King Charles' biographer compares revelations from Prince Harry's leaked memoir to those of a 'B-list celebrity': 'I'm at a loss'

• King Charles' longtime biographer is "perplexed" by details emerging from Prince Harry's memoir.
• Harry's memoir will be released on Tuesday, but excerpts began leaking on Thursday.

King Charles' longtime biographer says revelations from Prince Harry's upcoming memoir have left him "at a loss" and compared the details to those shared by a "B-list celebrity."

Jonathan Dimbleby, best known as the British presenter who interviewed then-Prince Charles in 1994 about allegations he cheated on Princess Diana, spoke out about the details that have emerged from Harry's memoir "Spare" over the past week.

Despite its scheduled release on January 10, reports on excerpts from "Spare" began surfacing after Spanish-language copies were accidentally sold in bookstores in Spain on Thursday.

Speaking on the BBC Today radio show on Saturday, Dimbleby said he was confused by details that have emerged so far.

"I'm perplexed, I'm at a loss. He's clearly a very troubled man," the royal biographer said. "I'm concerned incidentally that everyone uses the word 'revelations.' Yes, there are obviously revelations about how he lost his virginity, and taking of drugs, and how many people he feels he might have shot down in Afghanistan from his Apache."

"Those are the kind of revelations in part that you would expect, I suppose, from a B-list celebrity," he said.

Later in the interview, Dimbleby questioned how there could be any expectation for reconciliation between Harry, 38, and members of the royal family after the release of "Spare."

In a new promo clip from his interview with Tom Bradby, due to air on the UK network ITV on Sunday, Harry hinted that he would not be opposed to mending relationships with the royals and attending Charles' coronation in May.

"The door is always open. The ball is in their court. There's a lot to be discussed and I really hope that they're willing to sit down and talk about it," Harry said.

But that came after The Sunday Times reported Harry's memoir will be especially tough on Prince William. One of the biggest revelations to come from the leaks so far includes an accusation in the book that William attacked Harry during a fight about Meghan Markle in 2019, Insider previously reported.

What's more, a clip from Michael Strahan's Good Morning America interview with Harry showed that the Duke of Sussex refers to William as his "beloved brother and archnemesis" in "Spare."

"If he wants reconciliation, I don't understand how you do it by as it were metaphorically sitting in your Apache and firing potshots at people who are not going to answer back as you very well know," Dimbleby said.

He went on to say that while he has not spoken to Charles since details from the book surfaced, he could imagine the monarch is "extremely pained" and "very frustrated" by what's come to light in the public so far.

"I think as a father he'll be deeply pained by it, but he will get on with the job. That's what they do. It's happened in the past, it's happened now," Dimbleby said.