Prince Harry: Going Spare
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The Times
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🗓️ 11 January 2023
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
With the publication yesterday of Prince Harry's hotly anticipated memoir – Spare – it's been another explosive week for the royal family. So what's in the book? And, as the dust starts to settle, how will this latest drama end?
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| 0:30.4 | The book is out. |
| 0:40.2 | Hours of interviews with Prince Harry have been broadcast and reaction has ranged from shock |
| 0:47.2 | and anger. It's horrific actually. I think Harry's on a self-destruction. He wants to pull down |
| 0:55.5 | the empire with him. Everyone is a family. I've argued him it's my family. I just don't understand |
| 1:02.0 | why on earth he would want to put that out there. I know he's selling a book, but to support. |
| 1:07.5 | I've supported them since day one and I think there's a light being shown on behaviors |
| 1:12.0 | which have to change. Why shouldn't Harry say his peace, Jane? But I think he's had to move away. |
| 1:18.1 | Personally, I find the counter from Harry. I think it's useful. So I think do what you like. Tell |
| 1:23.4 | your story. From ridicule, do we need to know how you lost your virginity to an older woman in a |
| 1:31.8 | field behind a pump? Do we need to know that she treated you like a stallion and spanked your |
| 1:36.1 | bottom? Was it the Arctic or the Antarctic? Anyway, his penis became frostbite. |
| 1:43.8 | Other channels are available. What's next? Honestly, I feel like I'm going to be in a |
| 1:52.3 | rectal exam with Harry and William. To write a agreement. Is he taking the rest of them down with him? |
| 1:58.8 | Hopefully. I mean, I think what this shows is once you pull back the curtain, |
| 2:03.1 | the rural families are Kardashians with crowns. The emperor has no clothes. |
| 2:12.9 | In a new poll carried out late last week, Prince Harry's popularity fell to an all-time low. |
| 2:20.7 | But that was before the book had even gone on sale. Now that the dust is settling, |
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