PRINCE Harry brands William his “arch-nemesis” in his new book – confirming the bombshell comment in another explosive interview previewed today.
The Duke of Sussex, 38, said there has “always been this competition” between him and the Prince of Wales in a sit down chat with Good Morning America’s Michael Strahan.
Prince Harry has branded William his arch-nemesis in his new book
Harry claims William ‘knocked him to the floor’ on top of his dog’s bowl
The interview is set to air full on Monday, with Harry expected to respond to claims his brother “knocked him to the floor” during an argument about Meghan Markle.
In a short seconds-long glimpse of the chat today, Strahan is heard telling Harry: “There’s a quote in the book where your refer to your brother as your ‘beloved brother and arch-nemesis’.
“Strong words. What did you mean by that?”
Harry then responds: “There has always been this competition between us weirdly. I think it has always been played by the heir and the spare.
It comes after sensational leaked extracts from Harry’s upcoming book Spare in which the Duke accuses his brother of physically attacking him.
Harry claims his brother “knocked him to the floor” during an argument about Meghan Markle in which he branded Meghan “rude” and “difficult”.
Harry alleges William “grabbed me by the collar, ripping my necklace, and … knocked me to the floor” in an extract of the book reported by the Guardian.
The Duke of Sussex, 38, claims he was left with a visible injury to his back following the argument in 2019 at Nottingham Cottage on the grounds of Kensington Palace, where he was living at the time.
Harry says William was already “piping hot” when he arrived wanting to talk about their deteriorating relationship.
According to Harry, it turned into a shouting match as William complained about his wife Meghan, calling her “rude” and “abrasive”.
William insisted he was trying to help.
The Duke of Sussex responded: “Are you serious? Help me? Sorry – is that what you call this? Helping me?”
Harry claims he then poured William a glass of water and said: “Willy, I can’t speak to you when you’re like this.”
He then says his brother called him “another name” and then “came at me”.
Harry claims: “It all happened so fast. He grabbed me by the collar, ripping my necklace, and he knocked me to the floor.
“I landed on the dog’s bowl, which cracked under my back, the pieces cutting into me. I lay there for a moment, dazed, then got to my feet and told him to get out.”
He says William told him to hit him back but he refused, and so his brother left “looking regretful, and apologised”.
William then told his brother not to tell Meghan about the confrontation, according to Harry.
Harry says he replied: “You mean that you attacked me?”, to which he claims William responded: “I didn’t attack you, Harold.”
Harry said he did not immediately tell his wife until she noticed “scrapes and bruises” on his back.
The extract of Harry’s book has been published by the Guardian. It is unclear how they obtained an early copy.
The explosive book — called Spare and due to be published on January 10 — is set to go further than his £80million Netflix docuseries and give a detailed blow-by-blow account of their falling out.
