Spare

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McGreevy, Ronan (17 January 2023). "Prince Harry autobiography Spare becomes Ireland's fastest-selling non-fiction book". The Irish Times. Archived from the original on 17 January 2023 . Retrieved 17 January 2023. Daly, Max (6 January 2023). "Prince Harry Thought a Toilet Was Talking to Him After Doing Magic Mushrooms". Vice. Archived from the original on 6 January 2023 . Retrieved 6 January 2023. Harry mentions that both he and his brother had agreed on welcoming Charles's lover Camilla Parker Bowles into their family on the condition that their father did not marry her. [17] He alleges that Camilla "sacrificed" him "on her personal PR altar" to improve her own public image and leaked "minute details" of a conversation she had with William to the press. [29] He alleges that William "felt tremendous guilt" for not speaking up about their father's affair with Camilla, and he had "long harboured suspicions about the Other Woman." [30] He adds that William was left "confused" and "tormented" as a result of the affair. [30] Harry also says that Camilla had "played a role" in his mother's death because she had been "pivotal" in the disintegration of his parents' marriage. [29] He likened his first time meeting her to "getting an injection" and added Camilla was "bored," partly because Harry was not Charles's heir and could not be a threat to her desires for marrying his father. [29] Harry says that his father found happiness after marrying Camilla, and that he wanted both his father and Camilla to be happy, wondering if "she was less dangerous being happy." [29] Harry also states that Camilla turned his bedroom at Clarence House into her dressing room as soon as he left. [31] He also talks about Charles's experience at Gordonstoun, where Harry claims his father was bullied and "almost did not survive." [29] He discusses his father's attachment to his teddy bear, which helped him through Gordonstoun and remained one of his favourite objects as an adult, a representation of "the essential loneliness of his childhood." [29]

Royal family gossip is not really of any importance, so here are the parts of the book which actually matter (and I don't consider these spoilers because they have been all over the news):

Swain, Marianka; Ward, Victoria (20 July 2021). "Who is JR Moehringer, Prince Harry's 'super ghost writer?". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 20 July 2021 . Retrieved 20 July 2021. I was surprised that Meghan's TV show had to have her scenes and dialogue approved by the palace before filming. Wills struggles to control his temper in much of this narrative. He's petty, mean, bullying and fragile as spun glass.

Calvert, Alana (8 January 2022). "Harry accused of making Invictus Games a terrorist target with Taliban claims". The Independent. Archived from the original on 8 January 2023 . Retrieved 8 January 2022. But in the end, it's a little hard to feel sorry for him. There's just too much airing of dirty laundry, too much "woe is me" as he throws every member of his family under the bus. It's undignified. Time after time he exhibits extraordinarily poor judgement. Nazi costumes? Strip pool? Years of substance abuse (about which he's very candid, if that's what you want to read about). And he's so out of touch with reality. The rest of the book is basically Harry implying he's somehow now "better" than the rest of the cruel, racist, corrupt, criminal, bloodthirsty royal institution he used to be a part of (and in reality still is). Sachdeva, Maanya (12 January 2023). "Readers flag 4 discrepancies in Prince Harry's memoir Spare". The Independent. Archived from the original on 12 January 2023 . Retrieved 12 January 2023. a b Spencer, Katie (6 January 2023). "Prince Harry cuts a sad, self-indulgent and naive figure in his memoir Spare". Sky News. Archived from the original on 24 January 2023 . Retrieved 6 January 2023.The 2nd largest surprise was the sheer level of animosity William appears to have harbored for Harry, which is suggested to have begun in their childhood. Maybe sibling rivalry exacerbated by trauma? It comes off as incredibly petty given how much more money and power William has.