Nicholl wrote, "It was loving, warm and funny and touched Kate deeply. The speech was peppered with Harry's classic sense of humour, and he joked with his brother, 'William didn't have a shred of romance before he met Kate'." The author suggests that Prince Harry's poignant words brought the then Duchess of Cambridge to tears.
However, in more recent and acrimonious revelations from his memoir, "Spare," Harry accused the Royal Family of lying about him being the best man at his brother's wedding. He stated, "The public had been told that I was to be best man, but that was a bare-faced lie. The public expected me to be best man, and thus the Palace saw no choice but to say that I was."
Contrary to public expectations, Prince William chose James Meade and Thomas Van Straubenzee as his best men, a decision that, according to the Daily Express, fueled the revelation and Harry's subsequent accusations. The dynamics within the Royal Family, as unveiled by Harry's memoir, provide a glimpse into the complexities and tensions within this high-profile family.