Prince Harry‘s Taliban “kill count” admission in his book Spare has earned him backlash, most recently from army veteran Levison Wood. The Duke of Sussex stirred the dust last year with the release of Spare, which delved into his dysfunctional family dynamics, and his brief stint in the British army among other explosive subjects. Most of his admissions in the memoir have made the prince subject to backlash including his decision to reveal the number of enemy soldiers he took down as Captain Wales, during his second tour of Afghanistan in 2012.
Army veteran, who trained with Prince Harry in the military recently reacted to the 40-year-old’s kill count admission. While he did not go into the details of what he thought of the prince’s rash decision to make the number public, the renowned explorer made it clear he would have chosen to do otherwise if placed in Harry’s shoes. He told The Times,
“I personally wouldn’t have done that. But he’s sold a lot more books than me, hasn’t he?”
Despite their conflicting views about military do’s and don’ts, Levison and Prince Harry still sustain their friendship. The 42-year-old shared an update about his ex-military pal, whom he caught up with at the WellChild Awards in London last month, confirming the prince was “doing great.” While Levison has kept busy exploring his adventurous path as an explorer, documenting some notable journeys in his latest book, Walking the Nile, Prince Harry, along with his wife remains engulfed in the resulting heat from the release of Spare and a slew of other TV projects in recent years.
Prince Harry Slammed For “Boasting” About Taliban Kill Count
Days back, the Sussex couple faced the heat following the release of an explosive German documentary that delved into secrets and rare details that cast the ‘royal outcasts” in a negative light. Former Head of Royal Protection Dai Davies was one of many acquaintances who threw stones at HaRry in the documentary. One of his main criticisms of the Prince focused on the decision to disclose the number of his war kills. According to him, BY disclosing his Kill count in Spare, Prince Harry not only made himself a Taliban target but also increased the risk to others close to him. He shared,
“For him to disclose, as he did, that he had killed a number of Taliban was, in my opinion, totally unwise, because I was aware, as indeed he was, that the Taliban and various groups had put a price on his head. And really, I think that price still remains, which could form a basis for him saying, well, I need security.”
In his memoir, Spare, Prince Hary famously disclosed that he had killed 25 Taliban combatants during his second tour of Afghanistan IN 2012. While the prince added that his kill count “wasn’t a number that gave me satisfaction,” he has been widely slammed for seemingly “boasting” about his war kills. Addressing this “spin” of his words, Harry once called it a “dangerous lie” that puts him and his family in danger. Regardless, a huge member of people with a military background, and the general public believe he did a good job of that already without the media’s help, by merely mentioning his “kill count” in the fastest-selling non-fiction book of all time.
