Spare

The controversial tell-all sold 400000 copies in Britain the day it was officially released, more than any other nonfiction title, according to the book's ...

[mistakenly put on shelves](https://www.forbes.com/sites/carlieporterfield/2023/01/05/these-are-the-six-most-shocking-leaks-from-prince-harrys-upcoming-memoir/?sh=6c66c29e13c6) on Thursday in Spain, leading some of the memoir’s most shocking inclusions to leak days before the book’s official publication date. Harry defended himself in an interview with Good Morning America last week, saying his family leaked stories about Harry and Meghan first. [These Are The Six Most Shocking Leaks From Prince Harry’s Upcoming Memoir](https://www.forbes.com/sites/carlieporterfield/2023/01/05/these-are-the-six-most-shocking-leaks-from-prince-harrys-upcoming-memoir/?sh=6c66c29e13c6) (Forbes) [Prince Harry Defends Netflix Doc And Media Appearances: ‘Silence Is Betrayal’](https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisondurkee/2023/01/02/prince-harry-defends-netflix-doc-and-media-appearances-silence-is-betrayal/?sh=27bab6531168) (Forbes) [28 million households](https://www.forbes.com/sites/carlieporterfield/2022/12/13/harry--meghan-was-netflixs-largest-documentary-premiere-ever/?sh=3e6c6aca7e40) during the first week of streaming, the platform’s largest documentary premiere ever. In December, the pair released their Netflix series Harry & Meghan, which brought in views from To promote Spare, Harry has done interviews with both British and American media outlets, causing controversy among critics who have accused him of selling out his family.

Prince Harry's new memoir is certainly critical of his family, but when read in full, the level to which he is consumed by hatred of the press is apparent.

There is no doubt that Harry’s story is heartbreaking at times and it would be hard to come away from reading Spare without feeling some compassion for him. Spare stops short, however, of making a case that there is some kind of free-flow of information between the Palace and the media. She was the Daily Mirror's Royal Correspondent and is a frequent contributor to Good Morning America. “I fully accept that writing a book is feeding the beast,” he told ABC news. Having never fully subscribed to the view that Harry’s desire to write this book was motivated by money, the end of the manuscript made me think again on this point. Yet in trying to save himself from the persecution of false narratives, one wonders whether the Prince has also sacrificed himself. The reality is, the reason Harry’s book is so shocking is because we knew so little of it before. The book is full of anecdotes about journalists and photographers, most unnamed but it is clear that Harry has studied them all. He declares that it was “a bare-faced lie” that he was William’s best man. The portrayal of King Charles is also not that unflattering. [his declaration to ITV’s Tom Bradby](https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/tradition/a42427296/prince-harry-itv-tom-bradby-interview-royal-family-racism/) that the press was entirely to blame when outrage was expressed at Lady Susan Hussey’s comments to Ngozi Fulani. With days of headlines having already planted [the key takeaways](https://www.townandcountrymag.com/society/tradition/a42407949/prince-harry-spare-biggest-revelations/) firmly in people’s minds, reading the whole thing was always going to be a journey punctuated by familiar landmarks.

Prince Harry's explosive and controversial memoir is flying off the shelves at Kiwi bookstores, but a new claim about a flight with Air New Zealand which ...

beyond the reach of the press? The question was ... “A few conversations with customers show the spectrum of people reading the book. “What if we could spend at least part of each year somewhere far away ... The book does reveal that Harry and Meghan considered moving to New Zealand when they announced their “stepping back as ‘senior’ members” of the Royal Family in January 2020. And the book includes a new bizarre claim about an Air New Zealand flight from Mexico to the United Kingdom which Harry’s wife Meghan Markle had apparently booked for her father.

Opinion - Prince Harry's memoir is part confession, part rant and part love letter. In places it feels like the longest angry drunk text ever sent.

