By Ben Kerrigan-
Prince Harry’s claims in his autobiography are the “most sensational royal revelations” in almost 30 years and will “shake” the foundations of the monarchy, according to a royal expert.
Michael Cole accused the Duke of Sussex of making catastrophic errors in his book, particularly his confession to have taken cocaine, which he said is a big crime to admit to.
Excerpts of Prince Harry’s book have already been circulated by several publications in the Uk, with so many damaging revelations made bare.
The book goes to greater lengths than the interview given to Oprah Winfrey by both Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle in March 2021 which was globally aired.
Harry is believed to be on a vengeance mission against his family following criticisms in the media in the past couple of years, mainly targeted at his wife, Meghan Markle, then later at both of them as a couple.
The Duke of Sussex has come out fighting in his book, but the level of revelation is more than an eye full, and has attracted criticisms of its own.
Cole said Prince Harry has metaphorically “detonated a huge landmine” under Buckingham Palace with his claims in his book Spare.
The ex-spokesperson for former Harrods owner Mohamed Al-Fayed, told Sky News: “It’s the most sensational and damaging set of royal revelations since Prince Harry’s mother, the late Princess Diana, sat down with the now disgraced BBC Panorama reporter Martin Bashir in November 1995.
“Prince Harry in this book isn’t really blowing the doors of Buckingham Palace, he’s detonating a huge landmine under it and shaking the royal edifice and indeed shaking the British establishment.
“These are very serious allegations and they cannot always be ignored.
“It is tragic in many ways that he feels he has to go on record like this, but quite clearly he does and nobody can say that he hasn’t pulled his punches, because he has let them have it.”
Mr Cole said: “Allegations of this kind ought to be resolved within a family. Families do have disagreements, this cannot be the first family in the world where a new arrival has caused conflict.”
‘Confessing to taking cocaine is a big mistake’
Prince Harry also makes a number of personal revelations in the book, including that he took cocaine and marijuana, lost his virginity in a field, and killed 25 Taliban fighters while serving in Afghanistan.
“He has made some major errors in this book in my view,” Mr Cole said
“Confessing to taking cocaine is a major error, a big mistake.
“I think it is a mistake to confess to a crime like this and also to say his personal tally of the people he killed in Afghanistan.
“That goes against the soldiers’ code in every way and I’m sure his fellow officers will not thank him for that.
“He has painted a target on his own back with this. He’s increased the level of danger to his whole family.”