Spare

By: Prince Harry The Duke of Sussex

Narrated by: Prince Harry The Duke of Sussex

Brought to you by Penguin.

Sunday Times Memoir of the Year 2023

It was one of the images of the twentieth century: two boys, walking behind the coffin of their mother, Princess Diana. Billions wondered what the princes must be feeling - and how their lives would play out from that point on.

For Harry, this is that story at last.

Before then, Prince Harry was known as the happy-go-lucky Spare to the more serious Heir. But grief changed everything.

At twenty-one, he joined the Army but was soon more lost than ever, suffering from post-traumatic stress and crippling panic attacks. Above all, he couldn't find true love.

Then he met Meghan. The world was swept away by the couple's romance and wedding. But in the face of sustained press intrusion, Harry saw no other way to protect his wife and children than to flee his mother country. Over the centuries, leaving the Royal Family was an act few had dared. The last to try had been his mother. . .

Written with raw, unflinching honesty, Spare is full of insight, revelation and hard-won wisdom about the eternal power of love over grief.

'Compellingly artful... a blockbuster memoir' The New Yorker

'The most insightful royal book in a generation' Financial Times

'A rattling page-turner... As a personal insight into one boy's life in an extraordinary spotlight, it may never be better' Sunday Times

©2023 Prince Harry, The Duke of Sussex (P)2023 Penguin Audio

Critic reviews

Unflinching, introspective and well-written

The most insightful royal book in a generation

This is an extraordinary and important book

Richly detailed… beautifully written

Compellingly artful… [a] blockbuster memoir

A triumph

Honest, insightful and vulnerable

A fast-paces, quickfire account… the book crackles like a burning log

Good King Harry

The sound of his voice reading Part 3 Chapter 80 and onwards broke my heart. I wish him, Meghan and their babies a safe place to call home and all the love and joy in the world. It really didn’t have to come to this!

Love this authentic story

This book is frank, authentic and if people can leave the media opinion behind and see this from an honest and reliable perspective, they would see a vulnerable honest and brave story. Much respect.

Really good book

I think the book is well written and it is refreshing to hear Harry’s story in his own words. As with every family feud, perspective makes a big difference. There seems to have been a lot of nit-picking in the news on some of the facts in this book. I would say, listen to him with an open mind and then decide what you believe is true. This is his perspective and his memories.
What is clear, Harry’s lived experience and his personal perspective is somewhat different from what other books on the subject portray. The topic remains contentious.
It’s a really good narrative with some parts more believable than others

Heartbreaking

I don’t have the right words to describe this book, but I’m glad we get to hear directly from Prince Harry. Family is hard, they can be the best and the worst thing to happen to a person. Especially with a family like theirs where they don’t fully have the encouragement to be their own person- and are required to play along with the script expected of them. Sad. I hope he finds peace & joy in this life.

As for the British media, my goodness! You lot are abhorrent.

Incredible

Listen to this no matter what your thoughts on Harry are. Eye opening, interesting, heartbreaking

The media sure have a lot to answer for

It’s good to get it from the horses mouth