{"id":3048,"date":"2023-01-12T15:02:31","date_gmt":"2023-01-12T15:02:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/londonpost.news\/?p=3048"},"modified":"2023-03-23T18:54:08","modified_gmt":"2023-03-23T18:54:08","slug":"prince-harry-hits-out-at-press-over-reports-of-afghan-killings-in-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/politics\/prince-harry-hits-out-at-press-over-reports-of-afghan-killings-in-book\/2023\/01\/12\/admin1\/","title":{"rendered":"Prince Harry hits out at press over reports of Afghan killings in book"},"content":{"rendered":"

LONDON,<\/span> Jan<\/span> 12<\/span>\u00a0(Reuters)<\/span> –<\/span> Britain’s<\/span> Prince<\/span> Harry<\/span> has<\/span> hit<\/span> back<\/span> at<\/span> “hurtful”<\/span> responses<\/span> to<\/span> his<\/span> record-selling<\/span> memoir,<\/span> saying<\/span> he<\/span> was<\/span> particularly<\/span> upset<\/span> by<\/span> the<\/span> “lie”<\/span> he<\/span> had<\/span> boasted<\/span> that<\/span> he<\/span> had<\/span> killed<\/span> 25<\/span> people<\/span> in<\/span> Afghanistan<\/span> when<\/span> serving<\/span> as<\/span> a<\/span> military<\/span> helicopter<\/span> pilot.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>In<\/span> his<\/span> book<\/span> “Spare”,<\/span> King<\/span> Charles’s<\/span> younger<\/span> son<\/span> recounts<\/span> his<\/span> two<\/span> tours<\/span> of<\/span> Afghanistan,<\/span> first<\/span> as<\/span> a<\/span> forward<\/span> air<\/span> controller<\/span> in<\/span> 2007\/08<\/span> and<\/span> again<\/span> in<\/span> 2012,<\/span> when<\/span> he<\/span> was<\/span> a<\/span> co-pilot<\/span> gunner<\/span> in<\/span> Apache<\/span> attack<\/span> helicopters,<\/span> and<\/span> the<\/span> number<\/span> of<\/span> people<\/span> he<\/span> had<\/span> killed.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>British<\/span> newspapers,<\/span> heavily<\/span> criticized<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> book,<\/span> and<\/span> some<\/span> senior<\/span> former<\/span> British<\/span> military<\/span> figures<\/span> have<\/span> attacked<\/span> his<\/span> decision<\/span> to<\/span> make<\/span> public<\/span> the<\/span> figure<\/span> of<\/span> those<\/span> he<\/span> had<\/span> killed,<\/span> saying<\/span> it<\/span> could<\/span> put<\/span> him<\/span> and<\/span> others<\/span> at<\/span> risk<\/span> of<\/span> reprisals.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>“Without<\/span> doubt<\/span> the<\/span> most<\/span> dangerous<\/span> lie<\/span> that<\/span> they<\/span> have<\/span> told<\/span> is<\/span> that<\/span> I<\/span> somehow<\/span> boasted<\/span> about<\/span> the<\/span> number<\/span> of<\/span> people<\/span> that<\/span> I<\/span> killed<\/span> in<\/span> Afghanistan,”<\/span> he<\/span> said.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>“I<\/span> made<\/span> a<\/span> choice<\/span> to<\/span> share<\/span> it<\/span> because<\/span> having<\/span> spent<\/span> nearly<\/span> two<\/span> decades<\/span> working<\/span> with<\/span> veterans<\/span> all<\/span> around<\/span> the<\/span> world,<\/span> I<\/span> think<\/span> the<\/span> most<\/span> important<\/span> thing<\/span> is<\/span> to<\/span> be<\/span> honest<\/span> and<\/span> be<\/span> able<\/span> to<\/span> give<\/span> space<\/span> to<\/span> others<\/span> to<\/span> be<\/span> able<\/span> to<\/span> share<\/span> their<\/span> experiences<\/span> without<\/span> any<\/span> shame.”<\/span>
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\n<\/span>On<\/span> Tuesday,<\/span> the<\/span> publisher<\/span> of<\/span> Harry’s<\/span> book<\/span> said<\/span> it<\/span> had<\/span> become<\/span> the<\/span> UK’s<\/span> fastest<\/span> selling<\/span> non-fiction<\/span> book<\/span> ever<\/span> and<\/span> its<\/span> intimate<\/span> personal<\/span> revelations<\/span> about<\/span> his<\/span> life<\/span> and<\/span> other<\/span> royals,<\/span> and<\/span> his<\/span> accusations<\/span> about<\/span> how<\/span> they<\/span> had<\/span> worked<\/span> with<\/span> a<\/span> hostile<\/span> press,<\/span> have<\/span> dominated<\/span> the<\/span> British<\/span> media<\/span> for<\/span> days.<\/span> The<\/span> English<\/span> version<\/span> of<\/span> Spare<\/span> sold<\/span> over<\/span> 1.43<\/span> million<\/span> copies<\/span> on<\/span> its<\/span> first<\/span> day<\/span> of<\/span> release<\/span> in<\/span> all<\/span> formats<\/span> and<\/span> editions<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> US,<\/span> Canada<\/span> and<\/span> the<\/span> UK.