Prince Harry ITV interview live updates as Duke of Sussex reveals more about Royal family

Prince Harry has said in an interview with ITV's Tom Bradby that he wrote his tell-all book Spare because of “38 years… of spin and distortion” and has not written anything “scathing” about members of his family. The Duke of Sussex claimed “planting and leaking” from other members of the royal family meant, in his mind, they had written “countless books” and “millions of words … dedicated to trying to trash my wife”.

Harry also said in that there was a “horrible reaction” from his family members when the Queen died. He said his brother “raised some concerns” about his marriage to Meghan Markle and of how his father the King blamed himself for his son’s struggles, telling him “I should have got you the help you needed years ago”.

He also asked Bradby whether he would like to talk about losing his own virginity, in an awkward exchange that follows revelations Harry made in his memoir about his wilder teenage years. He said it was “heartbreaking” that he “simply didn’t believe” his brother when he said he wanted him to be happy and used the words “on mummy’s life” at the Duke of Edinburgh’s funeral.

In his book, Harry described the phrase as a “universal password” or a “secret code” between the pair, which he said they had used for 25 years “for when one of us needed to be heard”. Harry also said the idea of him and his wife being the “fab four” with the Prince and Princess of Wales was “something the British press created” and it “creates competition”.

He said: “The idea of the four of us being together was always a hope for me. Before it was Meghan, whoever it was going to be, I always hoped that the four of us would get on.

“But, very quickly it became Meghan versus Kate. And that, when it plays out so publicly, you can’t