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[MonsoonMadness]

I have ordered the book on kindle to while away a depressing day of illness. I was determined not to put money in the coffers of a man I have grown to despise. However, I am very surprised to find it a riveting read. It’s well written and really quite moving. Also many of the passages the Press have sensationalised are not written in the way they suggest. The virginity episode for example is just a passing reference and not the cringeworthy account we were led to believe.

It’s actually a very sad book written by a very lonely damaged man. It is challenging my preconceptions . Is anyone else feeling the same?

There's already a thread on the book.

If you like fiction, I’m sure it’s a great read.

Sorry I didnt read your post properly. I hope you feel better soon.

@Tamarindtree how do you know that?

Recollections may vary.

Him banging on about getting a phone call about the Queen Mother’s demise whilst he was at school is pure fiction as he was actually on a ski ing holiday with his brother and dad.

I absolutely agree with you.
He is angry with the press, but I'm not surprised! It was totally heartbreaking when he realised that his mums last moments were of having her photo taken and no one was helping her.
The one job he enjoyed and was good at was in the army, and the press kept revealing he was doing it, compromising his safety (and his colleagues). The press hounding girlfriends so that would leave him. I'm only halfway through the book!
Although I don't blame him, due to his own upbringing, he clearly loves his dad, but Charles never hugs him.
I'm team Harry all the way.

It was totally heartbreaking when he realised that his mums last moments were of having her photo taken and no one was helping her.

www.theguardian.com/uk/2007/nov/13/monarchy

Dr Frederic Mailliez was driving through the Pont de l'Alma tunnel in Paris in the early hours of August 31 1997 when he saw the princess's crashed Mercedes in the opposite carriageway.
Not realising who was inside, he stopped and ran across the tunnel to the smoking wreck to see if he could help.

I can understand this fear but it's not apparently not what happened.

I think he has behaved really badly and I don’t agree with him revealing very personal stuff that embarrasses his family. I don’t agree with the OW interview Orr the Netflix doc. However I do think he’s entitled to tell his own story.
Its very clear that Charles was a distant and unloving presence, preoccupied with himself. He doesn’t ever seem to have been close to William.
I was shocked that he said the Queen had never hugged him. He doesn’t say anything about any emotional support at all after his mothers death. He doesn’t say what his grandparents said to him or how they behaved. Or what William said to him or how he reacted. The whole atmosphere just sounds so incredibly uncaring and cold.

I didn’t realise that Harry also lost a dear friend in a car accident just after leaving school. The full horror of his loss and grief really comes through in this book.

I have a wonderful relationship with my dad but as a child growing up my father wasn’t at all tactile.

Charles was always a constant presence in his children’s lives.

I have no opinions on him at all really or any of the Royals, I'm not British. But I enjoyed the book, it was well written & very interesting especially his earlier life. I was struck by how cold everyone around him seemed to be, his father, brother, grandparents. Its quite sad that after his mother died, it seems like nobody even hugged him maybe for years... William came out looking very bad

I don't disagree with you completely, but Charles does hug him. I've seen it at an event.
Google images shows lots of examples. I'm not saying C is a perfect parent, but he is quite tactile.