{"id":827086,"date":"2026-03-15T09:10:20","date_gmt":"2026-03-15T09:10:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/827086\/"},"modified":"2026-03-15T09:10:20","modified_gmt":"2026-03-15T09:10:20","slug":"prince-harry-incandescent-over-sickening-meghan-claim-that-hits-a-raw-nerve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/827086\/","title":{"rendered":"Prince Harry &#8216;incandescent&#8217; over sickening Meghan claim that &#8216;hits a raw nerve&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A new biography about the Duke and Duchess of Sussex has been condemned as &#8220;deranged conspiracy and melodrama&#8221; by the couple, and has left Prince Harry reportedly &#8220;incandescent&#8221; with fury<\/p>\n<p>08:17, 15 Mar 2026Updated 08:24, 15 Mar 2026<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Prince Harry and Meghan Markle were all smiles as they met with athletes and veterans on day two of their Colombia tour\" loading=\"eager\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1_GettyImages-2167086875.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p aria-label=\"Prince Harry's spokesman has ridiculed a new book claiming his wife Meghan &quot;brainwashed&quot; him\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Prince Harry&#8217;s spokesman has ridiculed a new book claiming his wife Meghan &#8220;brainwashed&#8221; him(Image: Getty)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\"><a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/prince-harry\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"\">Prince Harry<\/a> is reportedly &#8220;incandescent&#8221; with fury after reports that <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/queen-camilla\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"\">Queen Camilla<\/a> claimed he was &#8220;brainwashed&#8221; by <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/meghan-markle\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\">Meghan Markle<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">In a &#8220;swift and blistering&#8221; response rarely seen from the Sussex camp, a spokesperson has slammed Tom Bower&#8217;s new book as a &#8220;deranged conspiracy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The suggestion that Meghan is merely &#8220;bling&#8221; to Harry&#8217;s Invictus veterans has reportedly left him in a state of &#8220;visceral&#8221; rage, and seems to put any hope of a peace treaty between the <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/news\/royals\/\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"\">Royal Family<\/a> to bed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">Writing for the <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"\">Mirror<\/a>, Jennie Bond says the explosive new book, which is about the <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/royal-family\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"\">Royal Family<\/a> but focuses on the Sussexes, has clearly hit a raw nerve.<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" data-tmdatatrack=\"read-more\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"36867627\" data-tmdatatrack-source=\"editorial\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/news\/royals\/get-your-finger-out-face-36867627\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">&#8216;Get your finger out of my face&#8217; &#8211; inside Meghan\u2019s row with Prince William<\/a><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Invictus Games \u2013 Vancouver Whistler\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1_The-Duchess-and-Duke-of-Sussex-during-the-2025-Invictus-Games-Aaron-ChownPA.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p aria-label=\"The Duchess and Duke of Sussex during the 2025 Invictus Games\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">The Duchess and Duke of Sussex during the 2025 Invictus Games(Image: PA Archive\/PA Images)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">She told the Mirror: &#8220;Whatever the truth behind Tom Bower\u2019s explosive account of the continuing tensions between the Sussexes and the Windsor household, one thing is for sure: his words have hit a very raw nerve.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;It\u2019s rare these days to get any kind of response from Harry and Meghan, they prefer instead to ignore the noise and the gossip. But this time the pushback has been both swift and blistering. Their spokesperson accused Bower of &#8220;deranged conspiracy and melodrama\u201c.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;The first extracts from the book target Harry\u2018s two great passions: his wife and the Invictus games. The suggestion that Meghan wanted to use the games as her \u201cglobal stage\u201d and that she was viewed as &#8220;bling\u201d and a distraction from the injured veterans will have left Harry incandescent. Nor will he have taken kindly to the allegation that Camilla told a friend that Meghan had &#8220;brainwashed\u201d him.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Jennie Bond says the book could reopen fresh wounds\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0_Invictus-Games-The-Hague-2020-Day-2.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p aria-label=\"Jennie Bond says the book could reopen fresh wounds\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Jennie Bond says the book could reopen fresh wounds(Image: Getty Images for the Invictus Games Foundation)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;For Harry, any attack on his wife is treason and provokes a visceral response: he will defend her to the end of the earth. And there\u2019s nothing wrong with that. The trouble is that his reignited fury and this new spotlight on all that has gone wrong over the past few years has the potential to open up fresh wounds.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;There had been talk of a public show of reconciliation at next year\u2018s Invictus Games in Birmingham, with the King possibly sharing a stage with his younger son. It might only have been a pipe dream, but this book could make it even more unlikely.