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Prince Harry‘s memoir will be “full of filler”, a royal commentator has claimed. Kinsey Schofield, who hosts the To Di For Daily podcast, told Fox News that Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, was “not thrilled” with the final edit.
Ms Kinsey said: “While I agree they feel like telling their side of the story was important, I have heard that Meghan was not thrilled with the final edit.”
She added: “Expect Spare, like the reality show, to lack detail. Full of filler, à la the bit about Harry losing his virginity to a ‘beautiful older woman.’
“Who was it? Most people are noticing that while Harry and Meghan like to talk… the two seem to lack substance and detail.”
The comments came after the Duke and Duchess’s of Sussex’s Netflix documentary aired.
Prince Harry at an awards ceremony in New York (Image: Getty)
Pre-order copies of ‘Spare’ selling at half-price in a shop window (Image: Getty)
Meghan Markle has been branded a narcissist along with Elon Musk, Sam Bankman-Fried, Kanye West, Elizabeth Holmes, and Donald Trump.
The Duchess of Sussex was accused of self-aggrandising behaviour for reliving her love story with Prince Harry in their recent Netflix show.
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Transworld, an imprint of Penguin Random House, is publishing Harry’s memoir in the UK.
It is understood Prince Harry will play a part in the publisher’s “significant promotional campaign”, according to a publishing consultant.
Jane Tabachnick said: “I think Harry will only do a few select interviews and they will be carefully pre-scripted.
“There may be media outlets that fear reprisal from the monarchy if they grant Prince Harry a platform to share what may be unpleasant opinions about the monarchy.
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Harry and Meghan arrive at the 2022 Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Ripple of Hope Award Gala (Image: Getty)
Harry shelters Meghan from the rain as she exits a car ahead of the gala (Image: Getty)
“Also, while Prince Harry may be willing to put certain deeply personal stories into a book, he may not be as comfortable talking about them on camera or having interviewers probe deeper, beyond what he has already written about.”
Ms Tabachnick added Harry may also embark on a “select book tour”.
In a statement, the publisher said of the work: “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 book is also trailed by the publisher as focusing on Harry’s recollection of the funeral of his mother, Diana, Princess of Wales, who died in a car crash in Paris in 1997.
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News of Harry’s memoir first emerged via the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s Archewell website in July last year.
At that time, the book was described as “intimate and heartfelt” with a focus on the Duke’s life in the public eye.
The statement said Harry will “offer an honest and captivating personal portrait” in the memoir.
More details were provided by Penguin Random House in October, when the memoir was said to include “raw, unflinching honesty”.
Harry and Meghan in an image which features in the couple’s Netflix documentary (Image: Netflix)
Proceeds from the memoir will go towards a number of British charities.
A total of £1,244,535 ($1,500,000) has been donated to Sentebale, an organisation supporting vulnerable children and young people affected by HIV/Aids in Lesotho and Botswana.
The book is also being published in 15 languages, including Spanish, German and Italian, according to a website dedicated to publicising the work.
Its title drew praise as well as criticism with its link to the saying “heir and the spare”.
One royal commentator suggested there might be a different meaning behind the title.
Jonathan Sacerdoti said: “I personally think it’s a clever title for the publishers and a sad title for him to have chosen. There will be those who look at that title and wonder if it also describes how he feels in relation to his current relationships going forward outside of the UK.
“We have seen a lot of Meghan in the media in recent years but not so much Prince Harry, who is something of a bit-part player in the Meghan show.”
Royal commentator, Omid Scobie, said the choice of title “shouldn’t have come as a huge surprise”. Mr Scobie said of the term in an article on Yahoo News UK: “A spare also carries a purpose rarely acknowledged by any royal or palace official — the resident scapegoat to protect the Crown and higher ranking family members.”
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