The controversy over the Duke of Sussex’s impending book, Spare, which will be published on Tuesday, has dominated Sunday’s newspapers. A popular photo from the 1997 burial of their mother Princess Diana, who perished in a Paris automobile disaster, shows a young Prince Harry grieving alongside his brother Prince William, his father King Charles, and Earl Spencer. It was finished. It uses a statement made by Prince in an interview with ITV, in which he expressed regret for the event but only shed a single tear. According to “security specialists,” Prince Harry’s allegation that he killed 25 Taliban fighters while serving in the army puts his children at risk, according to the newspaper.
The Sunday People’s front page features a main article about Prince Harry’s comments to ITV that he only sobbed once after his mother’s burial. The prince is also quoted as adding that he “had to grin” as the country lamented the loss of his mother, whose passing and funeral effectively brought the kingdom to a stop more than two decades ago. On Sunday night, ITV’s Tom Bradby will interview the Duke of Sussex.
The Sunday Telegraph’s main article about Prince Harry’s “guilt” over just sobbing once during his mother’s burial also included a hilarious cartoon by Matt that explores the differences between the prince and his brother and shows two individuals exiting a pet store. “I can never remember, is it guinea pigs or royal princes that you can’t put in together,” one is reported as saying. The newspaper further asserts that Health Secretary Steve Barclay is planned to give health employees a “substantial wage hike” in an effort to terminate the continuing strike action.
The words Prince Harry made regarding executing Taliban fighters are still being criticised in numerous Sunday papers. According to The Sunday Mirror, the prince’s “stupid brag” has put the Invictus Games, which he helped organise for injured service members, a target for retaliation assaults. The Strictly Come Dancing contestant and actress Kym Marsh, who is included in the newspaper’s teaser interview, is cited as adding that she understands what it’s like to struggle to make ends meet.
The Sun on Sunday focused on the friction between Prince Harry and his brother, alleging that Prince William rushed at Harry following the Duke of Edinburgh’s burial. The newspaper reports that the “physical bust-up” happened in front of the father of the royal couple, loosely paraphrasing Spare.
The Sunday Times looks at the country’s health care system while focusing on royal tensions, claiming that NHS patients stuck in hospitals will be “moved urgently into care homes” to relieve pressure on A&E. It also claims that the Prince of Wales is “burning” about the comments made in his brother’s book. The front page of the newspaper also teases readers with a story that appears inside and wonders whether former Prime Minister Boris Johnson is “bouncing back to life”—a valid justification for the publication to compare him to Tigger.
The Daily Star Sunday (nearly) ignores the royal scandal in favour of reporting on what it refers to as “randy rats” that are allegedly infiltrating the UK from Spain. The article asserts that “super-mice impervious to conventional toxins” are being produced by “sex-mad squeakers.” It’s possible that the front-page photograph of the Star’s mice brandishing burgundy Spanish passports and donning sombreros is a fake.