Royal Family Establishes "War Room" to Address Impact of Prince Harry's "Spare"

The leak of the contents of Prince Harry's memoir, Spare, has already had a massive impact, and the royal family has set up a "strategy room" to deal with the blowback from the book, Page Six reported. (In addition to the book itself, Harry will appear tonight in an interview with CNN's Anderson Cooper and ITV's Tom Bradby, tomorrow on Good Morning America with Michael Strahan, and Tuesday on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert)

"The Royal Family's senior advisors have set up a de facto "war room" to deal with the potential fallout from Prince Harry's bombastic memoir," this outlet reports." Top staff even discussed the situation at Sandringham Plantation, where the royal family gathered to celebrate their first Christmas without Queen Elizabeth"

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The outlet continues, "According to insiders, a plan has been created to deal with the explosive revelations from the book and the four scheduled interviews. It is said that Harry was well aware that he was going to talk about his fight with William, who claims that his brother slammed him into a dog bowl when they fought over Meghan Markle," Page Six reported.

"There was definitely concern about what Harry was going to write, especially about the very personal moments of their lives being discussed," a source told the magazine. The King wanted to follow in the footsteps of the Queen's famous "never complain, never explain," with his traditional "over the top attitude," but the Crown Prince insisted that the family should rather go on the offensive and make a statement, just as he had said, "We are not a racist family." But he was overruled by his father."

The Daily Telegraph also confirmed that the palace was "on the warpath" ahead of Spare's release Tuesday, and despite his initial desire to speak out, the Sunday Times (opens in new tab) reported that William was aware that he and the royal family must remain silent reported that he was aware that he and the royal family had to remain silent.

"He [William] will not retaliate because he is dignified and incredibly loyal. Harry knows he won't retaliate, so William is a sucker."

[14] "He is a sucker because he knows he will not retaliate."[15] [16 It is cruel, cowardly, and very sad that William continues to take punches. He keeps quiet for the sake of his family and his country."