Happy Birthday, Spare!

[EncantoSpice]

It’s the one year anniversary of the release of Spare, how are you all celebrating?!

In all seriousness, a year on what impact do you think the book has had on the Royal Family and the Sussexes?

In my opinion it clearly did very well commercially but in popular culture it became a bit of a joke. In terms of the RF I’m not sure it made much difference - to people who already didn’t like them it confirmed what they already believed, to people who did like them it was more evidence that Harry was no loss. I also think even a year later it has made reconciliation between William and Harry impossible.

Who's said those words to you?

@Notmyhair , it was this thread but in fairness I think her reply was a typo and that's gone too now , but it said " I do do think that " or something close to that , I think she meant she doesn't think that .

In a nutshell, @Turtlerussell .
Plus - isn't there a link prolonged weed smoking and paranoia?

Trying to get the thread back on track 🤣

Follow-up questions:

• Do you think Harry got what he hoped to get out of disclosing what he did in Spare?
• What does he do next?

I actually thought it was a four book deal?

To answer your first question, @EncantoSpice , it made a lot of money and gave him a lot of publicity. So I think in his eyes it will have been very successful.

The answer to both of those questions is I don't know.

I'm not inside his mind so don't know what he hoped for. Maybe he was in it for the money so if he's succeeded. He could have hoped that it.would keep Mumsnetters opening threads and moaning about him for years to come And again that would mean he's succesful.

I don't know what he will do next.

I think it said I think think that?

Pivot.

So in answer to your question OP.

I doubt it.

and

Hopefully go away and live his best happy life out of the public eye.

Life doesn’t have to be full of tension or strain or drama if you have the means to escape it.

I can't repeat it as it has been deleted.

Are we back to that again?

No I remember doing that and it wasn't about people being unhinged.

Recollections vary. You did. Anyway it has been deleted now.

What is clear is that the rf did a number on all of us making Harry out to be someone and something he is not. It seems he was always “a bit problematic” and there have been endless cover ups.

Now, “what about Andreeeewwww” I hear. But for years the public has not been keen on the man and he’s is now largely eliminated. The problem with Harry is that he was very popular, and now that the veil has been lifted we’re seeing that it was all a load of rubbish - and Harry accepting awards for being a Legend of Aviation and the attendant publicity makes him look a fool and me for one being made aware of the rf’s ruthless PR machine.

What do you mean are we back to that? I'm asking for clarification on something. Perfectly normal in a conversation.

Aye.

There seems to be a lot of veil lifting.

No I did not. I don't people who aren't Harry and Meghan supporters are unhinged.

What's veil lifting?

What's veil lifting?

Quite Jane

I think maturingcheeseball put it well. As indeed did Alice…

@Notmyhair , yes your correct that was what she put !

Mn take a dim view of arguments so best leave it there , however denying something that multiple posters and possibly hundreds of lurkers saw with there own eyes is foolish at best .
Just admit it was a typo and move on.

Yep you're right!
Favourite royal cheeky down to earth Harry , excused from his various cock ups because of his personal tragedy .
They really pulled a blinder with the pr !