Harry claims William and Kate told him to wear Nazi uniform in 2005 scandal

2023-01-05

Prince Harry has claimed that Prince William and Kate Middleton encouraged him to don a Nazi costume at a 2005 party.

Harry, who was 20 at the time, made headlines across the world when The Sun newspaper published a photo of him wearing the costume, which featured a red armband emblazoned with a swastika.

And while he discussed this event in his and Meghan Markle's Netflix documentary, saying it was one of the biggest mistakes of his life, he's now suggested that he may not be entirely to blame for the scandal.

In an extract of his upcoming memoir Spare, obtained by Page Six, he's said to claim that the now Prince and Princess of Wales "howled with laughter" at the costume.

The publication reports that, when discussing this topic, Harry writes that when choosing an outfit for the "Native and Colonial" themed party, it was a toss up between a Pilot uniform or a Nazi uniform.

The Duke of Sussex writes: "I phoned Willy and Kate, asked what they thought. Nazi uniform, they said", he then recalls trying the outfit on for them, adding: "They both howled. Worse than Willy’s leotard outfit! Way more ridiculous! Which, again, was the point."

Prince William is said to have attended the event dressed in a homemade lion outfit.

OK! has approached both Harry and William's representatives for comment.

In his 2020 book Battle Of Brothers: William, Harry And The Inside Story Of A Family In Turmoil, royal historian Robert Lacey suggested that the rift between the two brothers started in 2005 after Harry felt he had become the monarchy's "institutional scapegoat" in the wake of this event.

Robert wrote: "The young prince began re-evaluating his elder brother's involvement and the unfairness of William's subsequent emergence smelling of roses. It made Harry feel alienated. Friends recall no-speaks and quite a serious rift between the two brothers at this time."

In his memoir, Harry is said to have also claimed to have been physically attacked by his brother during an argument about Harry's relationship with his now-wife Meghan Markle.

According to an extract obtained by The Guardian, William accused Harry of acting like the heir and did not understand why his younger brother was not content with being the spare to the throne.

Following exchanged insults, Harry claims William said he was trying to help, to which he responded: "Are you serious? Help me? Sorry – is that what you call this? Helping me?”

Moving to the kitchen, he got his brother a glass of water, which William set down before allegedly calling Harry "another name, then came at me."

"It all happened so fast," he wrote in the book. "So very 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.”

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