Don Lemon has branded Prince Harry ‘gauche’ for choosing to publish claims his brother Prince William physically attacked him in his bombshell book ‘Spare’ – saying: ‘It’s just not done’.
The CNN anchor searched for a word to describe Harry’s move, before finally describing it as ‘gauche’ – meaning unsophisticated or lacking in grace.
‘Everyone has a family,’ said Lemon, before asking rhetorically: ‘I have arguments with my family. Am I going to put that out there for the whole world to see?’
His criticisms came on CNN This Morning during a discussion of a Guardian report on leaks from Harry’s upcoming book that detail his allegation of a confrontation.
Harry accuses the current Prince of Wales of grabbing him by the scruff of the collar and throwing him to the ground, causing him to fall onto a plastic dog bowl, which he said broke into pieces that cut his back.
Don Lemon criticized Harry for publishing accusations William physically attacked him in his new book Spare
‘I just don’t understand why on Earth he would want to put that out there? I know he’s selling a book but to me its just… what is the word I’m looking for? It’s just not done,’ said Lemon.
‘What exactly is he achieving by airing family dirty laundry?’ he said at the end of the segment.
Prince Harry says the incident happened in 2019 when William was visiting him at his London home.
The fight allegedly broke out in the kitchen of Nottingham Cottage, in the grounds of Kensington Palace, shortly before he and Meghan left to North America.
William is said to have branded Meghan ‘difficult’, ‘rude’ and ‘abrasive’ and insisted he was trying to help his younger brother during a meeting about ‘the whole rolling catastrophe’ of their failing relationship and Harry’s rows with the Press.
Harry accused his brother of ‘parroting the Press narrative’ regarding his American wife before an argument ensued, ending in the physical confrontation, the book claims.
In an excerpt from his upcoming autobiography Spare, Harry recalls what he describes as a physical attack by his sibling, now the Prince of Wales, which he claims left him with visible injuries
The Nottingham Cottage kitchen, where Harry claims his brother grabbed him by the collar and threw him to the floor, smashing a dog bowl
Harry says in the book he gave William a glass of water and said: ‘Willy, I can’t speak to you when you’re like this’.
Describing what he claims happened next, and insisting he was scared, Harry said: ‘He set down the water, called me another name, then came at me. It all happened so fast. 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’.
Lemon’s reaction to the leaked segment in the book on CNN this morning is the latest in a series of developments which have seen the US media gradually turning on Harry and Meghan.
Much of that change was prompted by the the release of the couple’s Netflix documentary last month.
NBC’s Daisy McAndrew said the couple for maid no effort to apologize for their role in the breakdown of Harry’s relationship with his family, while CNN’s Max Foster pointed out how one-sided the documentary was.
Fox News columnist Lee Cohen said they are on track to become ‘the most hated royals’ ever and suggested that not even Wallis Simpson and the Duke of Windsor’s connections to Nazis left the public so disappointed.
The Associated Press, universally regarded for its journalistic impartiality, summarized the finale with the headline: ‘Harry, Meghan vent their grievances in final Netflix episodes.’
NBC reporter Daisy McAndrew said the couple took ‘no responsibility’ for their role in the rift with the Royal family and said there is ‘no way back’ from the Netflix series
CNN Royal Correspondent Max Foster said the Palace must respond now to the ‘very serious’ allegations made by Harry and Meghan in the new episodes
The Associated Press summarized the finale with this headline: ‘Harry, Meghan vent their grievances in final Netflix episodes’
At other points in the upcoming book Spare, a Spanish version of which accidentally went on sale in Spain, Harry labels his brother his ‘arch-nemesis.’
Harry also uses parts of the book to discuss his service in the military and time served in Afghanistan in 2007, 2008 and 2012. Specifically, he said he killed 25 Taliban fighters during his second tour.
Harry, who during his second tour flew an Apache attack helicopter, said it was ‘not a fact that filled me with satisfaction, but I was not ashamed either.’
This is the first time Harry has specified the number of insurgents he personally killed during his time in Afghanistan.
