The details of Prince Harry’s book were closely guarded until it unintentionally went on sale in Spain days before its scheduled publication.

A top Taliban leader was among those who spoke out against the disclosure of these details, saying: “The ones you killed were not chess pieces; they were humans, and they had families who were yearning for their return.”

Few Afghan killers possess your courtesy to express their conscience and admit to their war crimes.

The leaks also contained allegations that the Prince was physically assaulted by his elder brother, Prince William, the heir to the British throne, following an argument.

What did Prince Harry have to say about his Taliban “kill count” in Spare now that the complete extract is available?

What did Harry say in Spare about his “kill count” against the Taliban?

The Duke of Sussex claimed in his autobiography that while flying in Apache helicopters, he was able to keep track of how many Taliban fighters he had dispatched.He stated: “The majority of soldiers are unable to give you an exact number for deaths on their ledger.

“There is frequently a tremendous quantity of indiscriminate firing during combat conditions. But in the era of computers and Apaches, everything I did throughout my two combat tours was time-stamped and documented.

“I could always give an exact number for the number of enemy soldiers I had killed. And I believed it was crucial to never be afraid of that number.”

Adding: “So, twenty-five is my number. I didn’t feel any gratification from that particular number.

“It wasn’t a number that made me feel bad though. I obviously would have preferred not to list that number on my military resume.”

The passage that generated the most debate was the one where he compared Taliban fighters in Afghanistan to “chess pieces” that were being “removed” from the board.

He stated: “If you consider them to be individuals, you cannot murder them.

“If you treat people like people, you can’t really hurt them.

“Before the Bads could kill the Goods, they were whisked off the chessboard like pieces. I had received excellent training in “other-izing” them.”

“September 11 was vile, indelible, and all those responsible, along with their sympathisers and enablers, their allies and successors, were not just our enemies, but enemies of humanity,” the Prince said in reference to his experience witnessing the Twin Towers collapse in 2001 and how this may have influenced his perspective while serving in the military.

Harry continued by relating a time when he and other soldiers were requested to assist Gurkhas who were being held down by insurgents.

He claimed that a lack of communication made it impossible to assist them, and he claimed that this still “haunts” him.

He recalls another time in the extract where he and his fellow soldiers were unable to assist people because of the “”We were no different from soldiers in every war,” the author continued. We yearned for combat.”