{"id":597553,"date":"2023-01-14T14:49:27","date_gmt":"2023-01-14T20:49:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.sellorbuyhomefast.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/14\/prince-harrys-spare-breaks-guinness-record-for-fastest-selling-nonfiction-book-and-he-hints-theres-much-more-he-left-out\/"},"modified":"2023-01-14T14:49:27","modified_gmt":"2023-01-14T20:49:27","slug":"prince-harrys-spare-breaks-guinness-record-for-fastest-selling-nonfiction-book-and-he-hints-theres-much-more-he-left-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2023\/01\/14\/prince-harrys-spare-breaks-guinness-record-for-fastest-selling-nonfiction-book-and-he-hints-theres-much-more-he-left-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Prince Harry\u2019s \u2018Spare\u2019 Breaks Guinness Record For Fastest-Selling Nonfiction Book\u2014And He Hints There\u2019s Much More He Left Out"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Prince Harry\u2019s controversial memoir Spare<\/em> is the fastest-selling nonfiction book of all time, Guinness World Records confirmed<\/a> Friday, after the royal tell-all containing intimate details about Harry\u2019s life and family sold 1.43 million copies on its first day\u2014and he suggested he had enough left over for another book.<\/p>\n

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Prince Harry’s book “Spare” goes on display in a branch of WH Smith opposite Windsor Castle on … [+]<\/span> January 10, 2023 in Windsor, England. <\/span><\/p>\n

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The record was previously held by former President Barack Obama\u2019s 2020 memoir A Promised Land<\/em>, which sold 887,000 copies on release day, according to Guinness.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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Spare<\/em> is in its second printing according to publisher Penguin Random House, after a 2 milllion first run.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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The book\u2019s frank descriptions<\/a> of Harry’s strained relationships with royal relatives and intimate revelations about his private life\u2014like how he lost his virginity and how many people he killed people in Afghanistan\u2014were controversial and sparked backlash, including calls for Harry and his wife Meghan Markle to have their royal titles stripped<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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But Harry said he had so much material that Spare<\/em> \u201ccould have been two books,\u201d and that the initial draft of the memoir was twice as long as what ended up being published, he told The Telegraph<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

He said he opted to leave out some details that led to his strained relationships with his father King Charles III and his brother Prince William \u201cbecause I don\u2019t think they would ever forgive me<\/a>\u201d if he had included them.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Tangent<\/h2>\n

Some of Harry\u2019s most contentious excerpts were leaked<\/a> after Spanish-language copies were mistakenly put up for sale in Spain ahead of the release day. Harry told The Telegraph<\/em> in an interview published Thursday he was disappointed<\/a> the public\u2019s first encounter with the book came in the form of headlines, not the book itself.<\/p>\n

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Harry took part in a spree of interviews<\/a> to promote Spare<\/em>, including televised sit-downs<\/a> with American and British broadcasters in which he criticized the royal family. Harry defended himself against allegations that he and Meghan are profiting off their royal status and selling out his relatives during a 60 Minutes<\/em> interview, telling Anderson Cooper that he felt he had to go public with his family issues after private attempts<\/a> to solve their problems were unsuccessful. Harry told ITV that he hopes to reconcile his relationships with his father and brother, and that he wants \u201ca family, not an institution<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

Further Reading<\/h2>\n

Prince Harry Exclusive Interview: \u2018This is not about trying to collapse the monarchy, this is about trying to save them from themselves\u2019<\/a> (The Telegraph<\/em>)<\/p>\n

Prince Harry\u2019s Book \u2018Spare\u2019 Sold Over 1.4 Million English Copies, Already On Second Run<\/a> (Forbes<\/em>)<\/p>\n

Prince Harry\u2019s Memoir \u2018Spare\u2019 Sets U.K. Record For Fastest-Selling Nonfiction Book, Publisher Says<\/a> (Forbes<\/em>)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\n Carlie Porterfield<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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