He's back and forth to Africa like he was going a few stops on the Northern Line. Charles is seen padding around in his slippers, listening to his audio-books, obsessed with Shakespeare, wearing Dior scent and falling asleep at his desk. As a schoolboy, smoking cannabis with his friends, he watches the police outside there to guard him. Charles leaves notes for him trying to say nice things - but Harry questions why he couldn't say them in person. What's missing from the book is any sense of awareness of any wider context of the rest of the world outside. Harry says he watches the TV show Friends on a loop, identifying with the funny guy character of Chandler. Plenty of the book will get people irritated too, particularly its self-absorption. It's a long way from the commentary for Trooping the Colour. It's as if he has been blinded by the paparazzi flashlights. It's disarmingly frank and intimate - showing the sheer weirdness of his often isolated life. When he's in there one day he overhears shoppers debating whether he's gay. This royal appendage gets more lines than many of his relatives.

A new tell-all book by Prince Harry has been officially released. Spare is not short on bombshell revelations, which have already had a good airing after ...

“But the next story is going to be when Harry and Megan do go to the United Kingdom. “Is it because you're here genuinely to be a part of the king's special day? The Palace is not constantly tipping off royal reporters as Harry claims in Spared. In the Netflix docuseries, he even went so far as to blame the Daily Mail for his wife's miscarriage. “So, I think he absolutely will extend an invitation to the Sussex’s. “The primary reason being that all the trust has been obliterated.

The explosive book and its polarising author have dominated the headlines in recent days after excerpts were leaked into the British press and copies went on ...

As one of the world's most famous brands, the British royal family has a strong, tailored narrative of patronages, pageantry and people. The monarchy has long ...

To recover, he will have to find a clearer brand narrative of his own, one that doesn’t depend on resentment of the royals and playing the victim role in the family saga. The term soap opera is frequently used in a derogatory sense, but this application is unfair. At the heart of Harry’s narrative is his defence of his wife, Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, against her persecution by the tabloid press and the alleged complicity of his family in this. The blame is often firmly with others (even his decision to wear a Nazi uniform). The release of Spare is a dramatic moment. With history repeating itself – at least when it comes to royal public drama – the soap opera effect is again in full swing.

An independent bookshop has gone viral for displaying Prince Harry's memoir Spare alongside author Bella Mackie's novel How to Kill Your Family.

people are making all sorts of wild assumptions and connections" next to an upside down face emoji. and "signed?" Twitter users turned to the comments section to react to the post, with replies including "who will sue first HRH or Ms Mackie?"

It is a largely sympathetic portrayal of King Charles. Of all the Royal Family, he comes off best. Prince Harry's observations of his father cover ground we ...

The book will now be an obstacle stuck firmly in the way of the reconciliation Harry says he wants with his family. But that story is more graphic, those words more intimate and his hatred of the British tabloid press more intense than expected. For some, Harry has been rescued by her and escaped to a life of freedom and immense happiness. They are all thanked for keeping him mentally and physically strong over the years. There is less of the Duchess than you might think in the book and the interviews. He recognises the happiness and peace she has brought his father and he praises her work with victims of domestic violence. His story, his words, was the pitch. But her influence and impact shine brightly once she's on the scene. What Harry says about the Queen Consort will be hard for his father to stomach. The writing at times drips with anger and occasionally pettiness. The tension between them dates back decades he says - ignored by William at Eton, privately usurped as his brother's Best Man and then attacked in the kitchen. They reinforce the image many have of him.

Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, speaks at the “Vax Live” concert at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood in May 2021. (Jordan Strauss / Invision / Associated Press).

