To be annoyed at Prince Harry's memoir title SPARE

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I have zero interest in this couple who seem to enjoy making a living on moaning about how they are poorly treated in Britain. Just saw the headline news and the cover of Harry's memoir with his face and one single word SPARE.

Get a life for goodness sake. I'm about his age and never once thought of him as a spare. He kinda invented his own tale.

Do you think he will write about William's affair in his book? I have a feeling that is where the ongoing animosity and mistrust is coming from.

I think this too. I hope he doesn't. There's no way back from that for him.

Yeah, I really hope he doesn't too.

I don't care for Harry and I won't be reading the book.

But it's a really good title marketing-wise: sharp, emotive and provocative.

This is a money-making exercise for everyone involved.

Victimhood is all he has going for him now, his Aunt Anne was 'the spare' when her Mother became Queen but because of the rules at the time she was pushed down the batting order by the births of her brothers, Andrew and Edward. Has she ever whined about it or has she simply got on with her life without spite and bitterness?

His mother went out of her way to not let him think he was a spare, or in any way different from William from the things I've read.

Can't help but wonder if this victimhood is a narrative his wife has emphasised to him? He's always been a bit of a dick, and joker, if this was what family members called him I'm sure it was because they thought it was jokey, and he could enjoy the joke, but nevertheless, it was pretty dreadful.

Victimhood is all he has going for him now, his Aunt Anne was 'the spare' when her Mother became Queen but because of the rules at the time she was pushed down the batting order by the births of her brothers, Andrew and Edward. Has she ever whined about it or has she simply got on with her life without spite and bitterness?

I don't think Harry was all that bothered...till his wife told him he should be.

It feels like he has got himself into a bind. He has to maintain a particular lifestyle, he appears to believe. And that means money must be found, more money than he could hope to make using his qualifications and experience in conventional ways.

Dubious money-making plans will be suggested to him by others who don't have his best interests at heart. Downsizing would be less costly in the long run - if family relations are valued - but somehow there’s no turning back.

Until you've read it, how do you know the title is playing the victim rather than witty and apt?

God forbid anyone should form a rounded view and be interested without enormously over investing in hate or fandom.

No, but he lived locally.

Don’t need to read the book to know he was an entitled twit.
His shenanigans were well known.
Locals didn’t sell him out- Despite many chances to.

He lost his mother, as did William.
Thousands of children lose their mothers and suffer extreme anguish without the money for counselling and “performing” their grudges in public.

Phenomenal wealth and a lovely lifestyle can pay for endless “ Poor You!” Therapy.

I respect kids who make good despite dreadful upbringings-and death of mother.

It has the double possibility, Spare as in Heir and Spare or Spare as in going spare, the latter suits him better now I'm afraid.

Leaving the Army was the worst thing he ever did, he could have had an Army career while still maintaining a royal role supporting his father and subsequantly, his brother,

@NeverDropYourMooncup Your post sounds incredibly fanciful with more detail than even Harry remembers!

Do you seriously think Charlotte and Louis are being fed the same bullshit? If not why not, as they are also spares.

Harry's not been the spare since Prince George was born.

Leaving the Army was the worst thing he ever did, he could have had an Army career while still maintaining a royal role

He couldn't stay in the army. At the point he left he had to pass exams to process to a higher rank as he had no degree.

But on MN is one allowed to be even slightly crtical of his Mrs?

This. Just cringeworthy. I don't care how much it earns him.

So he escaped it all with his wife. I wonder why their marvellous bid for freedom needs to involve dragging your whole family through the mud? MMs family (apart from Doria) are estranged from them and Harry's family are going much the same way. How is that living your best life in freedom and privacy?

But on MN is one allowed to be even slightly crtical of his Mrs?

It's better than it was

I really hope it's all about his experiences of ten pin bowling.

I think he can call his book whatever he chooses.
It’s a sad title really but it is a well known phrase. An Heir and a Spare.

I think the saddest part is that he's not only crossing the bridge away from his family but he's burning it behind him. I truly hope for his sake that it doesn't bite him off the arse at some point in his future.

I won't be reading it, and I pity anyone that feels that they want to contribute towards his and Meghan's "pity me" millionaire lifestyle.

He could have stayed as Captain and done a desk job London based, he didn't need to move up the ranks.

Absolutely awful- spare: ‘surplus to requirements’ more navel gazing, bitter, poor me bollocks from one of the most privileged humans on the planet.

I do love the way he has described himself, one of which is ‘environmentalist’.

Harry obviously doesn’t realise that this means he is supposed to do things himself to protect and enhance the planet, not just lecture everyone else.

And, once again, we are likely to witness ‘his truth’ rather than the actual truth.

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I doubt he will blatantly make up rubbish. He may bend the truth or have different versions of events than others have, but making up nonsense out of nothing at all…probably not.

Exactly this!