Why I won’t be buying Prince Harry’s memoir

The Duke of Sussex’s much-anticipated memoir is set to be released in January. Yet, if we judge it by the Duchess of Sussex’s recent interviews, Laura Hampson isn’t holding her breath for anything juicy to come out of it

When I buy a memoir, I want the nitty-gritty of what really went on during those talked-about moments (Getty/Penguin Random House)

The Duke of Sussex truly could not have picked a better title for his upcoming memoir and, judging by the reaction on social media, I’m not the only one who thinks so.

Earlier this week Prince Harry’s publisher Penguin Random House revealed that the 38-year-old’s much-anticipated memoir will be called Spare, and that it will be released on 10 January next year.

The headline alone has caused chaos among royal fans who think it is a jibe at the royal family, with whom Harry and the Duchess of Sussex have reportedly had strained ties ever since they stepped down as senior members of the firm in 2020. “Spare” is, of course, a reference to Harry always being in his brother’s shadow, as the spare to William’s heir.