Prince Harry reveals what King Charles said to Diana after his birth

Prince Harry is opening up about King Charles’ reaction to his birth.

Supposedly a Spare, Harry was the second son of Princess Diana and the former Prince of Wales. The Duke of Sussex was born while the King was still heavily involved in his romance with Camilla Parker Bowles.

Harry writes in his memoir: “I was twenty the first time I heard the story of what Pa allegedly said to Mummy the day of my birth: Wonderful! Now you’ve given me an Heir and a Spare—my work is done. A joke. Presumably. “

“On the other hand, minutes after delivering this bit of high comedy, Pa was said to have gone off to meet with his girlfriend. So. Many a true word spoken in jest. I took no offense. I felt nothing about it, any of it. Succession was like the weather, or the positions of the planets, or the turn of the seasons. Who had the time to worry about things so unchangeable?” Harry notes as he recalls the day.