“Recently,” Harry wrote, “astronomers rearranged their biggest telescopes, aimed them at one tiny crevice in the cosmos, and managed to catch a glimpse of one breathtaking sphere, which they named Earendel, the Old English word for Morning Star. But he managed to get the words out, telling Queen Elizabeth II that he loved Meg very much and wanted to marry her and had been told that he had to ask her for permission. Work also helped, and Harry wanted to work in Africa — but that was a problem for Prince William, who wanted Africa to himself and was willing to flex his veto power as heir to the throne. Harry wound up booking an appointment with the help of a friend, sneaked in through a back door with help from his bodyguard and told the doctor something along the lines of “I went to the North Pole and now my South Pole is on the fritz.” The doctor told him that the partial penectomy he had googled was likely unnecessary; the probable cure would be time. “I saw Granny jump into her smaller Range Rover and drive out to the middle of the stubble field. Big brother was resentful that Harry had been the one invited to the North Pole. “I went to find Billy the Rock” — one of his bodyguards — who shut that down immediately. These photos would never go away.” Fortunately, his army superiors didn’t care — and some servicemen even posed for their own candid snaps, “covering their privates with helmets, weapons, berets,” as a show of support before Harry headed back to the war in Afghanistan. The trip was “a bit of a neon blur,” as they all began drinking upon arrival and never really stopped. After the wedding, Harry’s penis “was oscillating between extremely sensitive and borderline traumatized.” Sitting, walking and sex were all difficult or out of the question, and he needed to see a doctor. “On the way home I told myself the whole trip had been a smash. Just before his big brother’s wedding, Harry was traveling to the North Pole with a group of wounded soldiers raising money for charity.

"As far as we know, the only books to have sold more in their first day are those starring the other Harry [Potter]."

[reports](https://apnews.com/article/prince-harry-book-meghan-royals-4141be64bcd1521d1d5cf0f9b65e20b5). [media empire](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/harry-meghan-net-worth-netflix-documentary-media-empire/) that Harry and his wife, Meghan Markle, are building around their lives, Axios' Hope King [reports](https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-closer-0ebed70e-3df3-4e04-8315-fd68c3dbd392.html?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axioscloser&stream=top). [Prince Harry's new memoir, "Spare](https://www.axios.com/local/twin-cities/2023/01/10/prince-harry-memoir-spare-twin-cities-library-hold)," became the fastest selling non-fiction book in United Kingdom history on its first day on sale, Reuters [reports](https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/prince-harrys-memoir-hits-shelves-after-days-controversy-2023-01-10/).

The royal's tell-all memoir was raking in sales well ahead of its Tuesday release.

The [This Critical Attribute to Success](/article/441951) It was well situated in many ways to end up charting high. [Lessons for First-Time Entrepreneurs](/article/441085) bestseller list for books in the U.S. Spare also made it onto Books-A-Million and Powell's lists.

But there is one surprise – Harry's unintentionally less-than-always-flattering portrayal of his “Granny” the Queen and her palace operation. This is tricky ...

He writes: “The Bee and the Wasp were the first faces I saw when I walked into the room. (It also echoes the comment he made to American morning TV host Hoda Kotb that he had visited the Queen in April last year to make “sure she’s protected and has the right people around her.”) In October 2019, the couple launched a privacy case against the Daily Mail while they were on a highly successful tour of Southern Africa. (Much of Spare is written in the present tense, by the by, that is when the sovereign was still with us and before her September 2022 death.) Suggesting that Her Majesty was being possibly ‘taken advantage’ of by “usurpers” is a diminishing portrayal. How can Harry stew on his many issues with The Firm while also thinking that might not reflect on Her Majesty?

We've heard so much about Prince Harry around Spare's release. Now, let's laugh with the internet's best memes, tweets and TikToks.

[some of the incredibly detailed revelations](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-01-06/prince-harry-moments-from-memoir-spare-meghan-william-charles/101831590) in Harry's just-released memoir, Spare. [Camilla take Harry's revelations about her?](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-01-09/key-takeaways-from-prince-harry-s-explosive-interviews-with-itv-/101833214) The internet thinks it went a little like this… And then there was the chaotic leaking of

Spare, the explosive new memoir from Prince Harry, is a conflicted book. It feels like a diatribe from someone who has only recently learned that it is ...

