Prince Harry complains his childhood castle bedroom was 'less luxurious' than William's
08.01.2024 - 16:58
/ dailyrecord.co.uk
Prince Harry hit headlines across the word after the release of his controversial memoir Spare which detailed his long-standing rivalry with his older brother Prince William.
In his debut book, the Duke of Sussex recalled petty sibling fall outs and even alleged that physical fights have taken place in recent years which are issues that seem to stem all the way back to childhood.
In one passage, Harry complained about their shared bedroom at Balmoral, stating that William - as the heir - was given preference.
He explained that Balmoral boasted 50 bedrooms with one of them being divided for him and 'Willy', with the adults referring to it as the nursery, the Mirror reports.
The 39-year-old prince wrote: "Willy had the larger half, with a double bed, a good-sized basin, a cupboard with mirrored doors, a beautiful window looking down on the courtyard, the fountain, the bronze statue of a roe deer buck.
"My half of the room was far smaller, less luxurious. I never asked why. I didn't care. But I also didn't need to ask. Two years older than me, Willy was the Heir, whereas I was the Spare."
Elsewhere in the book, Harry also claimed that when he first started at Eton College, William had instructed him to pretend like they didn't know one another.
The duke wrote: "For the last two years, he explained, Eton had been his sanctuary. No kid brother tagging along, pestering him with questions, pushing up on his social circle. He was forging his own life, and he wasn't willing to give it up."
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