Prince Harrys obsession with being a spare is destroying his relationship with royal family: experts

Being a “spare” continues to haunt Prince Harry.It’s been said that the Duke of Sussex is tormented by his status as a royal “spare,” which continues to dominate his life five years after his royal exit. The term is a nod to the “heir and the spare,” a phrase referring to the different destinies that have separated Harry and his older brother, Prince William, since birth, People magazine reported.“Harry is obviously obsessed with being ‘the spare,’” royal expert Richard Fitzwilliams claimed to Fox News Digital. “… Harry believes ‘the institution,’ as he calls the monarchy, had it in for him and Meghan Markle.The palace, he believes, briefed against him.

His accusation that Queen Camilla was particularly ruthless in this regard was a red line for King Charles.”Fitzwilliams’ claims came shortly after Ingrid Seward, royal author and editor-in-chief of Majesty magazine, told The Daily Mail that the “spare” label took over Harry’s life “to the extent that he has now made a career out of it.”It was famously the title of the royal’s 2023 memoir in which he exposed family rifts and secrets.“He chooses to be the victim and wreak vengeance on the slights he thought he had suffered; on his family, on the press and through the courts,” Seward told the outlet.“[It’s] how Harry chose to see himself.”The outlet also referred to royal author Tom Quinn’s new book, “Yes Ma’am: The Secret Life of Royal Servants.” According to Quinn, senior palace courtiers once tried to explain to Harry that he was much better off than his brother because William would never be able to escape the pressures and responsibilities of being the furutre king.

But sources claimed to Quinn that Harry couldn’t see this.Royal author Robert Lacey previously told “Good Morning America” in 2020 that Harry’s unhappiness with being known as the royal “spare” continued to grow over the years.Lacey told the outlet it worsened when ...