The tragedy of Spare is that everything Harry has told us makes it clear that Charles and William will take this memoir not as an explanation or a love letter but as a betrayal worse than anything they ever did to Harry, and that they may not be wrong. A therapist suggests that he is addicted to the press, and he doesn’t dispute it. Yet textually, Harry declares his full-throated support for the monarchy and for his commander-in-chief. He also reads their coverage obsessively, to the point that absorbing press coverage of the royal family seems to be his main hobby. Harry is justly furious with Camilla for the public relations rehab maneuver, but he’s also angry that she converted one of his many old bedrooms into her dressing room after he moved out, and that she once seemed bored talking to him at afternoon tea. William has to get married in his bright red Irish Guards uniform even though he prefers to wear the Household Cavalry frock coat uniform, but Harry gets to wear his uniform of choice to his own wedding. William has to shave his beard, but Harry gets to wear his even when in military uniform, in violation of protocol. They are the people to whom Harry was at one point closest in the world, and from whom he is now estranged. The pattern continues for decades, with Charles and Camilla continually prioritizing their own rehabilitation narrative over the reputations of their children, and justifying the practice because they are the ones closest to the throne. (In turn, Charles calls Harry “darling boy,” and William calls Harry “Harold.”) Charles appears during Harry’s childhood as an absentmindedly sweet man who leaves notes on Harry’s pillow about how proud he is of him. Speck of bone marrow.” In real life, William seems to be in little need of organ donations, but both he and Charles could always use something to take the pressure of the press’s attention off of them. These he presents to the reader with a sort of dirty wink, an establishing of his credentials as a lad’s lad who would certainly never want to get in the way of anyone’s good time.

The steady drumbeat of revelations that preceded the book's release helped push early orders and initial sales, making “Spare,” on its first day, one of the ...

His answer was that by publishing a memoir, he was trying to put many of the rumors to rest by speaking up. “The last few days have been hurtful and challenging,” he said during an interview with Stephen Colbert. In the acknowledgments, Harry thanked top Penguin Random House executives for their patience and “understanding as timelines changed, not once, but twice.” Moehringer](https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/05/books/prince-harry-ghostwriter-moehringer.html), would help make the book’s appeal lasting. NPD BookScan tracks print sales independently, and will report the first week of sales for “Spare” on January 19. Waterstones, a bookstore chain in Britain, saw a surge of in-store reservations after the article, according to James Daunt, who heads the company. “But the velocity of sales throughout the day was gigantic.” The critical reception of “Spare” has been mixed, with some reviewers praising the prose but questioning whether Harry went too far into airing petty grievances. “We sold books in every location — and we sold a lot of them,” said Shannon DeVito, the director of books at Barnes & Noble. “The public appetite is enormous.” “Spare” sold more than 1.43 million copies in all formats in the United States, Canada and Britain, including pre-orders, according to its publisher. Michelle Obama’s memoir, “Becoming,” also published by Penguin Random House, sold more than 725,000 units in the U.S.

Prince Harry's controversial memoir was released Tuesday, and Penguin Random House says it sold more copies on the first day than any other nonfiction book ...

His 60 Minutes interview garnered 11.2 million viewers, the largest audience of the season. [Prince Harry Defends Netflix Doc And Media Appearances: ‘Silence Is Betrayal’](https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisondurkee/2023/01/02/prince-harry-defends-netflix-doc-and-media-appearances-silence-is-betrayal/?sh=573ac3c01168) (Forbes) [Prince Harry Says Princess Diana Would Be ‘Heartbroken’ By Her Sons’ Fractured Relationship](https://www.forbes.com/sites/siladityaray/2023/01/09/prince-harry-says-royal-family-showed-no-willingness-to-reconcile-as-he-defends-bombshell-book/?sh=695aca1f6de6) (Forbes) [Prince Harry’s Memoir ‘Spare’ Sets U.K. As part of his media tour to promote the book, Harry has sat for interviews with ITV, 60 Minutes, Good Morning America and Stephen Colbert. Spare is Prince Harry’s first book, but it’s one of several recent media projects by him or wife Meghan Markle that give a behind-the-scenes look at the British royal family and the couple’s strained relationship with King Charles III and Prince William. The book also contains intimate ruminations on the death of his mother, Charles’ first wife Princess Diana, and details surrounding the Royal family’s relationship with the British media. and Canada, and is already in its second run, publisher Penguin Random House announced Wednesday, just one day after the controversial and explosive tell-all memoir was released.

