“We sold books in every location - and we sold a lot of them,” said Shannon DeVito, the director of books at Barnes & Noble. Sales have been building for months, especially in the days before publication, when the book’s contents started to become public in unintentional leaks and in high-profile interviews.

An explosive tell-all by a self-exiled prince seemed from the start to be as close to a sure bet as one can get in the fickle publishing business. The memoir’s strong debut, while extraordinary, wasn’t entirely surprising. The figure marked the largest first-day sales for any nonfiction book ever published by Penguin Random House, the world’s largest publisher. “Spare” sold more than 1.43 million copies in all formats in the United States, Canada and Britain, including pre-orders, according to its publisher. He resides in Santa Barbara, California, with his family and three dogs.Prince Harry’s memoir, “Spare,” has become a record-breaking success, with first-day sales that exceed some of publishing’s biggest hits, including blockbusters by Barack and Michelle Obama. Prince Harry, The Duke of Sussex, is a husband, father, humanitarian, military veteran, mental wellness advocate, and environmentalist. A landmark publication, Spare is full of insight, revelation, self-examination, and hard-won wisdom about the eternal power of love over grief.

The last to try, in fact, had been his mother.įor the first time, Prince Harry tells his own story, chronicling his journey with raw, unflinching honesty. Over the centuries, leaving the Royal Family was an act few had dared. Watching his wife suffer, their safety and mental health at risk, Harry saw no other way to prevent the tragedy of history repeating itself but to flee his mother country. But from the beginning, Harry and Meghan were preyed upon by the press, subjected to waves of abuse, racism, and lies. The world was swept away by the couple’s cinematic romance and rejoiced in their fairy-tale wedding. But he soon felt more lost than ever, suffering from post-traumatic stress and prone to crippling panic attacks.

The discipline gave him structure, and two combat tours made him a hero at home. He struggled at school, struggled with anger, with loneliness-and, because he blamed the press for his mother’s death, he struggled to accept life in the spotlight.Īt twenty-one, he joined the British Army. As Princess Diana was laid to rest, billions wondered what Prince William and Prince Harry must be thinking and feeling-and how their lives would play out from that point on.īefore losing his mother, twelve-year-old Prince Harry was known as the carefree one, the happy-go-lucky Spare to the more serious Heir. It was one of the most searing images of the twentieth century: two young boys, two princes, walking behind their mother’s coffin as the world watched in sorrow-and horror.

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