One of the Royal Family’s very own breaking their (questionable) “never complain, never explain” mantra to share private stories that supposedly should have been taken to the grave. The dramatic pearl clutching would have you believe that this is, to borrow a cliche from the royal reporting dictionary, an unprecedented moment for the House of Windsor. But the release of SPARE, despite its promise of “raw, unflinching honesty,” has also been met by huge criticism from the same people rushing to click on or write stories about him. It’s a story that, for 38 years, people have not been able to get enough of. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex during their visit to South Africa in 2019, before the couple stepped back from the royal fold. A chance to reclaim his voice on the historical record.
Having never been able to share that life in his own words, it was inevitable the prince would want to put pen to paper the moment he stepped back from his royal role three years ago.
Harry has spent most of his life being written and talked about-a spare to the heir whose darkest secrets, regretful moments and struggles have repeatedly been revealed to the world by a press with an insatiable appetite for him and his family. Tabloid coverage may make this memoir look like a tawdry tell-all, but reading it from start to end tells a much more nuanced and layered story. Powerful, important and compelling are just a few of the adjectives used. Harry writes that Prince William (a man Harry calls “beloved” but also an “ arch-nemesis”) physically assaulted his brother and that he pleaded with Prince Charles not to marry Camilla - no stone is left unturned.įor those who have already had sight of the manuscript, the feedback has been strong. With just days to go before the official release of SPARE, the world is finally learning the secrets from inside Prince Harry’s long-awaited memoir.Įarly leaks have already revealed a number of the major moments from its 416 pages.
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