Prince Harry launched a sharp attack on Camilla, wife of his father King Charles, describing her as "dangerous and evil," while continuing his promotional campaign for his controversial memoir titled "Spare." The Duke of Sussex, who is 38 years old, targeted the now-Queen Consort during an interview with journalist Anderson Cooper this past Sunday on CBS News' "60 Minutes."
Referring to a 1995 interview in which his late mother, Princess Diana, stated that Camilla was "the third person in her marriage," Harry explained that this acknowledgment transformed Camilla into "evil," adding: "She needed to rehabilitate her image." According to Harry, who also revealed in his memoir that he and his brother William "pleaded" with their father not to marry Camilla, this desire to change her public image made her "dangerous."
During the interview on "60 Minutes," he stated that he and William did not believe it was "necessary" for Charles to marry Camilla, saying: "We thought it would cause more harm than good, and if (his father) was in a special relationship with her, that was definitely enough. Why take the step to marry when it’s not necessarily needed?" He added: "We wanted him to be happy. And we saw how happy he was with her. So at that time we thought, okay."
The Duke of Sussex accused his mother’s wife Camilla of "exchanging information" with the press in an attempt to garner more positive stories written about herself, before expressing his provocative opinion that her "connections" to the media would end with "people or bodies left in the street."
Harry also claims that what he observed of Camilla's desire "to appear on the front page and receive positive stories written about her" stemmed from his family's belief that positive media coverage would improve her reputation or increase her chances of being accepted as queen by the British public.
Harry's recent assault on Camilla is the latest in a series of scathing criticisms leveled against his stepmother, after he already painted "a rather unflattering picture of her" in his memoir "Spare," which was accidentally released in Spain last week.
In the memoir, Harry directed similar accusations at Camilla regarding her purported "connections" with the press, accusing her of leaking information to the media as part of a "campaign" to seize the crown. In an unusual passage in his autobiography, the Duke of Sussex wrote: "Shortly after our private meetings with her, she began to develop her long-term strategy, a campaign aimed at marriage, and eventually obtaining the crown, with our blessing."
Stories began to appear in newspapers about her conversations with Prince William, detailing many small details that none of them had heard, of course. The book claims that Charles tried to win over his sons before asking the public to accept Camilla. Harry then remarked astonishingly that meeting the future Queen Consort (Camilla) for the first time felt like a "shot." He later indicated that he and William ultimately agreed to accept Camilla.
