Spare: 'Weird' detail in Prince Harry's account of Charles marrying Camilla trends now
A leading royal expert has questioned why Prince Harry was so opposed to his father King Charles' marriage to Camilla Parker-Bowles.
Award-winning journalist and author Robert Jobson says the Duke of Sussex's description of Camilla as a 'wicked stepmother' seems 'weird' considering he was a grown man at the time, not a child.
Jobson told Australian breakfast show Sunrise that Harry's feelings in the lead-up to the April 2005 ceremony weren't befitting of a man of 'nearly 21'.
A leading royal expert has questioned why Prince Harry was so opposed to his father King Charles' marriage to Camilla Parker-Bowles. (Charles, Camilla and Prince Harry are pictured in July 2005, three months after the now-King and Queen Consort married)
Harry was 20 years old when Charles wed Camilla in a civil ceremony at Windsor Guildhall in Berkshire, England. His first marriage, to the late Princess Diana, took place in July 1981 and ended in divorce in 1996.
In his upcoming memoir Spare, Harry says he and brother William, Prince of Wales, both 'begged' their father not to marry his long-term paramour Camilla, fearing she would be their 'wicked stepmother'.
Charles had tried to win over his sons before asking the public to accept Camilla, the book claims. Harry then astonishingly says meeting the future Queen Consort for the first time was like enduring an 'injection'.
He later says that ultimately he and William approved of Camilla.
Award-winning journalist Robert Jobson says the Duke of Sussex's description of Camilla as a 'wicked stepmother' seems 'weird' considering he was a grown man at the time, not a child. (Harry is pictured on holiday in Switzerland in April 2005, a week before Charles wed Camilla)
In his memoir Spare, Harry says he and brother William, Prince of Wales, both 'begged' their father not to marry his long-term paramour Camilla, fearing she would be their 'wicked stepmother'. (The two princes are pictured at Charles and Camilla's wedding on April 9, 2005)
Speaking to host Monique Wright, Jobson said last week: 'His attacks on Camilla where he's saying that he didn't want a wicked stepmother - he was nearly 21 at the time they got married.
'So I think that's all a bit weird to start going into these things.'
Harry's retelling of his emotions before Charles and Camilla's wedding appears to conflict with quotes his gave to the press shortly after the nuptials.
'She's always been very close to me and William… She's not the wicked stepmother,' he said at the time, according to People.
'She's a wonderful woman and she's made our father very, very happy which is the most important thing.'
Jobson (pictured) said, 'His attacks on Camilla where he's saying that he didn't want a wicked stepmother - he was nearly 21 at the time they got married. So I think that's all a bit weird'
Prince Harry will discuss his memoirs in television interviews on Sunday after the book's explosive revelations about royal rifts, sex and drugs cast doubt on his future in the British Royal Family.
The 38-year-old prince's ghost-written book 'Spare' was widely leaked after it mistakenly went on sale in Spain ahead of the official publication date Tuesday.
Details include an allegation that his brother
