As responses go to learning of a devastating attack on the principles of discretion and buttoned-up restraint that the institution you represent stands for, it was somewhat understated.
“Oh gosh!” is said to have been the response of one of Prince Charles’ aides when told by a tabloid reporter of the news of Prince Harry’s forthcoming memoir as he was attending an official event at which Charles was the guest of honor.
The Sun says it “broke the news” of the book’s publication “to Clarence House aides while Charles was at a reception.”
The Sun says: “It was clear aides had no idea the book was being written or even being announced. One said simply: ‘Oh gosh.’”
The Times also reports on the same rather British reaction by Charles’ staff.
The Sun adds that Harry “scrambled to contact his family only when he knew the story was coming out—just moments before it…
