Prince Harry’s friend claims Duke had to ‘take the hit’ over Charles’ mistake

On Tuesday’s instalment of This Morning, hosts Phillip Schofield and Holly Willoughby welcomed author Omid Scobie onto the show to speak about Prince Harry following the release of his book. During their conversation, he claimed the Duke was once collateral damage to protect his father’s blunder.

This week, the Duke of Sussex’s highly anticipated book Spare hit the shelves as the 38-year-old gave people an intimate insight into his life as a royal.

Along with opening up about the broken bond he now has with his brother and father, Harry also spoke about the British media and their negative portrayal of him and his wife Meghan Markle.

Speaking about one incident in the past where the royal couple had been made out to look as though they had done something they shouldn’t have, their friend stepped in to clarify.

He said: “There were questions over why it was a security matter, which it said in council paperwork.

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In Harry’s interviews with ITV and CBS, the Duke of Sussex accused the Palace, along with his stepmother Camilla Queen Consort, of leaking certain stories to the press to control the narrative.

He mentioned after he spoke to his father about not wanting him to marry Camilla, stories in the media started to appear.

Harry said: “Stories began to appear everywhere in all the papers about her private conversation with Willy [Prince William].

“Stories that pinpointed accurate details, none of which came from William of course.

source: express.co.uk