Prince William ‘lunged at Prince Harry and grabbed his shirt twice’ in row over Oprah interview

Prince Harry claims his brother “jumped” on him and “grabbed his shirt twice” in front of his father during an argument about his interview with Oprah Winfrey.

Harry, in his explosive memoir, details how Prince William was ‘screaming’ and ‘really fuming’ when he grabbed him during the spat with then-Prince Charles after his grandfather Prince Philip’s funeral.

It is said that William then used a secret code phrase on Princess Diana and hugged Harry, saying, “I love you” and “I just want you to be happy.”

Details of the dispute emerged just days after it was revealed that Harry claims in his book that a ‘very hot’ William once hurt him by pushing him over a dog bowl on the kitchen floor of their country house in the Kensington Palace grounds in 2019.

The dispute reportedly erupted when Harry, William and Charles were discussing the interview he and Meghan Markle gave Oprah the previous month. The Sussexes are photographed during the interview.

In his new autobiography ‘Spare’, the 38-year-old Duke of Sussex writes how his brother got hot during a half-hour walk near Frogmore Cottage following Philip’s funeral on April 17, 2021.

Harry, William and Charles were reportedly discussing the interview he and Meghan Markle gave Oprah the previous month.

Harry claims he was trying to address the bullying allegations against Meghan, but his father and brother “were not listening”.

The California-based royal went on to claim that William was “really fuming” and grabbed him when he tried to walk away.

I waved a hand in disgust, but he lunged and grabbed my shirt. “Listen to me, Harold,” Harry wrote in his book, according to Sun.

I pulled away, refusing to meet his eyes. She forced me to look into his eyes. “Listen to me, Harold, listen! I love you, Harold! I want you to be happy.”

Harry claims that he replied: ‘I love you too… but your stubbornness is extraordinary!’

It is said that William then used a secret code phrase on Princess Diana and hugged Harry, saying, “I love you” and “I just want you to be happy.” Harry and William are pictured with Princess Diana in 1995.

The highly anticipated memoir of Prince Harry is due to be published in the UK on January 10, but copies have already leaked and the book was accidentally published early in Spain.

The duke reportedly tried to walk away, but William allegedly “grabbed him again” and “twisted” him so the pair could maintain eye contact.

William then evoked the brother’s so-called ‘secret code’ and swore on Princess Diana’s life that his intentions were genuine, Harry wrote.

He writes that William said, ‘Harold, you must listen to me! I just want you to be happy, Harold. I swear, I swear on the life of mom.

Harry continued: ‘He stopped. I stopped. Dad stopped. He had gone there.

He had used the secret code, the universal password. Since we were children, those three words were to be used only in times of extreme crisis.

The Duke claimed that his brother was “not quite ready to accept defeat” and claimed to be “suitably sick and ill” from the tensions between the couple.

William allegedly reiterated: “I swear now on the life of Mommy that I just want you to be happy.”

Harry claims that his ‘voice cracked’ and he said ‘softly’ to William: ‘I really don’t think you do’.

The older brother reportedly hugged Harry and said, ‘I love you.’

MailOnline has approached representatives for William and Harry for comment.

In an extraordinary excerpt from his forthcoming autobiography Spare, Harry recalls what he describes as a physical attack by his brother, now the Prince of Wales, which he claims left him with visible injuries.

Britain’s Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex (L) and Britain’s Prince William, Duke of Cambridge attend the unveiling of a statue of their mother Princess Diana in The Sunken Garden at Kensington Palace, London, on July 1, 2021

The latest allegation comes just days after a leaked excerpt from the upcoming memoir revealed that Harry claimed William hurt him by pushing him over a dog bowl.

Harry alleged that he had a fight with his brother at Nottingham Cottage in early 2019 during a conversation about their relationship, Harry’s fights with the press and Meghan.

The Duke of Sussex claims that William then grabbed him by the collar, ripped it and then pushed him in the kitchen, causing him to land in a broken dog bowl, injuring his back.

Harry and Meghan have lived in the London home, nicknamed ‘Nott Cott’, located within the grounds of Kensington Palace, since 2016 before moving to Frogmore Cottage on the Windsor estate in April 2019.

In their explosive Netflix series Harry & Meghan, the couple described the house as “so small”, with clips from the documentary showing cobbled pathways and bushes sprouting at the edges.

Harry said in an interview for the series: “Everything leans slightly, [with] very low ceilings. So I don’t know who was there before, but they must have been very short.

Meghan laughed, revealing that Harry “bangs his head all the time because he’s so tall.”

Clips also showed Harry and Meghan doing DIY, the duke varnishing a summer house and Meghan gardening.

The Duchess of Sussex said: “It was a time in our lives where people probably couldn’t believe what was going on behind the scenes.”

Another snap with a homey feel shows Harry eating chicken and snuggling with Meghan’s dog Guy on a cream sofa.

Oprah was among the guests who came to visit the Sussexes at the cabin.

Reporting an excerpt from his highly anticipated autobiography, Spare, in The Guardian newspaper, Harry alleged that the confrontation took place at his London home in early 2019 and left him with a visible back injury after landing on a dog bowl after the Prince of Wales grabbed his brother by the neck, ripped off his collar, then threw him to the ground

Alongside images of the royal couple gardening, the Netflix series of Harry and Meghan featured snaps of the duchess dressed in a burgundy dress for a date night, and the duke in his military uniform joking around with his wife.

Harry and Meghan have lived at Nottingham Cottage, a residence located within the grounds of Kensington Palace, since 2016 before moving to Frogmore Cottage in 2019.

Other excerpts from the memoirs described how William allegedly pursued Harry in the months leading up to his wedding to actress Meghan Markle, and detailed how the now-Prince of Wales forced his younger brother to accept the ‘blatant lie’ that he was the best man at William’s wedding in 2011.

The Duke wrote: “Willy didn’t want me to give a best man speech”, claiming that he was forced to play the role of best man to avoid embarrassment from William’s two closest friends.

In another sensational claim, Harry accused his father of worrying that Hollywood star Meghan would “upstage” him and expressed concern that he would have to support her financially.

Harry said that Charles warned him that his family “wasn’t made of money” and that he couldn’t afford to support anyone else. But Harry sensed that Charles’ concern was rooted less in finances and more in jealousy.

Meanwhile, royal sources have claimed that the royal family is “completely exhausted” with the “flow of misinformation” from the Duke and Duchess of Sussex.

William’s friends told the sunday time that the heir is “on fire with anger” but is also “anxious and saddened” by Harry’s comments in the book, which a friend described as “cowardly”.

‘[William] he won’t retaliate, he never would, because he’s dignified and incredibly loyal,” a friend said.

“It is cruel, cowardly and very sad that William continues to receive blows. He is silent for the good of his family and the country.

Another said: “He’s anxious and sad, he’s concentrating on his wife and kids… He’s handling it so well on the outside, but on the inside he’s burning up,” before another associate chimed in: “He’s not going to give up.” return”.