Brother v brother: Lessons from Prince Harry

Sibling rivalry can be a bitter thing, as the tell-all memoir Spare reveals. Throw grief into the mix and it can become toxic.  

The pettiness and triviality of Prince Harry's (left) complaints reveal the extend of his resentment towards Prince William. PHOTO: AFP
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Many journalists, think-piece writers, and social and cultural commentators have pilloried British royal Prince Harry’s tell-all memoir, Spare. Indeed, the BBC called the ghost-written chronicle of grievances against the House of Windsor by the younger son of King Charles “the weirdest book ever written by a royal”.

However, I have read this memoir through the lens of a psychiatrist.

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