Prince Harry breaks silence over ‘physical fight’ with Prince Andrew and comments on Meghan

Prince Harry has issued a denial that he ever had a physical fight with his uncle, Prince Andrew.

Following the release of an extract of a new book, Entitled: The Rise and Fall of the House of York, a spokesperson for the Duke of Sussex told HELLO! that the reports were incorrect.

“I can confirm Prince Harry and Prince Andrew have never had a physical fight, nor did Prince Andrew ever make the comments he is alleged to have made about the Duchess of Sussex to Prince Harry,” they told HELLO!

The book alleges that in 2013 Harry and his uncle were in physical altercation over “something Andrew said behind Harry’s back”.

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Published in the Daily Mail, the extract, from author Andrew Lownie, claims that Harry and his brother Prince William both have a “problematic” relationship with Andrew, and that the 2013 fight saw “Harry get the better of Andrew by all accounts,” with Andrew left  “with a bloody nose”.

The book also claims that the Duke of York told Harry he was “bonkers” for not properly researching the background of his then-girlfriend Meghan Markle, and that Andrew told the royal family that their marriage would not last.

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Harry and Meghan wed in 2017 and now live in Montecito, California with their two children, Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet.

Andrew also allegedly “openly accused Meghan of being an opportunist,” and said she was “too old” for Harry; Harry “later told William that he hated Andrew,” the book reports.

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The Duke of York and the Duke of Sussex, 40, were last seen together in May 2023 for the coronation of King Charles III.

Harry sat on the same row as Andrew, with four seats between them filled by Andrew’s daughters Princess Beatrice and Eugenie, and their husbands.

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But they may be reunited soon as Prince Harry and Meghan may head back to the UK for a royal wedding.

Harry’s cousin Peter Phillips exclusively shared his engagement to NHS paediatrician Harriet Sperling with HELLO! on August 1, and the pair are now making wedding plans.

Peter, 47, is Princess Anne’s eldest child, and Prince Andrew’s oldest nephew.

“Peter has been viewed as a supportive older brother figure,” HELLO!‘s online royal correspondent Danielle Stacey says of the relationship between the cousins.

Danielle continued: “Peter previously said of his cousins that there was ‘quite a gang of us’ and they ’caused quite a bit of mayhem and chaos’.”