Harry says he called his THERAPIST after being ‘knocked to the floor’ by William during furious row

Prince Harry says he called his therapist after being physically attacked by his brother William following a heated argument, according to an extraordinary excerpt from his new book.

The Duke of Sussex will claim in his memoir, Spare, that his older brother left him with visible injuries after a furious dispute over his wife Meghan Markle, in which Harry accused him of “parroting the press narrative” about she.

The explosive incident, during which William reportedly called the Duchess “difficult”, “rude” and “abrasive”, reportedly took place at Harry’s London home in 2019.

In a section of the book, which doesn’t come out until next week, Harry claims that immediately after the argument he called his therapist instead of his wife.

The Duke of Sussex claims in his new book that William “knocked him to the ground” during a fight over his wife, Meghan Markle. Pictured: The siblings in the funeral procession for their grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II last year.

According to the guardianwho claims to have obtained a copy, Meghan later noticed the ‘scratches and bruises’, prompting him to come clean about the fight with his brother.

It is not known how the outlet obtained a copy of the book, given the strict security measures implemented by its publisher to prevent leaks.

In the excerpt, Harry claims that William “grabbed me by the throat, ripped my collar and… threw me to the ground” during an extraordinary fight at Nottingham Cottage on the grounds of Kensington Palace.

She said the argument arose when William wanted to talk about “the whole rolling catastrophe” of their relationship, arriving at the cabin “very hot”.

In the dramatic passage, the duke says that his brother was not acting rationally, and the two men yelled at each other and exchanged insults as the argument escalated.

He said his brother ended up knocking him to the ground, leaving him with a visible injury after he landed in “the dog’s bowl, which broke under my back, bits cut me.”

Harry added that his brother urged him to defend himself, but he left when he refused, before returning later to apologize.

The passage claims that as William left again, he urged Harry not to ‘tell Meg about this’, saying ‘I didn’t attack you, Harold’.

Harry claims that he first called his therapist and then told his wife that she “wasn’t that shocked and she wasn’t that angry.”

Harry has previously talked about going to therapy to process his childhood trauma, which included the death of his mother, Princess Diana.

The Duke praised EMDR, which stands for Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, for helping him deal with his past.

It is based on the principle that the mind can heal from trauma by using external stimuli to help the brain process traumatic experiences and facilitate healing.

Prince Harry, 36, was seen today closing his eyes and beating his chest during a therapy session via video link with Sanja Oakley, a UK psychotherapist, which aired on his Apple TV+ show.

The Duke of Sussex closes his eyes during a therapy session featured in an Apple TV documentary series

Appearing in The Me You Can’t See, Harry ‘processed his negative thoughts’ by crossing his arms and taking a deep breath, before closing his eyes and slowly touching each side of his chest.

He told Oprah: ‘EMDR is always something I’ve wanted to try and that was one of the variety of different forms of healing that I was willing to experiment with.

“And I never would have been open to that if I hadn’t put in the work and therapy that I’ve done over the years.”

Devotees say that simply moving your eyes from left to right 25-30 times can lessen negative memories and therefore their impact on well-being.

This, done repeatedly with a trained psychologist, up to 40 times in an hour session, can change your life immeasurably for the better, experts say.

Although critics have dismissed it as pseudoscience, EMDR has a body of scientific research behind it that shows it is effective for treating severe trauma.

Not only is it available on the NHS, but the training is mandatory for MoD mental health staff on the front lines.

The claims made by Harry in his new memoir are likely to put further pressure on the already frayed relationship between him and his family.

In the book, he claims that his father, King Charles, has pleaded with his warring sons not to make their “later years a misery.”

In one excerpt, Harry recounts a meeting with his father and brother after Prince Philips’s funeral in April 2021, in which Charles stood between him and the heir “watching our flushed faces.”

The book, due to be released next week, is highly anticipated and already ranks second on Amazon’s bestseller list in the UK and US with pre-orders alone.

Harry has promised that part of the proceeds from the memoir, which was ghostwritten by Pulitzer Prize-winning author JR Moehringer, will go to charity.

The book will reportedly have to sell more than 1.7 million copies for publisher Penguin Random House to break even after it gambled $20 million on a ‘four book’ deal with the Duke.

The leak will be a source of embarrassment for the firm, which has done everything it can to stop potential leaks.

It will officially launch in UK bookstores when they open on Tuesday morning, and the eBook edition will be available to download on Kindle shortly after midnight the same day.

In the United States, which is five to eight hours behind Great Britain, it will be the evening of Monday, January 9, when copies of the e-book will be available on Kindle, at the same time that the clock strikes midnight on Tuesday night. morning in the UK.

Ahead of its release, a pair of television interviews will air on Sunday on ITV and CBS, in which Harry will discuss the book and the claims it contains.

In a preview of his interview with ITV’s Tom Bradby, Harry claimed that his family had shown “absolutely no willingness to reconcile”.

But this sparked outrage from sources close to the royal family, who claimed that their father invited Harry and Meghan to join the family for Christmas.

Talking with him daily mirrora source said Harry’s claim was “complete and unadulterated nonsense”.

They said: “It takes some boldness to say that when his father invited him to stay at his house when he was in the UK, he invited him to spend Christmas with the rest of the family and continued to make public statements of support.”

They also told the publication: ‘[The King] she has been saddened that she did not have the opportunity to spend time with her grandchildren. She has always left the door open for her son and will continue to do so.’