Royal commentator Daniela Elser recently criticized Prince Harry for his decision to update his memoir with details about the Queen’s death just before its publication. This move, she maintains, points to broader implications regarding his handling of his private family affairs.
writing for news.com.au, Elser revealed that on the day of his grandmother’s death, Prince Harry was supposedly busy taking notes, presumably to include this important event in his upcoming book. “Prince Harry’s attempt to include the Queen’s death in his memoir, just before its publication, has been criticized by experts who call it a matter of life,” he said, highlighting the sensitivity and timing of the actions of him.
Reportedly, “when Spare came out four months later, the vast majority of attention was devoted to Harry’s claims that William had attacked him and that the Prince and Princess of Wales had encouraged him to dress up as a Nazi.” But “what was largely overlooked was that the Duke of Sussex wrote about entering his grandmother’s bedroom and seeing her body.”
For those who didn’t know him, he feared a rather ‘intimate’ admission and said: “I got ready, I went in. The room was dimly lit, unfamiliar; I had been inside only once in my life. I moved forward uncertainly and there she was. I stood, frozen, watching. I kept looking and looking… I whispered to her that she hoped she was happy, that she hoped she was with Grandpa.”
In light of this, Ms Elser also added: “If you think about it, it is quite extraordinary that Harry saw fit, weeks or months after Queen Elizabeth’s funeral, to return to the keyboard to detail being in the same room as his recently deceased. Granny.” “Separately, the Sussexes’ shared Netflix TV series marathon revealed that they had taken a photographer inside Buckingham Palace in 2020 without permission.”
“The needs, I suppose, and the content must do it. “The consequences for Harry of all this, the repeated violation of the royal-life sanctum sanctorum, remain very much a matter of life,” Ms. Elser also noted before closing the session.
The criticism comes amid ongoing discussions about the balance between public interest and private pain in royal matters. The inclusion of such a recent and profound family loss in a memoir raises questions about the wisdom of sharing personal reflections in a public format, especially so soon after the event.
Elser’s comment sheds light on the tension between Prince Harry’s public persona and his private obligations and relationships within the Royal Family. Some have perceived the timing of the updates to his memoirs, specifically the addition of the death of his grandmother, as a controversial move, possibly aimed at increasing interest or sales.