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Thoughts on Prince Harry’s Autobiography — Spare
I remember vividly getting up very early in the morning to see Princess Diana marry Prince Charles. I remember clearly exactly where I was when I learned Princess Diana had died. I can picture myself sitting on the daybed in the bedroom of my little apartment watching every moment of the coverage of Princess Diana’s funeral. I thought how bizarre that I can’t tear my eyes away from a funeral for a woman who was killed by the press.
Let me be very clear. Like Prince Harry my belief has always been that, regardless of what the official inquest said about the accident that took Princess Diana’s life, the real cause of that accident was the paparazzi — and in many respects — the never ending desire of people like me to know what was going on in her life.
So, it’s no surprise to me that Prince Harry has a difficult relationship with media coverage. It was also no surprise to me that (SPOILER ALERT) Prince Harry believed that his mother staged her own death so that she could finally get some privacy. While untrue, it’s easy to see why a little boy would believe this and keep believing it for many years.
