<p><a href=" Harry</a> revealed <a href=" William</a> didn’t react kindly to his anxiety in <em>Spare</em>. What the Duke of Sussex claimed the Prince of Wales said in a <a href=" memoir anecdote</a> involving a speech and agoraphobia. </p>
<h2 id="h-prince-harry-claims-prince-william-teased-him-after-he-came-close-to-fainting-during-a-speech-in-spare">Prince Harry claims Prince William teased him after he came close to fainting during a speech in ‘Spare’</h2>
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<figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img width="1200" height="964" src=" alt="Prince Harry, who said Prince William teased him about his anxiety in 'Spare', walks with Prince William" class="wp-image-3367032" srcset=" 1200w, ?w=622&h=500 622w, ?w=768&h=617 768w, ?w=1024&h=823 1024w, ?w=75&h=60 75w, ?w=150&h=121 150w" sizes="(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px"><figcaption>Prince William and Prince Harry | Kirsty O’Connor/PA Wire</figcaption></figure></div>
<p>Harry revisited an unpleasant experience during a royal engagement in his memoir, which dropped on Jan. 10. He shared that agoraphobia, which the <a href=" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Mayo Clinic</a> definition describes as an anxiety disorder involving “fearing and avoiding places or situations that might cause panic and feelings of being trapped, helpless or embarrassed,” resulted in cutting remarks from William. </p>
<p>“I was an agoraphobe. Which was nearly impossible given my public role,” Harry wrote (via <a href=" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">UsWeekly</a>). “After one speech, which couldn’t be avoided or canceled, and during which I’d nearly fainted, Willy came up to me backstage,” he recalled. “Laughing, ‘Harold! Look at you! You’re drenched.’”</p>
<h2>Harry didn’t understand William’s reaction to his anxiety because his brother witnessed his first panic attack </h2>
<p>The Duke of Sussex, 38, continued. He confessed he “couldn’t fathom” <a href=" reaction</a> to his anxiety. “Him of all people,” Harry wrote of his older brother. The reason he didn’t understand William’s reaction? Harry claimed the father of three had been there for his “very first panic attack.” </p>
<p>Harry was with William and Kate Middleton, “driving out to a polo match in Gloucestershire, in their Range Rover.” </p>
<p>“I was in the back and Willy peered at me in the rearview. He saw me sweating, red-faced,” Harry recalled. “‘You all right, Harold?’ No, I wasn’t. It was a trip of several hours and every few miles I wanted to ask him to pull over so I could jump out and try to catch my breath.”</p>
<h2>Harry blamed himself and William: ‘Both us should’ve known better’</h2>
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<figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img loading="lazy" width="1200" height="799" src=" alt="Prince Harry stands next to Kate Middleton and Prince William, who he claimed in 'Spare' teased him about his anxiety" class="wp-image-3367060" srcset=" 1200w, ?w=150&h=100 150w, ?w=640&h=426 640w, ?w=768&h=511 768w, ?w=1024&h=682 1024w, ?w=90&h=60 90w" sizes="(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px"><figcaption>Prince Harry, Kate Middleton, and Prince William | Jeremy Selwyn – WPA Pool/Getty Images</figcaption></figure></div>
<p>The Duke of Sussex went on, saying he blamed not only William but also himself.</p>
<p>“I was at fault too,” Harry wrote in <em>Spare</em>. “Both of us should’ve known better, should’ve recognized my crumbling emotional and mental states for what they were, because we’d just started to discuss the launching of a public campaign to raise awareness around mental health.”</p>
<p>Harry, along with his brother and sister-in-law, founded Heads Together in 2016. It brought together various mental health charities in a nationwide campaign to “end stigma around mental health,” per the <a href=" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">royal family’s official website</a>. </p>
<p>“We have seen time and time again that shattering stigma on mental health starts with simple conversations,” the trio were quoted as saying at the time. </p>
<p>Harry also claimed in <em>S</em>pare that William worried <a href=" had changed him</a> for the worse. He’d become a “stranger” to his older brother, Harry explained. William, he wrote, had become so concerned, he wanted to attend a joint session because he thought therapy had “brainwashed” Harry.</p>
<h2>Prince Harry says ‘competition’ has ‘always been’ part of his relationship with Prince William</h2>
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<figure class="aligncenter size-full"><img loading="lazy" width="1200" height="770" src=" alt="Prince William, who Prince Harry said teased him about his anxiety in 'Spare', stands next to Prince Harry" class="wp-image-3367079" srcset=" 1200w, ?w=640&h=411 640w, ?w=768&h=493 768w, ?w=1024&h=657 1024w, ?w=94&h=60 94w, ?w=150&h=96 150w" sizes="(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px"><figcaption>Prince William and Prince Harry | Toby Melville – WPA Pool/Getty Images</figcaption></figure></div>
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<p>In a promotional interview around the time of his book’s release, Harry discussed the dynamic between him and William. He told <em>Good Morning America</em> co-host, Michael Strahan, competition has “always” been part of their relationship when discussing why he described William as his “beloved brother and <a href=" in <em>Spare</em></a>. </p>
<p>“There has always been this competition between us, weirdly,” Harry said of him and William. “I think it really plays into, or is always played by, the heir [and] spare [labels],” he explained, referencing their birth order and the <a href=" of succession</a>. </p>
