The Palace fears Prince Harry will write a sequel to Spare after he omitted “large chunks” of recent events. Photo / AP
The Palace fears Prince Harry will write a sequel to Spare after he omitted “large chunks” of recent events. Photo / AP
Buckingham Palace fears the Duke of Sussex will write a sequel to Spare after “it did not go unnoticed” that he omitted “large chunks” of recent events, it has been claimed.
The Duke’s memoir reportedly dedicated less than a fifth of its pages to events since his 2018 Meghan’s wedding,suggesting that there is much more left to say.
According to a new biography of King Charles by Robert Hardman, palace aides are concerned that the Sussexes’ public disclosures, which one aide referred to as the “headwinds we face from across the Atlantic”, are not over.
“For the Palace, the most worrying aspect of the book was the omission of large chunks of more recent events,” wrote Hardman in Charles III.
“It did not go unnoticed that Harry and Meghan’s wedding, their married life and their eventual departure from the royal world amounted to a small part – less than a fifth – of Prince Harry’s memoir. This suggested either a sequel or, perhaps a memoir by Meghan in due course.”
The Sussexes’ team had previously denied reports that the couple had signed a multi-book deal, starting with Spare.
The Duke told the Telegraph he had enough material to write another book. Photo / Getty Images
The Duke told the Telegraph’s Bryony Gordon that he had enough material to write another book, having held back disclosures for which the King and the Prince of Wales would not “ever forgive” him if they were made public.
He said the original transcript for Spare was twice the length of the final draft, adding: “It was 800 pages, and now it’s down to 400 pages. It could have been two books, put it that way, and the hard bit was taking things out.
“There are some things that have happened, especially between me and my brother, and to some extent between me and my father, that I just don’t want the world to know. Because I don’t think they would ever forgive me.”
Hardman claimed that it is a “common perception” that the King and his staff spend much of their time worrying about the Dukes of Sussex and York.
“In reality, however, the King has learned over long years of royal domestic trauma how to compartmentalise issues over which he has little control,” he said.
Quoting a source as saying the “door is always open” for the Duke of Sussex to return to the Royal fold, Hardman added that the departure of the Sussexes and their subsequent interviews and documentary “have hurt.
“He has tried listening”, the book quotes one friend as saying. “Now he just says, ‘I don’t want to know what the problem is. I’m just getting on with my life.’”
Charles III: New King. New Court. The Inside Story by Robert Hardman is published in hardback by Macmillan on January 18.
