Still, Harry was honest about his emotional struggle adjusting to having a stepmother, admitting he had once feared Camilla might be “just as cruel to him as all the wicked stepmothers in storybooks.” He also noted that William had “long harbored suspicions about the Other Woman.”
The Royal ‘Red Line’
Although Camilla was not a core focus of Spare, Harry expanded on his feelings in interviews promoting the book. He alleged that Camilla was “dangerous” and part of a wider effort to “rehabilitate her image” through strategic media connections. He also accused her of leaking private stories to the British press, suggesting it was part of a long PR campaign tied to the fallout from Charles and Diana’s broken marriage.
Those claims did not land well inside the Palace. Charles reportedly viewed the comments as crossing a non-negotiable boundary. Insiders have described it as a ‘red line’ the King could not ignore.
“He crossed a red line,” one source said, adding that Harry “crossed with flagrant disregard anyway.” They claimed Harry knew the subject of Camilla was a deeply sensitive one for Charles, yet “crossed with flagrant disregard anyway.”