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King Charles’ ‘brutal’ decision after Prince Harry crossed ‘red line’.
King Charles’ relationship with Prince Harry deteriorated sharply after the release of Spare, with palace insiders saying the King believed his son had crossed a “red line” by attacking Queen Camilla.
The response, they claim, was swift.
Camilla comments spark fury
When Spare was published in January 2023, three years after Harry and Meghan stepped back from royal duties, the memoir included a series of grievances about the royal family.
But the remarks that most angered the King were those aimed at Camilla.
Harry wrote that he and Prince William had urged their father not to marry her, described how he once feared she might be a “wicked stepmother,” and repeated William’s alleged long-standing suspicions of the “Other Woman.”
In interviews promoting the book, Harry also accused Camilla of leaking stories to the press and suggested she was “dangerous” because she had been cast as a “villain” in the narrative of his parents’ failed marriage.
‘The last straw’
According to palace sources who spoke to the Express, Charles saw these attacks as a profound act of disrespect.
Advisers briefed him as the book hit the shelves, and insiders say he made a rapid decision — Harry and Meghan would lose their remaining UK home, Frogmore Cottage.
“It was the last straw,” one source said. “Harry was well aware how Camilla would be a red line for his father and he crossed it with flagrant disregard anyway.”
Royal author Omid Scobie later wrote that the King was “spitting mad,” and that the family’s relationship with Harry reached “an all-time low” in the aftermath.
Eviction shock
Friends of the Sussexes told Scobie the couple were “stunned” when informed they had to vacate Frogmore.
Harry and Meghan were initially given only weeks to leave before the deadline was extended until after the coronation.
“It all feels very final and like a cruel punishment,” one friend told him. “It’s like the family wants to cut them out of the picture for good.”
Sources: Express, Yahoo, interviews cited in Spare