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The book &#8211; which is being serialised in <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thetimes.com\/uk\/royal-family\/article\/prince-harry-meghan-duchess-of-sussex-pj78sjz3w\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\">The Times<\/a> &#8211; includes a claim that <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/queen-camilla\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"\">Queen Camilla<\/a> delivered a scathing verdict on <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/meghan-markle\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\">Meghan Markle<\/a>, declaring that the American actress had &#8220;brainwashed&#8221; <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/prince-harry\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"\">Prince Harry<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>READ MORE: <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" data-tmdatatrack=\"read-more\" data-tmdatatrack-articleid=\"36867073\" data-tmdatatrack-source=\"editorial\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/news\/royals\/six-biggest-claims-new-harry-36867073\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Six biggest claims in new Harry &amp; Meghan book &#8211; brainwashing, staged pics and &#8216;the show&#8217;<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">According to Bower&#8217;s account, William and Kate believed Meghan &#8220;lamented Harry&#8217;s unlikely chances of one day being king, just as she regretted the possibility that she would never be the queen&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;Meghan had become a divisive agent,&#8221; Bower writes. &#8220;To please her, Harry was ignoring his old friends. He even changed his telephone number without telling his family.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"rince William and Britain's Prince Harry \" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/5_Royals-Windsor-United-Kingdom-10-Sep-2022.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p aria-label=\"Prince William and Prince Harry\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Prince William and Prince Harry(Image: Martin Meissner\/AP\/REX\/Shutterstock)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;The jovial lad about town became possessed by seeking revenge. &#8220;Increasingly, his character mirrored Meghan&#8217;s. Emotionally, he veered towards extremes. Simple dislikes became passionate hatred.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">A spokesman for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex said yesterday: &#8220;Those interested in facts will look elsewhere; those seeking deranged conspiracy and melodrama know exactly where to find [Bower].&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">The book also alleges that former Invictus Foundation executives were concerned that the Games had become &#8220;the Harry and Meghan show,&#8221; and that the Duchess was a distraction, labelling her &#8220;bling, not rehabilitation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">In the book, Mr Bower makes some explosive claims about how Meghan allegedly wanted to use Prince Harry&#8217;s Invictus Games platform as a &#8220;global stage for genuine admiration and cheering fans&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">He writes: &#8220;Meghan needed a global stage for genuine admiration and cheering fans. To her good fortune, Harry agreed that she could star at the Invictus Games, which he was about to open in Canada. Just before flying up to Vancouver in a private jet, she alerted her <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/instagram\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"\">Instagram<\/a> followers.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">He claims Harry and Meghan &#8220;insisted&#8221; on being addressed as &#8220;Ma&#8217;am and Sir&#8221;, the organisers thought of them as being &#8220;pushy,&#8221; with &#8220;exorbitant&#8221; expenses for security, accommodation and a private jet.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Tom Bower claimed Meghan wanted to use the games as a &quot;global stage for genuine admiration and cheering fans&quot;.\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/0_Invictus-Games-Dsseldorf-2023-Day-3.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p aria-label=\"Tom Bower claimed Meghan wanted to use the games as a &quot;global stage for genuine admiration and cheering fans&quot;.\" class=\"ImageCaption_caption-title__ccyQU\" data-testid=\"caption-title\">Tom Bower claimed Meghan wanted to use the games as a &#8220;global stage for genuine admiration and cheering fans&#8221;.(Image: Getty Images for the Invictus Games Foundation)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">A spokesperson for the Invictus Games Foundation stated: &#8220;It is disappointing to see The Times give prominence to commentary that appears driven by a long-established agenda rather than a genuine understanding of the Invictus Games and the community it supports.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;The Foundation exists to support the recovery and rehabilitation of wounded, injured and sick service personnel and veterans from around the <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/news\/world-news\/\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"\">world<\/a>. Attempts to question the legitimacy of competitors or diminish the experiences of those living with both physical injuries and invisible wounds such as PTSD are deeply disrespectful to the men and women the Games were created for,&#8221; reports <a aria-label=\"\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/news\/royal\/2182119\/prince-harry-invictus-games-statement\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_self\">the Express<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\">&#8220;The focus should remain where it belongs &#8211; on the courage, recovery and camaraderie of those who have served.&#8221; The Invictus Games are <a aria-label=\"Prince Harry&#039;sLink opens in a new tab.\" class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/prince-harry\" rel=\"follow nofollow noopener\" tabindex=\"0\" target=\"_blank\">Prince Harry&#8217;s<\/a> passion project, first launched in 2014 to help wounded, injured and sick military service personnel, both serving and veterans, both physically and mentally.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A new biography about the Duke and Duchess of Sussex has been condemned as &#8220;deranged conspiracy and melodrama&#8221;&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":827087,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[7708],"tags":[20290,1281,447,2549,5105,7710,519,448,11517,12419],"class_list":["post-827086","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-royals","tag-jennie-bond","tag-meghan-markle","tag-prince-harry","tag-private-jets","tag-royal","tag-royal-families","tag-royal-family","tag-royals","tag-the-times","tag-tom-bower"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116232416703496485","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/827086","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=827086"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/827086\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/827087"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=827086"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=827086"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=827086"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}