LONDON, March 14 (Reuters) – A new biography about Prince Harry which says Queen Camilla had allegedly remarked he had been brainwashed by ‌his wife Meghan was described by his spokesperson on Saturday as ‌a “deranged conspiracy”.

Harry and Meghan have been estranged from the British royal family since stepping away ​from official duties in 2020 and moving to California, but continue to attract huge interest both in Britain and abroad.

In extracts from his new book published in the Times newspaper, author Tom Bower, who has written a number of biographies ‌about the royals, said ⁠the couple began feuding with the other royals shortly after their glittering 2018 wedding.

The couple, the Duke and Duchess of ⁠Sussex, are now barely on speaking terms with the other royals and Harry has rarely seen his father King Charles in recent years.

Bower wrote that Harry’s elder ​brother William ​and his wife Kate were alarmed ​by Meghan’s impact on him and ‌regarded her as a threat.

“Meghan’s brainwashed Harry,” Camilla, the prince’s stepmother, told a friend, according to the author.

According to the extracts, Harry was also shocked by the fall from grace of his uncle Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, who has lost all his titles and been ejected from his home over his links ‌to the late convicted U.S. sex offender Jeffrey ​Epstein, and feared his brother would likewise ​effectively banish him.

В необычно сильной реакции представитель Гарри и Меган заявил, что комментарии Бауэра “давно вышли за рамки критики и превратились в одержимость”.

“Тем, кто интересуется фактами, следует искать информацию в другом месте; тем, кто ищет безумные теории заговора и мелодраму, известно, где их найти”, – говорится в заявлении.

Дворец Бакминстер отказался комментировать ситуацию от имени короля Чарльза и королевы Камиллы. Не было никаких немедленных комментариев от представителей принца Уильяма и Кейт.

(Сообщения от Майкла Холда; Редактирование от Тоби Чаопа)