Is brotherly bad blood the key to history? Harry's new book is about his difficult relationship with Prince William. Historians say our past was shaped by fights between famous brothers.
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'God forbid when brothers go to war'
Is brotherly bad blood the key to history? Harry's new book is about his difficult relationship with Prince William. Historians say our past was shaped by fights between famous brothers.
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What's happening?
Prince Harry has written a book about his life called Spare. People can buy it in bookshops tomorrow.
The book is about his life, and his relationship with his father King Charles III and his older brother Prince William. As the oldest son, Prince William will one day be king. Prince Harry is a "spare".
Harry and William have fallen out. They are far from the only brothers to fight in history.
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In the Bible, Adam and Eve's son Cain killed his brother Abel because he was jealousWhen you want something that someone else has and feel resentful. .
In Roman stories, twin brothers Romulus and Remus fought over where to build the city of RomeThe city at the centre of the ancient Roman Empire..
Throughout history, disagreements between brothers have led to fights, wars and even murder.
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Is brotherly bad blood the key to history?
Yes! History is the story of men dividing their things between their sons. Fights between brothers have changed the world many times.
No! There is so much more to history than fights between brothers, from disease to technology and science.
Keywords
Jealous - When you want something that someone else has and feel resentful.
Rome - The city at the centre of the ancient Roman Empire.
‘God forbid when brothers go to war’
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Jealous - When you want something that someone else has and feel resentful.
Rome - The city at the centre of the ancient Roman Empire.