Prince Harry's book

[Kjones27]

I only got round to reading it on hols this week.

Most of I knew already, but I was shocked at Harry's description of William. I always thought they were close.

He is very nasty about William in the book.

What were your thoughts?

The work of a jealous, bitter paranoid man who has taken too many drugs and been spoilt rotten all his life.

He wrote the book when angry and for money, not a good combination. I do think in hindsight he may have changed it slightly. I don’t even know if he knows what he wants. This is the family he loves and wants to reunify, imagine his language of a family he hated and wanted to cut off

EchoChamber · Today 15:23
The work of a jealous, bitter paranoid man who has taken too many drugs and been spoilt rotten all his life.

A pretty unbeatable summary!

I'd add that the whole project also demonstrates Harry's lack of judgement - it was such a monumental hatchet job on most of his family and, like a toddler, he seems to have only considered how he'd feel in the present moment. It was a mega-tantrum in literary form. Any fool could see he'd come to regret it, which I think now he probably does.

Actually I think it's interesting to re-evaluate this great opus with the passage of time.

I think he felt he was entitled to discharge his rage indiscriminately and felt initially buoyed and satisfied in the aftermath.

His assumption that he those he hurt would just roll over and he can flit back and forth is hugely ill-judged.

He has done too much damage and I suspect the isolation and cold shouldering will soon start to hurt. Many of his friends will not forgive his behaviour and he will never be trusted again.

How the ghost writer kept a straight face is beyond me.

I actually tried reading it but it just so whiny and entitled I can’t get through it all.
A very immature man. More like a petulant child.
I appreciate he had a huge loss. I lost my mum at age 7 so this is why I tried reading the book but he has made it an excuse for his entire life and to be able to behave however badly he likes with no appreciation for the enormous advantages and positives he has had and I don’t just mean wealth but the love of his family especially his father and brother.
I think he is so devoted to meghan as she is a mother/ partner combo for him. She is so Californian it makes my teeth itch and clearly had no concept of the lifestyle she was marrying into and when she wanted out he chose her over everybody else as he is so dependent that repudiating his family felt like the thing to do.
If/when he ever grows up he will regret the actions he has taken against those who love him.
He has put all his eggs in meghan’s basket so if that ever fails I think it will break him.

I read a lot of comments which I thought (rightly) were probably taken out of context so wanted to judge it for myself.
I got the feelfing Meghan was thrown in at the deep end and ill prepared by him. I actually felt sympathy for her- the royal world being so completely alien especially to an American woman.
However, I didn't like the entitled spoilt way he wrote about his life and he didn't impress me one bit.
It's a while since I read it now but wouldn't give a sequel the time of day

It showed H’s true colours - spoilt petulant brat (the one that the Palace did a good job of covering up).

I think he wrote it In a fit of envy, spite and revenge, as they didn’t get the half in half out think they wished, and they thought at that stage they would be superstars, and the public would read it, think William was a right piece of shit and show harry to be the important one.

I recall watching one of his interviews where he stated his book was s record of historical Importance. Such an arrogant deluded man. It was just petty gossip about his own family.

Oh wow, that comment ratchets up his vindictiveness (and delusion) even higher! "I'm not just going to show the world how awful my family are, I'm going to make sure it goes down in history"!

I heard on a podcast the other day (Richard Osman and Marina Hyde-the Rest is Entertainment, absolutely brilliant) that it is the biggest selling non fiction book of all time. Also, the author gets the same amount regardless of how heavily the retailer discounts it.

He’s laughing (spitefully) all the way to the bank.

I have just read that a woman in Las Vegas is threatening to release naked photos of
Harry as she was upset that she WASN’T in the book !!

LittleRedY0shi · Today 07:32

Lampslights · Today 07:06

I think he wrote it In a fit of envy, spite and revenge, as they didn’t get the half in half out think they wished, and they thought at that stage they would be superstars, and the public would read it, think William was a right piece of shit and show harry to be the important one.

I recall watching one of his interviews where he stated his book was s record of historical Importance. Such an arrogant deluded man. It was just petty gossip about his own family.
Oh wow, that comment ratchets up his vindictiveness (and delusion) even higher! "I'm not just going to show the world how awful my family are, I'm going to make sure it goes down in history"!

I agree. It's awful enough to throw your family under a bus, but this was the RF - well-known across the world and therefore sure to attract mega amounts of publicity. They're also representative of the UK in the eyes of the world so he what he did was hugely damaging in diplomatic terms. It's not just the family secrets he revealed (or made up, depending on your pov) but that what he said reflected badly on the country. It's absolutely not just a personal family issue.

I get tired of the 'Why do you care?' response so often seen on here. But it's totally disingenuous to pretend that H's behaviour is just a little family spat. It has and it will actually have historical impact. You don't have to be intelligent and wise to change the course of events!

I think he wrote it In a fit of envy, spite and revenge, as they didn’t get the half in half out think they wished,

Agree this would never have been written if they had been granted their half in half out deal.

I haven't read it, is it worth a read?

@Chomping Which actually makes it worse, if anything. There were genuine reasons for not allowing half in, half out which were apparently explained to him carefully. The biggest one is the massive conflict of interest in both representing the crown and the government and making private deals. Has he learned nothing watching what has happened to Uncle Andy?

‘record of historical Importance. Such an arrogant deluded man. It was just petty gossip about his own family.’
😂

No.

I heard on a podcast the other day (Richard Osman and Marina Hyde-the Rest is Entertainment, absolutely brilliant) that it is the biggest selling non fiction book of all time.

Wow! Do they count actual individuals buying it or stockists/ shops? I imagine Poundland have bought a large number...

It's his truth - it can't have been an easy environment to grow up in and then to serve in a war, I hope he's happier now.

I enjoyed it, as did all of my book club, without exception.

I thought it was really well (ghost) written and I enjoyed the military stuff. I thought he was pretty measured about his family and it was clear he adores his father, despite such a freakish upbringing.

I didn’t think he was ‘nasty’ about anyone.

Did we read the same book?? Did you read what he said about Camilla ? William ?

Oh the poor lamb! 'His truth' is not THE truth.

I mean what I was shocked about was that he wrote very negatively about William. He didn't say one nice thing about him.
It was all "william bullied me". "William pushed me over". "William didn't like meghan". "William got the bigger room". "William had startling baldness."

I have an older brother myself. We don't get on that well. We have had plenty of our share of arguments.

However, i still couldn't imagine ever writing about my own brother being a dickhead for the whole world to see it.

I though it was an interesting book and I. Glad i read it.

Yes it was definitely written in a moment of anger, and in wanting to get people back.

However it's still interesting and I enjoyed it.

I'm listening to it on Spotify atm, only about half hour so far. Its 14 hours long 😅