Prince Harry Waiting to Unleash Explosive Addition to ‘Spare: Report
Prince Harry‘s Spare was a blockbuster tell-all about the royal family. The Duke of Sussex left no stone unturned while revealing intimate details about the House of Windsor. Now, Harry is reportedly waiting to unleash an explosive addition to the book, says a royal commentator. The question is when he will do it and what is left for him to say?
Will Prince Harry unleash more royal secrets in a ‘Spare’ sequel?
Daniela Elser of News.com.au discussed a story published by The Spectator, which she says makes a “very good point.” It reads, “It has been rumored that [Harry] and his ghostwriter have been waiting to include new and sensational material to galvanize sales to those who live for the scandal and outrage,” Elser writes.
The royal commentator notes that since its first hit bookshelves, Spare has never been released in paperback. She wonders if Harry plans to expose more royal secrets in this rumored, updated edition.
“Imagine a new and updated issue of the memoir. Only this time one that offers the duke’s no-holds-barred take on King Charles’ coronation, Queen Camilla, his and wife Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex’s eviction from Frogmore Cottage, and His Majesty and Kate, the Princess of Wales’ cancer diagnosis,” she wrote.
“Only this time, it would be written by a Harry who knows that his father is often too busy to see him when he makes the trip back to London. And now has pretty much nothing left to lose in terms of Crown Inc. “
“An updated, paperback issue of Spare would have to sell like the most singing of hotcakes. The ‘buy’ button on Amazon would be hit so many times that they would need to install a new one,” she concludes.
Why would Prince Harry update ‘Spare?’
Daniela Elser believes that updating Spare would make financial sense for Prince Harry. She believes the prince’s options regarding work have “narrowed.”
“Podcasting is out, with him having only managed to help produce half of one 30-minute episode in two and a half years. Spotify sources revealed to journalists the harebrained ideas the duke had for shows like interviewing Vladimir Putin about his childhood,” Elser writes.
She continued, “Meanwhile, Harry’s tele career is now down to him making a series about horsey sport. All that talk about an African doco suddenly having gone very quiet, and helping co-produce an adaptation of a beachy romance read. Reports have suggested that Netflix might not extend the Sussexes’ contract when it runs out next year. The bottom line is his options for pulling in the megabucks are looking increasingly limited.”
A paperback version of Spare would contain previously unreleased material, put the duke in the news again, and generate the income Harry needs to support his family’s lifestyle in Montecito, California.
In updating ‘Spare,’ Harry follows a precedent set by Princess Diana
While it has not been officially determined if Prince Harry will update Spare for a future paperback edition of the tell-all, he wouldn’t be the first royal to have additional updated information added to an existing tell-all book. His mother, Princess Diana, shared enough material with Andrew Morton to warrant an updated version of Diana: Her True Story.
The original version of the book was released in June 1992. It contained tapes Diana recorded and relayed to Morton via Dr. James Colthurst, her friend and middleman.
In Diana: Her True Story, the late Princess of Wales pulled back the curtain on her life. She detailed her marriage to and break up with then-Prince Charles. She discussed, at length, her emotional response to his long-time affair with Camilla Parker Bowles.
After Princess Diana’s 1997 death, Andrew Morton released an updated version of the book. Titled Diana: Her True Story in Her Own Words, Morton confirmed Diana was involved in the writing of the book. It contained an 18,000-word transcript of the tapes Diana recorded and passed along to Morton.
Prince Harry has not confirmed if he plans on updating the content written in Spare.
