Prince Harry’s ‘Spare’ is making the Royals nervous

The title of Prince Harry’s long-awaited memoir will be enough to make the royal family nervous. Spare, which was originally due out this year, will be released in January. ‘His Words. His Story,’ the tag-line of the book promises.

The Queen’s death this year – and the coming together of the Royals in their shared grief – led to suggestions the book would be toned down. That looks like a faint hope. Spare suggests we will see a presentation of the same old Harry: cast out from a family that had no need for him as he fell down the line of succession.

‘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,’ the promotional fluff for the book promises. Early next year, we shall find out whether it is indeed a landmark publication or one destined to end up in the bargain bins of discount bookshops across Britain.