Prince Harry says William ‘attacked’ him and ripped his necklace after calling Meghan ‘difficult’ in bombshell book

The Duke of Sussex, 38, claims he was left with a visible injury to his back following the argument in 2019 at Nottingham Cottage on the grounds of Kensington Palace, where he was living at the time.

The explosive revelations in Harry's book include:

• Harry claimed William and Kate Middleton encouraged him to wear the infamous Nazi uniform
• The duke said he does want to go to King Charles' coronation, a trailer for his ITV interview has revealed
• Harry called his therapist instead of Meghan after the confrontation with his brother
• Charles pleaded with Harry and William not to 'make his final years a misery'
• The Duke of Sussex revealed the nicknames he uses with William

Harry says William was already "piping hot" when he arrived wanting to talk about their deteriorating relationship.

According to Harry, it turned into a shouting match as William complained about his wife Meghan, calling her "rude" and "abrasive".

William insisted he was trying to help.

The Duke of Sussex responded: "Are you serious? Help me? Sorry – is that what you call this? Helping me?”

Harry claims he then poured William a glass of water and said: "Willy, I can’t speak to you when you’re like this."

He then says his brother called him "another name" and then "came at me".

Harry claims: "It all happened so fast. He grabbed me by the collar, ripping my necklace, and he knocked me to the floor.

"I landed on the dog’s bowl, which cracked under my back, the pieces cutting into me. I lay there for a moment, dazed, then got to my feet and told him to get out.”

He says William told him to hit him back but he refused, and so his brother left "looking regretful, and apologised".

William then told his brother not to tell Meghan about the confrontation, according to Harry.

Harry says he replied: "You mean that you attacked me?", to which he claims William responded: "I didn't attack you, Harold."

Harry said he did not immediately tell his wife until she noticed "scrapes and bruises" on his back.

The extract of Harry's book has been published by the Guardian. It is unclear how they obtained an early copy.

It comes after The Sun revealed that the book will take his war with brother William, 40, to a new level.

Harry’s biography Spare — expected to reveal more than his Netflix series — complains about him playing second fiddle.

The explosive book — called Spare and due to be published on January 10 — is set to go further than his £80million Netflix docuseries and give a detailed blow-by-blow account of their falling out.

Meanwhile, Harry has attacked his family in two TV interviews with ITV and CBS ahead of the book launch.