Prince Harry and Prince William’s royal status makes their sibling rivalry seem both heightened and inconsequential. Case in point? Harry claims in his memoir that William ordered that he shave his signature bead prior to marrying Meghan Markle (via Page Six). As the plethora of pictures from Harry and Meghan’s wedding proves, he kept his beard. And ahead of the release of “Spare,” Prince Harry spoke with Tom Bradby of ITV and expounded on the hairy confrontation.
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“I think a lot of it is to do with — I mean I refer to it as heir/spare but also older brother/younger brother — there’s a level of competition there,” shared Harry (via MSN). “And again, writing this, I remembered that William had a beard himself and that granny and other people, the ones to tell — told him that he had to shave it off.” He continued: “As I explained to my grandmother, that this beard — that I’m still wearing — felt to me at the time like the new Harry, right, as almost like a shield to my anxiety.” In spite of Harry’s reasoning, William wasn’t pleased. “I think William found it hard that other people told him to shave it off, and yet here I was on my wedding day wearing military uniform, no longer in the military, but believing as though I should shave it off before my wedding day.”
