between me and my brother, and to some extent between me and my father, that I just don’t want the world to know. Because I don’t think they would ever forgive me.”
Shortly after Spare’s release the Duke and Duchess of Sus饾憼e饾懃 were evicted from their UK base, Frogmore Cottage in Windsor.
Since then, Harry’s claims are said to have affected his relationship with the royals so much that he is now not on “speaking terms” with the Prince of Wales.