"Spare" beats the press at its own game: excellent review of the book & US culture...

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77. That's really scraping the bottom of the barrel, to attack him for possibly shooting the wrong bird

on a large estate where bird hunting was allowed.

You don't even know that either he or his companion did it, OR THAT ANY BIRDS DIED, since no bird bodies were found. But you're assuming the worst -- that it was Harry himself, and that he shot a protected bird on purpose.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/aug/01/prince-harry-should-settle-bird-shooting-mystery-in-memoirs-say-campaigners

The prince had been out shooting on the estate on the evening of 24 October, with family friend William van Cutsem, then 28, when the incident occurred. At the time the Queen was a patron of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. Witnesses said they saw two hen harriers in flight being shot, an offence under wildlife protection legislation which carries a prison sentence of up to six months or a fine.


SNIP

At the time the Crown Prosecution Service said: “The bodies of the hen harriers have not been found and there is no forensic or ballistic evidence. Witnesses also heard unexplained shooting in the area before the three suspects said they were present at the scene, so other people cannot be ruled out. The three suspects, who were interviewed by police, all denied that the birds were killed by them.”