In his new memoir, Prince Harry claims that he regarded the 25 Taliban fighters he killed as ‘chess pieces’ not human beings. Yet Mr Steerpike can’t help but wonder if the young soldier prince didn’t learn something useful from his adversaries in war – the art of suicide-bombing. At least, in a literary sense, that is.
Spare, the memoir, is dynamite, no doubt about that. It’s hard to think of any book that has blown up quite so instantly and spectacularly in the face of its author.
The details from the book, which started to flood out yesterday, have left Harry’s dwindling band of supporters feeling bewildered.
Harry knew he had to trash himself. Greater love hath no man than this…
Why does he seem to be showing off about how many lives he took in war? Why does he refer to himself as a ‘young stallion’ as he gives away wince-inducing details of the way he lost his virginity? Does he not see how that makes him come across? Is this some complicated cry for help?
People who know him are incredulous.
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