Its first-day sales surpassed Michelle Obama's book, “Becoming,” which needed a week to reach 1.4 million when it was released in 2018.

In The Washington Post, Louis Bayard [found “Spare” to be](https://www.washingtonpost.com/books/2023/01/10/prince-harry-spare-book/) “good-natured, rancorous, humorous, self-righteous, self-deprecating, long-winded. [Sales for “Spare”](https://apnews.com/article/united-kingdom-europe-news-media-royalty-bd8f96d38d46fb46c8ddfad3f9526002) have placed the Duke of Sussex in some rarefied company. [called the book](https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/10/books/prince-harry-spare-review.html), and its author, “all over the map — emotionally as well as physically,” at times “frank and funny” and at other times consumed by Harry’s anger at the British press. [highly personal and intimate account](https://apnews.com/article/queen-elizabeth-ii-royalty-prince-harry-news-media-california-5d026ebc3feef3e2195f4c0a929f1dba) of his life in the royal family and his relationship with the American actor Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex. [tell-all memoir](https://apnews.com/article/prince-harry-spare-book-revelations-0f60db708cfc266e247c1efa7c98877b) topped 1.4 million copies, a record pace for non-fiction from a company that also publishes Barack and Michelle Obama, whose “Becoming” needed a week to reach 1.4 million when it was released in 2018. [Prince Harry](https://apnews.com/hub/prince-harry).

Prince Harry has been putting the tea back in royalty. And people are sipping, honey! The Duke of Sussex's memoir, Spare, has done boffo book box office, ...

The Duke of Sussex’s memoir, Spare, has done boffo book box office, setting new records for its publisher. Prince Harry has been putting the tea back in royalty. “A huge congratulations to [Prince Harry](https://people.com/tag/prince-harry/) on the release of his memoir, Spare.

Penguin Random House announced Wednesday that first day sales for the Harry's tell-all memoir 'Spare' topped 1.4 million copies.

Sales for “ [Spare](https://time.com/6246029/prince-harry-spare-review/)” have placed the Duke of Sussex in some rarefied company. In The Washington Post, Louis Bayard found “Spare” to be “good-natured, rancorous, humorous, self-righteous, self-deprecating, long-winded. And every so often, bewildering.” [‘](https://time.com/6246029/prince-harry-spare-review/) [Spare’ Is Surprisingly Well Written—Despite the Drama Around It](https://time.com/6246029/prince-harry-spare-review/) [Spare Might Be the Biggest Bombshell Royal Memoir Ever. But It’s Not the Only One](https://time.com/6245246/spare-royal-memoir-history/)

Prince Harry's memoir is the UK's fastest-selling nonfiction book ever. Too busy to read it? All the love, rancour, drugs and petty fights are here.

I was the shaman. Soon Meg was pregnant and I was in the hospital at the laughing gas. To protect my privacy I was going to have to invade theirs. I sit in the garden with Meg, Archie and Lili. The teachers said I was thick. I guess I was one of the unlucky ones who did. Besides I was the real victim. I was the Spare. I was outmatched. I looked at the paparazzi. I was alone. The game was up.

"The only books to have sold more in their first day are those starring the other Harry."

“I did expect a queue. Unfortunately, there’s no queue. It's, so far, recorded a sales figure of 400,000 copies across all formats. [@TransworldBooks], a UK division of Penguin Random House, tells me that Prince Harry's [#Spare]has become Britain's fastest selling non-fiction title of all time. [disputes with brother Prince William](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/prince-harry-details-shock-alleged-physical-fight-with-prince-william-in-upcoming-memoir/QCYXOQHZ55F4VO37NVO7Y7ORQI/) and frustration at the role of royal “spare” in the shadow of his elder sibling, who is heir to the British throne. [myriad revelations and accusations](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/prince-harry-book-spare-the-10-biggest-revelations-from-harrys-highly-anticipated-memoir/ITQ5DAXNSJFBFK5J5RT7L4BAII/) have already been splashed across the media.