‘I saw red mist’: Fresh details of Prince Harry, William fight drop

Duke of Sussex calls for “reconciliation” with family but says not without “accountability” despite damning memoir.

The Duke of Sussex has been accused of aiming to blow up his father’s reign with his new book as he launched more “grenades” at his brother.

Renegade Prince Harry describes Prince William’s “red mist” in a fight over his wife Meghan Markle, before unveiling more details about his experiments with cannabis, magic mushrooms and cocaine in a new clip from his ITV interview scheduled for Sunday.

The Duke of Sussex tells British anchor Tom Bradby that he wants reconciliation with his relatives, even though his new memoir is said to have wounded King Charles III and catapulted the Royal Family into its worst crisis since the death of his mother Diana in 1997.

Prince Harry claims he saw “red mist” in his brother Prince William during a fight over Meghan Markle. Picture: AFP

Describing how Prince Harry and his brother fought at his London home in a discussion to mend their rift in 2019, he said he saw “red mist in him”.

“He wanted me to hit him back, but I chose not to,” he says of his brother.

In the clip released early on Friday morning (local time), Prince Harry tells his friend Tom Bradby: “What was different here was the level of frustration, and I talk about the red mist that I had for so many years, and I saw this red mist in him.”

It comes after the Duke of Sussex reportedly alleged in his book Prince William had called his American wife “difficult”, “rude” and “abrasive” – comments which the younger brother said parroted “the press narrative” about the Suits actress.

The short clip from the ITV interview also sees Prince Harry address the drug use detailed in Spare, released accidentally in Spain, six days before its official worldwide publication.

More details of Prince Harry’s party days have been revealed ahead of the ITV interview about his memoir Spare. Picture: Getty Images

Mr Bradby tells the Duke: ‘There’s a fair amount of drugs (in the book). Marijuana, magic mushrooms, cocaine. I mean, that’s going to surprise people.’

The duke appears to agree and says it was “important to acknowledge”.

The royal also states he wants to reconcile with his family but not first without “some accountability”.

“I want reconciliation,” he says, “but, first, there needs to be some accountability”. Prince Harry also states: “The truth, supposedly, at the moment, has been there’s only one side of the story, right? But, there’s two sides to every story.”

In an earlier-released teaser of the ITV interview, the Duke of Sussex said he was publishing his memoirs because the alternative does not work.

“How is staying silent ever going to make things better?” he asks.

Prince Harry has aired more details about his relationship with brother Prince William. Picture: Getty Images

The full ITV interview is due to be broadcast two days before publication and, in a trailer, Mr Bradby asks: “Wouldn’t your brother say to you, ‘Harry, how could you do this to me after everything? After everything we went through?’ Wouldn’t that be what he would say?”

Prince Harry replied: “He would probably say all sorts of different things … That will be the accusation from people that don’t understand or don’t want to believe that my family have been briefing the press.”

Mr Bradby, a former royal correspondent and current presenter of ITV News at Ten, is a friend of the Sussexes and has previously interviewed them for a documentary about their 2019 Africa tour.

Asked whether he will attend his father’s coronation, Harry answered: “Three‘s lot that can happen between now and then but the door is always open, the ball is in their court.

“There is a lot to be discussed and I really hope they are willing to sit down and talk about it.”

Originally published as ‘I saw red mist’: Fresh details of Prince Harry, William fight drop