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Last weeek Lennon bashed the royal's book Spare on social media, giving the January 2023 release a scathing critique.
"My long-awaited review of Prince Harry's autobiography is two words. 'Spare Me,'" the musician joked via X.
When fellow social media users came to the Duke's defence, Sean doubled down on his negative review.
"I do empathise with him generally. But the way he whines and wangs on about things is really too much," he wrote. "I'm just having a little fun. I think he's earned some mockery. (I'm sure I have as well)."
When one fan wrote that writing Spare took "courage", Lennon joked that the particular revelation about Harry's frostbitten penis certainly did.
The songwriter noted that while he is aware of what he and the Duke of Sussex have in common, he considers Harry an "idiot" and a "buffoon".
He tweeted, "I'm very disappointed with his outlook. I was hoping he'd be smarter."
Sean Ono Lennon has revealed that he started making music in order to “fill the void” left by the death of his father, John Lennon.
The musician and producer was born in 1975 to the former Beatles icon and the artist Yoko Ono, and was only five years old when his father was shot and killed by Mark David Chapman in 1980.
In a new interview with People, Lennon has shared a personal insight into how the tragedy affected him and how music became an outlet for his creativity.
“I never played music because I was good at it,” he explained. “I lost my father and I didn’t know how to fill that void. Learning how to play his songs on guitar was a way to process the loss with an activity that made me feel connected to him.”
“When you’ve lost a parent, things like that motivate you – because you’re trying to find them. Making music always made me feel like I was getting to know him better.”
Lennon has released a number of solo records, including this year’s ‘Asterisms’, and in recent years has become a sought-after producer for alternative bands including Fat White Family, Temples and The Lemon Twigs.
