Prince Harry's tell-all memoir will "never see the light of day" with King Charles willing to pay off the publishers to consign it to the scrapheap, a royal expert claimed.

The Duke of Sussex sent shock waves through the palace when he announced in July 2021 that he would be releasing a book about his life, but the publication date has been delayed several times and still hasn't hit shelves more than a year later.

Royal author Tina Brown claims the book, which has been delayed again following the death of Queen Elizabeth II, will likely never be published – and that she believes King Charles would stop at nothing to stop it from hitting shelves.

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"The window [for the book to be published] is beginning to close but I always thought at some point a deal would be made and Charles would have to pay back the advance to stop Harry writing this book," Brown told Henley Literature Festival, according to the Telegraph.

Harry reportedly received a $60million (£54,) advance from his publishers at Penguin Random House for the book, in which he was expected to make more bombshell claims about his time as a working royal.

The memoir, which had been completed in the summer but remained unpublished as Harry allegedly fretted over certain details, had been scheduled for release this November.

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However, following the death of Queen Elizabeth II, there has been talk of a possible reconciliation between Harry and his wife, Meghan Markle, and their royal relatives.

"If the book continues, I don't think there is any way for Harry to return," Brown continued, "so my view has always been that the book won't see the light of day."

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The pair had reportedly been on a mission to build bridges with Her Majesty prior to her death, which is said to have set them back in their bid to make their way back into the Palace's good books.

Others have suggested that reconciliation would only take place after Harry's memoir was released and the Sussexes' Netflix series was finished, with 2023 earmarked as the couple's year to heal old wounds.

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According to one source, steps were taken to make sure the pair could still repair their old bonds, such as reducing the criticism of King Charles III and Queen Consort Camilla in the unpublished book.

Speaking to The Sun, the source claimed: "Next year, 2023, was to be their reconciliation year.

"They have always been careful to not criticise the monarch. They have always tried to be respectful to the Queen.

"But the Queen has now died and Charles and Camilla are the King and Queen. Clearly, this reconciliation attempt would never work if they have been critical of the new monarch, or both."

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