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Prince Harry’s memoir loses out on top awards

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The renegade royal never manages to stay out of the news for long. Now the spotlight is back on Prince Harry and his memoir Spare, nominated for a number of prizes at last night’s British Book Awards. But, unluckily for the precious Prince, his book was beaten to first place in every category it was in. Better luck next time…

First, the ex-royal faced disappointment in the book of the year award, which saw a publication of puzzles — Murder by GT Karber — beat the Prince’s tell-all. Then Harry lost to Rory Stewart’s Politics on the Edge in the non-fiction narrative category. And, in what will surely come as a blow to the ego, the monarch of Montecito missed out on being crowned author of the year — which went instead to Katherine Rundell of the children’s fantasy series Impossible Creatures

The pampered Prince’s raunchy tell-all takes the reader through a rollercoaster of events from the royal rebel’s past.

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