Prince Harry’s Memoirs to be published.

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Blurb from publisher.

In an intimate and heartfelt memoir from one of the most fascinating and influential global figures of our time, Prince Harry will share, for the very first time, the definitive account of the experiences, adventures, losses, and life lessons that have helped shape him.

Covering his lifetime in the public eye from childhood to the present day, including his dedication to service, the military duty that twice took him to the frontlines of Afghanistan, and the joy he has found in being a husband and father, Prince Harry will offer an honest and captivating personal portrait, on that shows readers that behind everything they think they know lies an inspiring, courageous and uplifting human story.'

@Mummy194, "Says it all about you, if you think Harry is your ex."

I really didn't think that my comment needed explaining. Seems I was wrong.

"maybe they should apologise and try to make amends for bullying Meghan"
How has she been bullied? I think the allegation is the other way round, that she is meant to have bullied her staff, but it is undergoing an independent investigation now.

The royals are vile and anyone who brings them down a peg is a hero in my eyes.

Harry is a royal though.

He insists on using his royal titles even though he lives in a country which kicked out the royals. He also wanted to remain a 'working' royal enjoying public funding, but also to make money from exploiting his royal titles.

This isn't some principled stance against the institution of monarchy. It's just a spoiled brat throwing a hissy fit because he didn't get what he wanted.

It's down to personal standards. Some people think it's acceptable to diss others - even those they are supposed to love, others don't.

Take Harry being vile to his family, as opposed to Meghan's ex who has never said a word against her, despite their marriage breakdown. Different standards.

I'm just amazed by the complete change of character and reversal of his previous life rules that he has lived by. W&H have both spoken about trust issues, and being suspicious of friends and information leaks. Iirc I think W may have unfairly blamed a friend when in fact his phone had been hacked. One or other of them I think may have mentioned setting traps, releasing a fictional bit of information and seeing if it turned up in the press.
They've lived their lives by enjoying a tight, discrete circle of friends (as indeed do most of the other Royals I would think - remember the unnamed friends who gave cover to C&C). Loyalty and discretion are everything to them. Friends get dropped, staff get sacked if they overshare.

Then all of a sudden he can't stop himself (or his wife) from endlessly blabbing and invading the privacy of his family and others. I guess the book will have mentions of a range of friends and other contacts. If I was a named friend I'd be furious, after years of loyal silence. He'll have to be very careful what he divulges imo. We'll see how it pans out and if friends, colleagues and employees pop up to say "Recollections Vary".

If this thing about the book is true at all (and I'm still hoping it's not)

@Puzzledandpissedoff Of course it’s true. This isn’t just some tabloid gossip or speculation - the publisher has put out a statement.

I bet if Harry's ex's start writing their memoirs about him he wouldn't be impressed.
I am a bit curious if the 'alleged affair' his brother had might come up ? It's often mentioned on mumsnet as ' fact' that William did play away ( mostly because the press abroad are not as restricted as our press are in the UK)
The Mail are going on a bit about this book , makes me wonder if something might be brought up by Harry ?
(It would be a blow to the whole ' happy couple' front the Cambridge's like to portray if he writes about that allegation!)

*I think what many people are objecting to is that, unlike Presidents who have stories to recount about international relations and incidents and so forth, Harry doesn’t really have anything of substance to say...
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*Perhaps it's this kind of thinking, that Harry has not done anything that he needs to write about he has done.
*After all, the rags have not been reporting about his projects.

Are you suggesting that Harry has as much to say in his memoir as a US President, it just doesn't look that way because the press don't report on his projects?

Looking forward to his next book after this one then, which presumably will cover his time trying to broker peace in the Middle East or steering one of the largest economies in the world out of the recession.

Why do posters keep saying he's going to talk about his ex girlfriends?
Do we know that or is it just guesswork?
Meghan's never talked about her exH so it does sound doubtful

@Roussette

Why do posters keep saying he's going to talk about his ex girlfriends? Do we know that or is it just guesswork? Meghan's never talked about her exH so it does sound doubtful

Well, it’ll be a pretty short book then. He didn’t do much other than a short army stint and swanning around with various girlfriends in his adult life.

