Prince Harry was accused of trying to destroy the British royal family on Friday after shocking revelations in his memoirs appeared to end any reconciliation in the Windsor family, AFP reported.

The monarchy has remained silent in the face of an avalanche of stunning confidences and accusations, sometimes bordering on vile, that have leaked out in the run-up to the dreaded publication of Harry’s book.

The replacement, due out on January 10, was accidentally put on sale for a few hours in Spain on Thursday, and its content goes even further than feared.

“No one was spared in Harry’s cruel mission to destroy the family,” writes the tabloid The Daily Mirror.

The Sun accuses the exiled prince in California of “throwing his own family under the bus for millions of dollars.” The Daily Mail criticizes Harry for choosing to “spew as much venom as possible”.

The press rushed to publish the most shocking excerpts from the more than 500-page book. Perhaps the most destructive is his brother William, the heir to the throne and the head of state of 15 countries of the world, whom Harry calls his “sworn enemy”.

The Duke of Sussex accuses William of knocking him to the ground and ripping off his necklace during an argument in 2019 over Meghan, whom Harry married last year.

He also recalled the violent row in an interview aired on ITV on Sunday night, in which he claimed William was angry and wanted him to hit him back. William is said to have apologized later.

For royal expert Richard Fitzwilliams, the “worst thing” about the book is “the way William is portrayed”. “Someone who betrayed his trust. (…) Someone who even offended him. It’s not a very flattering portrait for the future king,” he says.

Retribution

In his memoirs, Harry also explains that he and William were against their father’s remarriage to Camilla, fearing she would be a “bad stepmother”.

According to The Telegraph, he also criticized his father for suggesting the Sussexes “cost him too much money”, accusing him of wanting to distract Meghan as she risks overshadowing him and “rules the monarchy”.

The prince admitted to using cocaine, killing 25 Taliban during his missions in Afghanistan, consulting with a woman who allowed him to make spiritual contact with his mother Diana, who died in 1997 in a car accident in Paris.

“I don’t think I’ve ever seen anything like this, where a member of the royal family attacks an institution in the most public way,” said Craig Prescott, a constitutional expert at Bangor University in Wales.

“If this goes on for a significant period of time — it’s been happening for a year or two — people may well wonder if we should start thinking about the monarchy in a different way? Is this a reform?”, the expert continues.

Despite everything written in “The Substitute”, Harry reiterates in an interview given to ITV that he wants “reconciliation” with his family: “But first you need to define responsibilities.”

Already in the documentary series “Harry and Meghan”, launched on Netflix in December, the 38-year-old prince explained that he wanted to give his version of the shocking break with the British monarchy in 2020, which led to his departure from Meghan in California.

So far, there has been no reaction from Buckingham Palace. The Sun quoted sources close to Charles III and William as saying they were upset by the claims in the book.

According to expert Richard Fitzwilliams, “Sussex controls the agenda because the palace cannot easily fight back.”

The book is “so devastating because the coronation is coming,” he complains. Until recently, many believed that Harry could be present with his family at this historic event. It seems that this is no longer an option.

In response to questions on Friday morning, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak explained that it was “inappropriate” for him to “comment on anything related to the royal family”.