Memoir: Harry’s Bombshell Memoir Becomes Fastest-Selling Non-Fiction Book Ever

Prince Harry’s candid account of his life as a member of the royal family has finally been released as a memoir and it quickly became the fastest-selling non-fiction book ever.

According to its publisher, 400,000 hardcover, e-book, and audio format copies of Harry’s attention-grabbing autobiography “Spare,” which debuted on Tuesday, were quickly purchased.

In the memoir, there are allegations that the King was envious of the Duchess of Sussex and the Princess of Wales and that the Prince of Wales physically assaulted Harry and made fun of him for having panic episodes.

In Ireland, pre-sales of the memoir in Eason were double compared to other popular memoirs released recently, including Bono’s ‘Surrender’.

Ian Murphy is the Deputy Manager of Eason on O’Connell Street in Dublin. He thinks given the status of Harry and Meghan, this memoir might fall into the bracket of current affairs for younger people.

In a US broadcast promoting the work, Harry branded the Duchess of Cornwall the “villain” and “dangerous”, accusing her of rehabilitating her image at the expense of his.

Larry Finlay; managing director of Transworld Penguin Random House, said: “We always knew this book would fly, but it is exceeding even our most bullish expectations.

“As far as we know, the only books to have sold more in their first day are those starring the other Harry (Potter).”

As he continued a run of high-profile promotional interviews, he said he “would like nothing more” than for his children to have relationships with the royal family.

His remarks about his son and daughter came despite the criticism he has leveled at his brother William, father Charles, and stepmother Camilla.

In his first print interview about his autobiography, he told US magazine People that Archie, three, and 19-month-old Lili did have a connection with some of the Windsors, whom he did not name, saying this brought him “great joy”.

He also described his late mother, Diana, Princess of Wales, as his “guardian angel” and said she is with him “all the time”.

Bookshops in the UK opened early on Tuesday to offer Harry’s book – but queues were sparse after leaks ahead of the publication, with industry experts predicting Spare would be one of the best-selling pre-order titles of the past decade.

It is being sold for £14 (€15), not the recommended retail price of £28, in places such as Waterstones and WH Smith as well as online at Amazon. Just one person was waiting outside Waterstones’ flagship branch in Piccadilly, central London when it opened at 8 am.

Caroline Lennon, 59, who had walked two miles from Bethnal Green in the East End to arrive at 6 am, said: “People will criticize me and say, ‘What an idiot for liking Harry. What an idiot for queuing up, but I don’t care what anyone says.”

Other royal fans had queued for midnight store openings, with a handful waiting outside WH Smith in London’s Victoria station to be among the first to buy a copy.

In his interview with People magazine, which featured a flattering photoshoot, Harry said of his book, which was ghostwritten by JR Moehringer: “I don’t want to tell anyone what to think of it, and that includes my family. This book and its truths are in many ways a continuation of my mental health journey.

“It’s a raw account of my life — the good, the bad, and everything in between.”

Adding that he was hopeful for reconciliation, he said: “I would love nothing more than for our children to have relationships with members of my family, and they do with some, which brings me great joy.”

Harry is known to be close to his cousin Princess Eugenie, who has visited him in the US.

Archie and Lili are the grandchildren of the King, but live thousands of miles away from the Windsors in California, and he has confessed that he has not spoken to Charles in “quite a while”, and is not in text contact with William at the moment.

Harry is also guesting on ‘The Late Show With Stephen Colbert’ in the US on Tuesday evenings.

Images of the more light-hearted interview appeared to show Harry is presented with shots of tequila, and, while trailing the program, Colbert made jokes about Harry and William’s sibling rivalry, comparing his life to Harry Potter.

“That’s heartbreaking. To be rejected by his older brother at school even though that magic hat sorted them into the same house. What do you think? Hufflepuff? Gryffindor?” Colbert said.

“Stock up on corgis and steal a priceless cultural treasure from one of your colonies, because The Late Show is going imperial.”

Harry has faced criticism for his revelation in Spare that he killed 25 Taliban members during the Afghanistan war.

He told People: “I know from my healing journey that silence has been the least effective remedy.”

He has also shared frank admissions in his book of drug-taking throughout his life, of losing his virginity to an older woman in a field as a teenager, and getting frostbite on his p*nis.

Harry revealed how the Duchess of Sussex was quizzed by the Queen about her opinion of Donald Trump the first time the two women met, but “Meg thought politics a no-win game, so she changed the subject to Canada”.

He told how the former Suits star did not recognize the Duke of York, who was holding the Queen’s handbag when he joined them and thought he was the monarch’s assistant.

Harry also recounted in the memoir how a “way too upset” William rang him to say “Pa and Camilla’s people had planted a story or stories about him and Kate and the kids”.

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