EXCLUSIVE: Prince Harry’s decision to reveal Prince William’s reputed $1 million-plus settlement with the Murdoch empire has left their relationship damaged beyond repair, a friend tells The Daily Beast: 'He is burning everything to the ground.'
A friend of Prince William’s told The Daily Beast: “Just when you think it can’t get any worse, it does. This is scorched earth stuff from Harry. By revealing these secrets, he is burning everything to the ground. He is making it very clear that he considers his relationship with William is over.”
The Daily Beast understands that Prince William, and indeed the wider royal family, had no idea what was in Harry’s witness statement until the document was unsealed at the High Court. While Charles seems determined to continue to ignore the provocations of Harry, William appears to have had enough, and the astonishingly inflammatory paragraph in Harry’s witness statement looks like it could be the final straw.My brother appeared to know an awful lot more than I did on the subject of phone hacking although he did not tell me if that was the case.
“NGN is essentially arguing that Harry is out of time, but Harry is making the argument that he delayed proceedings because of the secret deal, and the payment to his brother is part of the evidence that such a deal existed.
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