memoirs of prince harryspare was released on Tuesday (January 10th) to much excitement.
In it, the Duke of Sussex explains intimate details of his personal life and the inner workings of the royal family. , using many cryptic codenames and endearing nicknames.
Those who watched Netflix crown No stranger to the royal family’s tendency to use nicknames to refer to each other.In the series, Prince Charles often referred to Camilla as “Gladys.”
Meanwhile, Queen Elizabeth’s uncle, the Duke of Windsor, called the late monarch “Shirley Temple” in a letter to his wife Wallis Simpson, noting that his niece’s “stocky” frame and curly hair resembled a child star. Mentioned.
Prince Harry’s newly released autobiography continues this practice of royal inner circle secret monikers, and not all of them are complementary.
Read on to find out all the codenames and nicknames used in Prince Harry’s new memoir Spare.
Code name
“Tweedledum and Tweedledumbar”
Remembering the almost physical incident with the paparazzi, Harry named two of his most famous pursuers “Tweedledum and Tweedledumbar.” The members of the “Pup” the Duke is referring to are unknown, but at one point the Duke remembered an incident in which one of them caused a security scare.
“I was leaving the club one night and saw two guys running around the corner. They were heading straight for me, one with his hands on his hips,” he said. writes. “Somebody yelled ‘Gun!’ But it was just Tweedle Dum and Tweedle Dunbar… Billy hugged him and yelled in his face, you’re gonna kill someone, they didn’t care. They didn’t care.”
Elsewhere in the book, however, Harry could not bear to mention the name of News UK CEO Rebekah Brooks, anagrammatically calling her Rehab Cook.
“Bee and bee and fly”
According to Harry, the trio represents a hierarchy of royal advisors that he claims undermined him at the infamous Sandringham summit in 2020. Times “Bee” is reported to be the codename for Sir Edward Young, Queen Elizabeth’s secretary. The publication also reports that Charles’ private secretary, Clive Alderton, was a “Wasp” and William’s private secretary, Simon Case, was a “fly.”
“Billy the Rock”
Prince Harry frequently mentions his longtime private bodyguard, Billy the Rock. In his memoir, he recalls trying to get into a fight with Billy when he got upset, but his bodyguards “rarely responded.” Billy’s real name remains unidentified in the book. .
nickname
“Willie”
Readers were surprised to learn that despite all the rifts and arguments Prince Harry has alleged against Prince William, he still uses his childhood nickname “Willie” to refer to his brother.
“Aunt Margo”
Prince Harry calls her ‘Aunt Margo’, remembering when his great-aunt, Princess Margaret, gave him a bairo pen. She is the younger sister of Queen Elizabeth II, who died in 2002.
“Pa”
Prince Harry only refers to his father, King Charles III, as ‘Pa’. spare.
“grandmother”
The Duke grew up using the nickname “Granny” after his late grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II, who passed away in 2022.
“Tiggy”
Alexandra “Tiggy” Pettyfer was hired by Charles as a nanny and companion for Princes William and Harry. From her 1993 until she was 1999 she was Charles III’s personal secretary.
“Marco”
In the memoir, “Marco” is the person appointed by the royal family to uncover the “truth” of Prince Harry’s drug use at Eton. She was the Royal Aide appointed to monitor Prince Harry as he grew up.
“can cancer”
of spare, Harry refers to his great-grandmother, Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother. He explains that “Gangan” weakened before her death in 2002, just one month after Princess Margaret’s death. The nickname is now used by William’s children, Charlotte, George and Louis, to refer to her second great-grandmother, the late Elizabeth, who died last year.
“other woman”
In a passage expressing his childhood distaste for Camilla Parker-Bowles, Prince Harry refers to her as “the other woman”. Elsewhere in his memoirs, Harry calls Camilla by her first name and writes that he is happy with her and his father. increase.
The long-awaited memoir was officially released in bookstores on Tuesday (January 10). independent Review here.
