Prince Harry chose to be ‘victim' to seek ‘vengeance' on his alleged ‘suffering'

A royal expert has criticized Prince Harry’s portrayal of his royal role as the "spare" in his explosive memoir Spare.

Writing in her book My Mother and I, royal expert Ingrid Seward called out Harry over his victim complex, and said that the Duke of Sussex has allowed the idea of being the backup to Prince William to dominate his life.

She penned that Harry fueled a career built on resentment rather than reality. "That is completely untrue," Seward stated.

In his autobiography, Harry penned, “I was the shadow, the support, the Plan B. I was brought into the world in case something happened to Willy.”

“I was summoned to provide back up, distraction, diversion and, if necessary, a 'spare' part. Kidney perhaps. Blood transfusion. Speck of bone marrow,” he added.

Seward criticized it, writing, “That is completely untrue, of course, but it was how Harry chose to see it and allow it to dominate his life to the extent that he would eventually make a career out of it.

“He chooses to be a victim and wreak vengeance on the slights he thought he had suffered; on his family; on the press and through the courts.”

She further acknowledged the toll that being second in line to the throne may have taken on Harry, but noted that she believes that Harry’s focus on the negative has made it harder for him to move past things.

“He would play the fool and get away with childish antics such as standing behind visitors and pulling funny faces behind their backs to make William laugh when he had to meet them,” she noted.

“Both Charles and Diana were amused rather than annoyed by his antics, and even the Queen, so critical of William in his infancy, regarded Harry with grandmotherly tolerance.”

Harry is said to have turned to William when he was only nine and said, “You're going to be King; it doesn't matter what I do.”