Prince Harry: 'I see a lack of scrutiny to my family towards a lot of things' trends now
Prince Harry suggested his family has avoided accountability 'on a lot of things' during his 90-minute sit-down interview with ITV's Tom Bradby on Sunday night.
The broadcast, which began at 9pm, focuses on Harry's tumultuous relationship with his family who - in Bradby's words - the Duke of Sussex took 'a flame thrower to' in the writing of his memoirs.
It is the first primetime interview since his explosive autobiography Spare, which is out next week, was accidentally released early in Spain before the weekend.
Published extracts include an alleged physical altercation between William and Harry and details of the feud between Meghan and Kate.
He also writes how he and William begged King Charles not to marry the now Queen consort Camilla, who he feared could become their 'wicked stepmother', before suggesting she had plotted to take the crown and leaked stories to the press.
Prince Harry suggested his family has avoided accountability 'on a lot of things' during his 90-minute sit-down interview with ITV's Tom Bradby on Sunday night (Pictured: King Charles and Queen Consort Camilla in 2018)
Speaking about what he wants from the book, Harry told Mr Bradby: 'I want reconciliation, but first there needs to be some accountability' (Pictured: Harry, Meghan, Charles and Camilla at the funeral of the late Queen)
But Harry believes nothing in his book is 'scathing' towards any member of his family.
Speaking about what he wants from his family and book, Harry told Mr Bradby: 'I want reconciliation, but first there needs to be some accountability. You can't just continue to say to me that I'm delusional and paranoid when all the evidence is stacked up, because I was genuinely terrified about what's gonna happen to me.'
Referencing his decision to step down as a senior royal in 2019, he continued: 'And then we have a 12-month transition period, and everyone doubles down. My wife shares her experience.'
He said that instead of backing off, 'both the institution and the media doubled down.'
Mr Bradby then addresses the claims Harry makes about his stepmother in Spare. Harry narrates the passage that reads: 'Shortly after our private meetings with her [Camilla], she began to develop her long-term strategy, a campaign directed at marriage and with time, the Crown (with the blessing of our father, we supposed).
'News stories started appearing in all the newspapers about her conversations with Willy, stories which recounted lots of small details, none of which came from my brother, of course.'
Harry says in the book that they could have only come from 'the one person' with intimate knowledge of the meetings, who could provide details with 'pin point' accuracy.
Charles had tried to win over his sons before asking the public to accept Camilla, the book claims. Harry then astonishingly says that meeting the future Queen Consort for the first time was like an 'injection'. He later says that ultimately he and William approved of Camilla.
He writes: 'I remember wondering... if she would be cruel to me; if she would be like all the wicked stepmothers in the stories'.
But Harry told Mr Bradby tonight: 'There's no part of any of the things that I've said are scathing towards any member of my family, especially not my stepmother. There are things that have happened that have been incredibly hurtful, um, some in the past, some current.'
He added: 'No institution is immune to accountability or taking responsibility. So you can't be immune to criticisms either.
The broadcast, which began at 9pm, focused on Harry's tumultuous relationship with his family who - in Bradby's words - the prince took 'a flame thrower to' in the writing of his memoirs
'And you talk about, you know, scrutiny and, you know, my wife and I were scrutinised more than, probably, anybody else. I, I see a lack of scrutiny to my family towards a lot of the things that have happened in the last year.'
He later said he had 'made peace' with everything that has happened but that he would still like his father and brother back, but that there had to be 'accountability'.
Clips previously released by ITV of Harry: The Interview, also showed him describing feelings of guilt and revealing he had cried only once after the death of his mother Diana, Princess of Wales.
In a previously released trailer for the interview, Harry says he is publishing his memoirs because he does not know 'how staying silent is ever going to make things better'.
The interview is the first of four broadcast appearances over the coming days, with the duke also speaking to Anderson Cooper for 60 Minutes on CBS News on Sunday night, Michael Strahan of Good Morning America tomorrow and Stephen Colbert on the Late Show on CBS on Wednesday morning UK time.
In the interview with Bradby, Harry speaks about being unable to show any emotion when meeting mourners following the death of his mother in 1997.
He also admits to feeling 'some guilt' when walking among the crowds gathered outside Kensington Palace, saying the only time he cried was at
