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Fans have questioned Prince Harry's royal remarks after his lawyer questioned the legitimacy of his drug comments in Spare.
The Duke of Sussex’s explosive memoir, which was released last year, is at the centre of a controversial court battle in the US, after right wing think tank The Heritage Foundation filed a lawsuit against the Department for Homeland Security for allowing Harry an American visa to move to the country in 2020. Harry and wife Meghan Markle relocated to the US after stepping down as senior working royals, and the think tank are attempting to access his visa application in an effort to prove if he lied about his past drug use.
Spare was published in January last year, and in the book, Harry recalled taking cocaine as a teenager, smoking marijuana and trying magic mushrooms. “ was offered a line, and since then I had consumed some more …It wasn’t very fun, and it didn’t make me feel especially happy as seemed to happen to others, but it did make me feel different, and that was my main objective. To feel. To be different,” he wrote. The Heritage Foundation claims the Department for Homeland Security gave Harry preferential treatment in order to process his US visa, and if proven, “could have adverse immigration consequences for non-citizens.”
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Details from his explosive memoir are under scrutiny in a new court caseIn court on Friday, lawyer John Bardo, who is representing Homeland Security, alleged the 39-year-old may have exaggerated his claims about taking drugs in order to sell more copies. He argued that the book, which sold more than three million copies in its first week, “isn’t sworn testimony or proof”.
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Royal fans were outraged by the claim in court, with many fuming that Harry shouldn’t be believed if he made up parts of his best-selling memoir. “If Harry's lawyers are right, then his book SPARE should be regarded as an entire fabrication, a book of LIES and LIBEL toward the Royal Family, and they should be within their right to SUE him over it,” one fired.
Harry recalled taking cocaine and magic mushrooms as a teenager (Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto/REX/Shutterstock)“Should be enough to remove him and take away all titles. No more in line to the throne or ability to sign for King,” another tweeted. “I would like a refund and I'm of the opinion the publishers should get their money back too,” a third chimed in. “Anyone mentioned in his book of lies should sue him!” another angry fan fumed.
The Department for Homeland Security has reportedly said it cannot reveal whether his visa application in 2020 mentioned his past drug use, and in a statement, said releasing details of his application would “constitute an unwarranted invasion of Prince Harry’s privacy.” They added: “The records are particularly sensitive because releasing them, even in part, would reveal Prince Harry’s status in the United States, which Prince Harry has not disclosed.”