The Duke of Sussex emphasized that fragments of his book were taken out of context and that their interpretation now poses a danger to his family.
Prince Harry said he was taken out of context about the killing of 25 Taliban fighters while serving in Afghanistan. He said this in an interview with American presenter Stephen Colbert.
Thus, the Duke of Sussex emphasized that fragments of his book were taken out of context: “Without a doubt, the most dangerous lie they spread is that I somehow boasted about the number of people I killed in Afghanistan … If I heard how someone brags like that, I’d be disgusted. But it’s a lie.”
According to Prince Harry, his words were not dangerous, but their interpretation now poses a danger to his family. He said he has worked with veterans for nearly two decades and wants to be honest about his experiences in the service so they can share theirs “without any shame.”
“By sharing this detail, I want to try to reduce the number of suicides [среди ветеранов]” added the prince.
He said that the past few days had been difficult for him because there was nothing he could do about the leaks to the British press and the “pulling out of context” of parts of his recollection.
In an excerpt from the Spanish translation of Prince Harry’s memoir, Spare, published by the Times, he recalled serving in Afghanistan in 2012-2013, when he was the co-pilot of an Apache attack helicopter. According to him, at that time it was possible to establish the exact number of those killed by recording each Apache mission.
“It seems important to me not to be afraid of this number. So, my number is 25. I do not feel pleasure from it, but it does not bother me … In the heat and confusion of the battle, I do not think of 25 it as people. They are chess pieces, taken off the board. The bad guys are destroyed before they can kill the good guys,” Prince Harry said in the book.
Earlier, Prince Harry accused the royal family of colluding with the tabloids. In his memoirs, the Duke of Sussex directly wrote that Queen Consort Camilla leaked some information about Meghan Markle to the press.
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