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>“I’m<\/span> not<\/span> going<\/span> to<\/span> lie.<\/span> The<\/span> last<\/span> few<\/span> days<\/span> have<\/span> been<\/span> hurtful<\/span> and<\/span> challenging,”<\/span> said<\/span> Harry.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Moreover, orders<\/span> for<\/span> the<\/span> French<\/span> edition<\/span> of<\/span> Prince<\/span> Harry’s<\/span> memoir<\/span> have<\/span> surged,<\/span> prompting<\/span> Paris-based<\/span> publisher<\/span> Fayard<\/span> to<\/span> print<\/span> an<\/span> additional<\/span> 130,000<\/span> copies<\/span> just<\/span> two<\/span> days<\/span> after<\/span> the<\/span> book’s<\/span> release<\/span>,<\/span> a<\/span> company<\/span> spokesperson<\/span> told<\/span> Reuters<\/span> on<\/span> Thursday.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>“This<\/span> is<\/span> in<\/span> addition<\/span> to<\/span> his<\/span> 210,000<\/span> copies<\/span> originally<\/span> printed,”<\/span> said<\/span> a<\/span> spokesperson,<\/span> adding<\/span> that<\/span> more<\/span> may<\/span> be<\/span> printed<\/span> depending<\/span> on<\/span> the<\/span> order.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>A<\/span> spokesman<\/span> said<\/span> the<\/span> new<\/span> order<\/span> for<\/span> “Le<\/span> Saprian,”<\/span> the<\/span> French<\/span> translation<\/span> of<\/span> “Spare,”<\/span> is<\/span> from<\/span> Volume<\/span> 1<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> memoirs<\/span> of<\/span> former<\/span> US<\/span> President<\/span> Barack<\/span> Obama,<\/span> a<\/span> global<\/span> blockbuster<\/span> released<\/span> in<\/span> 2020.<\/span> 20%<\/span> more<\/span> at<\/span> the<\/span> moment.<\/span> In<\/span> the<\/span> book,<\/span> Harry<\/span> reveals<\/span> that<\/span> he<\/span> asked<\/span> his<\/span> father<\/span> not<\/span> to<\/span> marry<\/span> his<\/span> second<\/span> wife,<\/span> Camilla<\/span> (now<\/span> Queen).<\/span> defeated<\/span> him<\/span> during<\/span> a<\/span> heated<\/span> argument.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>International<\/span> publisher<\/span> Penguin<\/span> Random<\/span> House<\/span> earlier<\/span> this<\/span> week<\/span> said<\/span> the<\/span> memoir<\/span> had<\/span> the<\/span> highest<\/span> first<\/span> day<\/span> sales<\/span> of<\/span> any<\/span> non-fiction<\/span> book<\/span> ever<\/span> published,<\/span> with<\/span> more<\/span> than<\/span> 1.4<\/span> million<\/span> copies<\/span> sold<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> United<\/span> States,<\/span> Canada<\/span> and<\/span> the<\/span> United<\/span> Kingdom.\u00a0<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Britain’s<\/span> Prince<\/span> Charles<\/span> and<\/span> Prince<\/span> William<\/span> made<\/span> their<\/span> first<\/span> public<\/span> appearance<\/span> since<\/span> their<\/span> book<\/span> was<\/span> published<\/span> on<\/span> Thursday.<\/span> They<\/span> never<\/span> publicly<\/span> mentioned<\/span> the<\/span> saga.<\/span> A<\/span> spokesperson<\/span> for<\/span> Munich’s<\/span> Penguin<\/span> Random<\/span> House<\/span> said<\/span> it<\/span> has<\/span> also<\/span> started<\/span> printing<\/span> additional<\/span> German<\/span> editions<\/span> on<\/span> publication<\/span> day.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

LONDON, Jan 12\u00a0(Reuters) – Britain’s Prince Harry has hit back at “hurtful” responses to his record-selling memoir, saying he was particularly upset by the “lie” he had boasted that he had killed 25 people in Afghanistan when serving as a military helicopter pilot. In his book “Spare”, King Charles’s younger son recounts his two tours […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3052,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":""},"categories":[280,381,2418],"tags":[733,734,730,731,732],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/sp.jpg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3048"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3048"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3048\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3050,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3048\/revisions\/3050"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3052"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3048"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3048"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3048"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}