PRINCE Harry will reportedly return to Britain to promote his explosive memoir which will cast a shadow over the Royal Family’s Christmas.
“Spare” is due to hit bookshelves on January 10 — the day after the 41st birthday of Catherine, Princess of Wales and just four months after the death of the Queen.
Prince Harry may fly to the UK in the New Year to promote his new book according to reports
Prince Harry’s memoir will reportedly cast a shadow over the Royal Family’s Christmas
The bombshell book is due to hit shelves on January 10
The bombshell book’s title is believed to be a nod to the age-old saying “the heir and the spare”.
It refers to the monarch’s first child being necessary to continue the line of succession – unlike the second, lower-ranking Royal.
And reports have now claimed that Harry may fly to the UK in the New Year to explain his “intent” in writing the book, according to Mail Online.
“Put it this way, it’s not going to make for a relaxing family Christmas,” a source said.
It comes after reports that The Duke and Duchess of Sussex will snub His Majesty’s invitation to Sandringham for Christmas celebrations.
One insider suggests relations are believed to be at “near rock bottom” as the Duke of Sussex prepares to spill all in his new book in the new year.
A source said the royals were this week “completely caught by surprise” with the title of the book as publishers teased the memoirs “raw, unflinching honesty”.
It has also been claimed the move could potentially see retaliation from the palace, including stripping him and Meghan of their Sussex titles.
The release could also affect the titles of Harry and Meghan’s children Archie, 3, and Lilibet, 1, , which are said to be up in the air due to the memoir.
Writer Tom Bower has warned the memoir’s reception will be a make or break moment for Harry and Meghan.
Bower said: “This book is really make or break. I imagine that King Charles has been warned that any retaliation won’t be pretty.
“All that King Charles can really do is to withhold the titles for his grandchildren Archie and Lilibet.
“Ultimately, I suppose, he could take away Harry and Meghan’s titles as well, but that’s pretty drastic.
“I don’t know what else he can do. If it is as bad as I think it is, then Harry and Meghan have gone fully rogue.”
He added that the best thing the royal family could do in this scenario would be to “break ties” with the pair.
Relations with William are also still frosty with reports surfacing that the Prince of Wales has barely spoken to his brother since the news of the memoir.
Harry’s bombshell insight flies in the face of the old royal convention of “never complain, never explain”.
Earlier this week long-awaited details of the 416-page title were revealed, including publisher Penguin Random House’s description.
It reads: “With its raw, unflinching honesty, Spare is a landmark publication full of insight, revelation, self-examination, and hard-won wisdom about the eternal power of love over grief.
“Spare takes readers immediately back to one of the most searing images of the twentieth century: two young boys, two princes, walking behind their mother’s coffin as the world watched in sorrow—and horror.
“As Diana, Princess of Wales, was laid to rest, billions wondered what the princes must be thinking and feeling – and how their lives would play out from that point on.”
This week commentators suggested the title showed that Prince Harry still begrudges his lower status.
One expert even slammed its as a “pathetic” dig at the Royal Family showing the Prince “hadn’t moved on”.
