Prince Harry gave Charles just 20 minutes’ notice before he ‘crushed’ his vital Middle East tour, bombshell book claims

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PRINCE Harry gave Charles just 20 minutes’ notice before launching an attack on the media that “crushed” his dad’s vital Middle East tour.

A bombshell biography reveals Harry, 35, knew it would “all but eliminate coverage” of Charles’ diplomatic summit with the King of Bahrain.

Prince Harry gave his dad just 20 minutes’ notice before ‘crushing’ his Middle East tour

At the time of Harry’s explosive rant, Charles had been on an important diplomatic summit

He had been finishing a delicate Middle East tour in Bahrain in 2016

The timing of the November 2016 statement, “much of it drafted by Harry himself”, meant it “dominated the news cycle”.

In it, he lashed out at the media for “racial overtones” in its reporting on Meghan.

Meanwhile, Charles was finishing an important and delicate Middle East tour in Bahrain where the UK has its biggest overseas naval base.

Royal authors Omid Scobie and Carolyn Durand claim: “The team at Clarence House, which had spent months putting together Prince Charles’ tour in the hopes that it would be covered significantly, was crushed.”

Harry’s statement marked his and Meghan’s first major shot across the Royal Family’s bows.

The salvo showed they were determined to break with centuries of protocol to do things their way.

It set the couple on a collision course with courtiers and senior royals. And it paved the way for “Megxit”, when they left royal life this year.

‘POISED FOR OUTRIGHT WAR’

Scobie and Durand say the fiery statement came after “sensitive” Harry began to lash out at anyone who “questioned his new relationship”.

The authors, dubbed “cheerleaders” of the couple, write: “He would wonder, ‘Is this about race? Is it snobbery?’

“An old friend of Harry’s spent an afternoon gossiping about Meghan, making disparaging remarks about her Hollywood background.

“Word got back to Harry, and the prince immediately cut him off.

“If he was willing to confront those close to him, when it came to the media, Harry was poised for an outright war.”

The book, Finding Freedom: Harry and Meghan and the Making of a Modern Royal Family, insists Charles did not mind the impact on his tour.

It claims: “While disappointed that his son didn’t wait for him to come back, Charles also understood that the situation with Meghan had reached a tipping point.”

Harry’s statement ‘dominated the news cycle’ and ‘all but eliminated coverage’ of Charles’ tour

Omid Scobie and Carolyn Durand say Charles’ team ‘had spent months putting together his tour in the hopes that it would be covered significantly’

The book also claims Charles didn’t mind the impact on his tour as ‘he understood that the situation with Meghan had reached a tipping point’

The claims were made in Finding Freedom: Harry and Meghan and the Making of a Modern Royal Family

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