Britain's Prince Harry will release his memoir next January, his publisher
said, with the highly-anticipated account of life in the monarchy and after
he quit royal duties landing just four months after the death of Queen
Elizabeth II.
"We are excited to announce the remarkably personal and emotionally powerful
story of Prince Harry, The Duke of Sussex," Penguin Random House said on
Twitter.
"With its raw, unflinching honesty, Spare is a landmark publication full of
insight, revelation, self-examination, and hard-won wisdom about the eternal
power of love over grief."
Diana, Princess of Wales, died in a high-speed car crash in Paris on 31
August 1997.
Britain was plunged into an unprecedented outpouring of popular grief that
jolted the monarchy, which was seen by some as out of touch with the moment.
Harry and his wife Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, stunned the monarchy by
announcing they were quitting royal duties and moving to the US in early
2020.
From there, they launched a series of broadsides criticising their life in
the institution, including claims of racism.
That exacerbated tensions with his older brother, heir to the throne Prince
William, with whom he is reported to be barely on speaking terms, and their
father, now King Charles III.
Harry and Meghan now live with their two children, Archie and Lilibet
Mountbatten-Windsor, in California.
Meghan and Harry returned to the UK for Queen Elizabeth's funeral.
In July last year, Harry announced he was penning a memoir that would expose
the "mistakes" and "lessons learned" across his life.
"I'm writing this not as the prince I was born but as the man I have
become," Harry said at the time.
"I've worn many hats over the years, both literally and figuratively, and my
hope is that in telling my story -- the highs and lows, the mistakes, the
lessons learned -- I can help show that no matter where we come from, we
have more in common than we think.
"I'm deeply grateful for the opportunity to share what I've learned over the
course of my life so far and excited for people to read a firsthand account
of my life that's accurate and wholly truthful."
"Spare" will be published in the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada,
Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, India, and South Africa, the publisher's
website said.
Published translations into 15 more languages are planned.
Harry will use proceeds from the memoir, which will be published in 16
languages, to donate to British charities, it added.
Charles plans to sideline Harry, Andrew as stand-ins: reports
Meanwhile, British King Charles III was reportedly planning to extend the
pool of royals allowed to act for him in his absence, effectively sidelining
non-working royals Harry and the Duke of York.
Charles is expected to amend the "Regency Act" to add his brother Edward,
the Earl of Wessex, and his sister Anne, the Princess Royal, The Daily
Telegraph and the BBC reported, quoting sources.
The Telegraph reported the amendments could go before parliament "within
weeks", quoting "royal insiders" as saying it was a "logical step".
Buckingham Palace has not commented officially.
Currently the list of royals who can temporarily take over on the
73-year-old monarch's behalf if he is away or ill only includes Charles's
wife Camilla, Prince William, Harry, Andrew and his daughter Beatrice, who
is not even a working royal.
RTÉ Entertainment.
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