Good Morning Britain’s Richard Madeley defends Prince Harry after Taliban comments: ‘He’s not boasting’

Good Morning Britain presenter Richard Madeley insisted Prince Harry was not ‘boasting’ about killing 25 Taliban troopers.

The Duke of Sussex’s highly-anticipated autobiography, Spare, hit the shelves worldwide on Tuesday [January 10] and includes bombshell revelations about his feud with brother Prince William, the death of his mother Princess Diana and tension caused by his marriage with Meghan Markle. 

For the first time, the 38-year-old also discussed the number of Taliban fighters he personally killed during his military service.

He says that in the heat of combat he did not think of the 25 as ‘people’ but instead as ‘chess pieces’ that had been taken off the board.

During his appearance on Stephen Colbert on The Late Show, the Duke slammed critics for ‘spinning his words.’

‘I think one of… the most dangerous lies that they have told is that I somehow boasted about the number of people I have killed in Afghanistan,’ he told host Stephen.

Prince Harry blasted the accusations during his sit-down with Stephen Colbert (Picture: CBS)

The presenter claims the Duke wasn’t ‘boasting’ (Picture: ITV)

During Wednesday’s installment of the ITV morning show, host Richard came to the Prince’s defence, but also argued that he should’ve been more ‘careful.’

‘If you read the full extract in the book when he talks about what happened in Afghanistan, it’s clear he’s not boasting,’ he began.

The Prince’s memoir hit the shelves on Tuesday (Picture: AFP)

‘He’s trying to make sense of it and give us an idea about why he’s processed the fact that he thinks he’s killed 25 human beings.’

Addressing Prince Harry’s ‘chess’ analogy, Richard continued: ‘The thing is if you talk like that, and even in the fullest content it makes logical sense, if you talk like that and go into those areas people are going to pluck out headlines, you’ve got to be so careful with what you go into and what you approach.’

It was also been reported that Prince Harry’s autobiography has become the fastest-selling non-fiction book ever, with 400,000 copies sold so far.

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During his explosive chat with ITV anchor Tom Bradby, Prince Harry voiced his criticisms of his father King Charles and shared his decision to leave the UK with his wife.

He also said his family members had ‘gone to bed with the devil’ to help improve their image before the press, while later taking aim at Jeremy Clarkson for his hateful column about his wife Meghan Markle.

Good Morning Britain airs weekdays at 6am on ITV.

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