Prince Harry has publicly stated he does not regret publishing his autobiography, Spare. He also disagrees with the characterization that he shared private family matters inappropriately.
“I don’t believe that I aired my dirty laundry in public,” Charles III’s younger son told the Guardian.
“It was a difficult message, but I did it in the best way possible. My conscience is clear,” he insisted.
“Spare” flew off the shelves after its January 2023 release. Its unstinting depiction of the royals and uncomfortably detailed account of his prince life captivated readers.
But his frank criticisms of other family members, including his brother’s wife Catherine and his stepmother Camilla, irritated Buckingham Palace.
The book’s publication further frayed Harry’s already strained ties with the royal family.
Harry had quit royal duties in 2020, moving to California with his wife Meghan, nee Markle.
Before paying a surprise visit to Charles on Wednesday, he had not seen his father for 19 months.
They last met in February 2024, when Harry rushed to the UK after Charles announced his cancer diagnosis, for which he is still receiving treatment.
Despite stepping back from royal affairs, Harry, the Duke of Sussex, insisted “Spare” was “not about revenge.”
“It is about accountability,” he told the Guardian in Kyiv, which he visited on Friday for charitable reasons.
“I know that (speaking out) annoys some people and it goes against the narrative,” Harry told the paper.
“The book? It was a series of corrections to stories already out there. Someone had put out one point of view, and we needed to correct it.
He had previously voiced hopes for “reconciliation” with the king, adding he did “not know how much longer my father has.”