Aboyne, Scotland: King Charles and Prince William have made their first public appearances since the release of Prince Harry’s tell-all memoir and TV interviews in which he made accusations against his father and brother, and other royals.

In his book Spare, Harry divulges that he had begged his father not to marry his second wife Camilla, now the Queen Consort. The book also delivered numerous other revelations, including that elder brother and heir to the throne William had knocked him over during a heated argument.

Harry also used promotional interviews to double down on his claims that some royals, including Camilla and William, and their aides had leaked damaging stories to tabloid papers about him or his American wife Meghan to protect themselves or enhance their reputations.

Charles chatted with well-wishers on Thursday (Friday AEDT) but made no immediate comment about the furore when he arrived for a visit to the Aboyne Community Shed in a village in Scotland to meet representatives involved with local support groups.

The low-key trip, the monarch’s first public event of the year, was in stark contrast to the recent high-profile coverage of his son’s book, which came a month after the release of a six-part Netflix documentary series about Harry and his wife Meghan.

Also on Thursday, a smiling and happy-looking William and his wife Kate, whom Harry also criticises in his book, made their first appearances since the memoir’s release, to a hospital in northern England. They, too, made no public reference to the saga.

So far, neither Buckingham Palace nor aides for any of the royals have commented on Harry’s disclosures.

There is no doubting the huge global interest in Harry and what he has to say about the British royals.