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<p>Friends of the royal family have scoffed at<a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/prince-william-will-never-trust-harry-again-friend-says"> Prince Harry’s characterization of an alleged $1 million-plus payment to Prince William</a> as evidence that a “secret agreement” was constructed by the family with a major newspaper publisher and that Harry was kept in the dark over phone hacking claims, with one source questioning how the payout could be described as secret if<a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/royal-family-relieved-that-harry-and-meghan-coronation-distraction-now-settled"> Harry</a> knew about it.</p>
<p>Another friend of the family said Harry’s suggestion that the family would have maliciously conspired against Harry or sought to protect Queen Camilla at his expense was “hurtful and mistaken.”</p>
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Friends of the royal family have scoffed at Prince Harry’s characterization of an alleged $1 million-plus payment to Prince William as evidence that a “secret agreement” was constructed by the family with a major newspaper publisher and that Harry was kept in the dark over phone hacking claims, with one source questioning how the payout could be described as secret if Harry knew about it.
Another friend of the family said Harry’s suggestion that the family would have maliciously conspired against Harry or sought to protect Queen Camilla at his expense was “hurtful and mistaken.”
