Prince Harry: Memoir is about saving royals from themselves

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Copies of the new book by Prince Harry called "Spare" are displayed at a book store in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023. Prince Harry's memoir "Spare" went on sale in bookstores on Tuesday, providing a varied portrait of the Duke of Sussex and the royal family. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

LONDON ā€“ Prince Harry has said he had enough material for two memoirs, but that he held back because he didn't think his father and brother would ā€œever forgive" him.

In an interview with British newspaper The Telegraph published Saturday, he also said that releasing his memoir wasn't an attempt ā€œto collapse the monarchy. This is about trying to save them from themselves."

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ā€œAnd I know that I will get crucified by numerous people for saying that,ā€ he said.

Harry's candid autobiography, ā€œSpare,ā€ sold 1.4 million English-language copies on the first day it was published. Many of its revelations and accusations were splashed across the global media this week. In the book, the 38-year-old revealed how his grief at the death of his mother, Princess Diana, affected him, and saw Harry detail his resentment at being the ā€œspare to the heir."

ā€œIt could have been two books, put it that way,ā€ Harry said in the interview. ā€œBut there are some things that have happened, especially between me and my brother, and to some extent between me and my father, that I just donā€™t want the world to know. Because I donā€™t think they would ever forgive me.ā€

Harry also said in the interview that he worried about William's children, saying he felt ā€œa responsibility knowing that out of those three children, at least one will end up like me, the spare. And that hurts, that worries me.ā€

He said he felt this way despite William making it clear to him that ā€œhis kids are not my responsibility.ā€

Buckingham Palace and Kensington Palace haven't commented on Harry's book or his string of media interviews to publicize it.


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