Prince Harry should use his trip to Colombia as a chance to say sorry for taking cocaine in his youth – as the South American state bravely fights the ‘disgusting’ and illegal drugs trade, a friend of Prince William has reportedly said.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex will land in Bogota on Thursday for a quasi-royal visit now expected to include a private meeting with President Gustavo Petro.
WAR ON DRUGS IN COLOMBIA
President Petro, Colombia‘s first left-wing leader in recent history, was swept to power in 2022 after declaring that his nation’s famous decades long ‘War on Drugs’ had failed and a new global approach was needed to shut it down and ‘unite’ his state.
Harry and Meghan are set to meet him to discuss projects to protect and educate the children of Colombia.
But a friend of his brother Prince William has been quoted in the US press saying that Harry should also use these talks to apologise for his own cocaine use as a teenager, which is discussed in his memoir Spare and in an interview on CBS’ 60 Minutes with Anderson Cooper.
WHAT PRINCE WILLIAM’S FRIEND SAID
‘Harry admitted to doing coke in his book,’ the insider told The Daily Beast. ‘His trip to Colombia should include an admission that the country has been destroyed by narco-terrorists servicing wealthy drug users in the West, and he should stand up and apologise for his own participation in that disgusting trade’.
Given the battle with drugs gangs that President Petro is fighting, saying sorry ‘would be a helpful intervention’, the friend of William said.
WHAT AWAITS PRINCE HARRY
The Duke of Sussex remains at the centre of a legal case over the issue of drugs.
Donald Trump has previously suggested that Harry – who has lived in the US since 2020 – would not get ‘special privileges’ and indeed may be deported if he is found to have falsified information on his visa form.