They just seem so bitter. I can’t believe they are setting themselves up as some kind of experts in mental health when it’s all so toxic.

It always seemed to me Meghan thought they were going to be an important power couple once married and fame trumped royal protocol. That they would dictate how they worked and it would be super glamorous and it was like ‘no, go to this children’s centre in Bolton’.

They seem to want to cause damage to the RF but frankly, royalists aren’t interested in them anymore and everyone just thinks they are rich wingers. They hold no power. Diana was well loved but it was a different era and people cared what she did/said, they aren’t the same as much as they want to be.

He really would be destrying the monarchy if he did that. After charles the public need a faithful king
The future of the monarchy rests in williams ability to keep his mickey zipped up as twink would say

@Roussette

Why do posters keep saying he's going to talk about his ex girlfriends? Do we know that or is it just guesswork? Meghan's never talked about her exH so it does sound doubtful

Because content wise if he doesn't talk about stuff like his ex gifriends then what he's writing about is not much in terms of content and hardly enough to fill a book.

Apart from intimate stuff like his relationships surely everything else is either off limits such as his military career or things that have already been well documented in the press.

Guesswork then
Thought so

Is over ten years 'a short army stint'?
I don't think so

@Roussette

Guesswork then Thought so

Of course it's guess work as the book isn't being published until next year.

Im genuinely struggling however to think of what else he could include that isn't either off limits due to the secrecy act or stuff that's already in the public domain.

Angela Levin, who had extensive conversations with Prince Harry prior to writing a book about him in 2018, has tweeted to say she has been informed by a source that the book will be focussed on the death of his mother, and who he blames for this.

If true, given Harry was 12 when these awful events occurred it seems hard to see how his account could shed light on much, and it does seem very focussed on something he continues to struggle with. I have every sympathy for him in dealing with this pain, but am not sure that publicly revisiting the events in this way is necessarily the best way to move on.

Green I thought something had been written somewhere saying there would be talk about previous r/ships

I think it will be a book on early memories of his Mum, what its like to grow up in a goldfish bowl, the devastation he felt to lose his Mum, how he coped thereafter, his stint in Afghanistan, Invictus etc

It really might not be so bad as posters are imagining

'Of course it's guess work as the book isn't being published until next year'

Exactly and as we know his recollections vary extraordinarily from facts it is just a great big stink to make the rf squirm. We know it won't be complimentary, we know he does blame and resentment in bucketfuls so it will surely be more of the same.

In the year of his dearly beloved bff The Queen's jubilee it is beyond a shit thing to do. Still, $$$$!

Just guesswork then

@Roussette

Just guesswork then

Hmm well guesswork going on the rubbish he's spouted so far yes.

Perhaps it is full of self awareness and apologies for the grief he has put his poor family through. We can but hope.

I wrote in a post what I thought it might be about but obviously that is just my opinion and I won't jump to conclusions or call it 'rubbish' way before it's published

To be honest, I will be interested to read it once it comes out, but would borrow it like I did with Finding Freedom.
As a pp has said, the content remains to be seen, but memoirs tend to include relationships. Harry has lived a very public life and much has been documented already. For such a whopping advance/payment, they must want new material from him. I'd assume that previous partners and significant people from his past will have had to sign an NDA, but if that is breached by Harry, it may stoke counter stories.
I'm sure I saw a programme recently where Harry spoke on camera about his mother's tragic death and how he felt it was the fault of the press.
I know this has been discussed to death on these boards, but surely the fact is that Diana's death was a combination of factors: driver over the alcohol limit, speeding in a narrow dark tunnel, being chased by paparazzi and not all passengers wearing seatbelts. So even that is not new information.
That's why I'm interested-what's coming next?

@PandorasMailbox

YAY! Finally a cure for my insomnia!

Best post so far .

"I'm sure I saw a programme recently where Harry spoke on camera about his mother's tragic death and how he felt it was the fault of the press.
I know this has been discussed to death on these boards, but surely the fact is that Diana's death was a combination of factors: driver over the alcohol limit, speeding in a narrow dark tunnel, being chased by paparazzi and not all passengers wearing seatbelts. So even that is not new information."

Harry has said recently that his mother's death happened when she had "found happiness" with a non-white man. That's another level of conspiracy theory!