Prince’s old pals warn: We could have a field day with our stories
FORMER friends of Prince Harry say they are considering breaking their silence after years of ‘clearing up’ after the royal over his decision to ‘betray’ his family.
One source described the prince as a ‘ broken man’ but said he has ‘driven away’ anyone with his best interests at heart – or the strength to stand up to him and Meghan.
Another said: ‘ Most people are absolutely disgusted at what Harry has done.
‘Regardless of the rights and wrongs of what may or may not have happened to him – and as the late Queen memorably said, “recollections may vary” – the confidences he has broken and the sheer viciousness of his attacks on his family is disgraceful. He’s a very isolated figure now.’
The Sunday Times yesterday reported that Harry’s disloyalty has staggered lifelong friends of the brothers.
‘I don’t know how you can do that to your brother, even if you don’t like or get on with him any more,’ it reports a friend saying.
‘William was always there to pick up the pieces for Harry – he was his mum [after Diana].
‘There’s so much stuff over the years that Harry has rung friends up about and said, “Throw away that photo, promise you won’t speak about this.” You could have a f***ing field day with s*** on Harry.
‘So could William, who (in comparison) is as clean as a whistle. I can’t believe he’d stoop so low. It’s outrageously disloyal.’ Another close friend of the brothers said: ‘It’s strategically not clever. Harry is good at getting his narrative out there but we know so much, we’ve cleaned up so many messes over the years; there is so much we could say.’
Former friends of Harry say they are considering whether to go on the record to debunk some of his claims as ‘b******s’. ‘Loyalty works both ways,’ warned one.
One source called Harry’s suggestion that William and Kate encouraged him to wear a Nazi outfit to a party in 2005 as ‘ b******t’. They also discredited his account that William didn’t want him to be best man at his wedding, saying it was Harry who wasn’t keen. A
friend of the future king said William was a ‘sitting duck’ as Harry knew he wouldn’t ‘retaliate’. ‘It’s cruel, cowardly and so sad for William to keep taking the punches. He’s keeping quiet for the good of his family and the country,’ they added.
‘He’s anxious and he’s sad. He’s concentrating on his wife and his children. He has to focus on them, and look out for the rest of the Royal Family. He’s handling it so well on the outside; inside he’s burning.’
A supporter of Harry’s said: ‘Maybe he already thinks he’s won by getting all his cards on the table.
‘This is someone who was living a life for 30 years he really did not want. Of course he damages other people in the process, but he felt wronged and damaged for years.’
‘Loyalty works both ways’