I too can highlight the many holes and inaccuracies in Harry’s stories, dates, and his own conflicting verbiage. So my comments are based on what Harry has written in his book and in part his media circus surrounding its publication. It is also especially challenging but important to keep your review concentrated on what is actually written in this book (including its publicity) and for that reason, I have made great efforts to set aside what I know and what I'm hearing, because to review this honestly it is important to ignore the rumour mill and the other news stories, and set aside your own perceptions. Unlike Harry I deliberately tried to moderate what I have to say, which is incredibly challenging when reviewing this memoir.

So much so I had 4 attempts at writing it, and in the end scaled back much of what I wanted to say (including 17 of my most important themes and issues), to just a core few. This is the most difficult review I’ve ever written. A landmark publication, Spare is full of insight, revelation, self-examination, and hard-won wisdom about the eternal power of love over grief.

The last to try, in fact, had been his mother.įor the first time, Prince Harry tells his own story, chronicling his journey with raw, unflinching honesty. Over the centuries, leaving the Royal Family was an act few had dared. Watching his wife suffer, their safety and mental health at risk, Harry saw no other way to prevent the tragedy of history repeating itself but to flee his mother country. But from the beginning, Harry and Meghan were preyed upon by the press, subjected to waves of abuse, racism, and lies. The world was swept away by the couple’s cinematic romance and rejoiced in their fairy-tale wedding.

But he soon felt more lost than ever, suffering from post-traumatic stress and prone to crippling panic attacks. The discipline gave him structure, and two combat tours made him a hero at home. He struggled at school, struggled with anger, with loneliness-and, because he blamed the press for his mother’s death, he struggled to accept life in the spotlight.Īt twenty-one, he joined the British Army. As Princess Diana was laid to rest, billions wondered what Prince William and Prince Harry must be thinking and feeling-and how their lives would play out from that point on.īefore losing his mother, twelve-year-old Prince Harry was known as the carefree one, the happy-go-lucky Spare to the more serious Heir. It was one of the most searing images of the twentieth century: two young boys, two princes, walking behind their mother’s coffin as the world watched in sorrow-and horror.

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