Prince Harry’s memoir: why has the ‘Spare’ gone rogue?
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The Guardian
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🗓️ 11 January 2023
⏱️ 39 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Guardian. |
| 0:08.2 | Today, what is Prince Harry's memoir really about? |
| 0:22.8 | There's been months of speculation. |
| 0:25.3 | A six-hour Netflix documentary, |
| 0:27.6 | His Stereical Coverage. |
| 0:31.4 | Spare was finally due to be published on Tuesday, |
| 0:34.6 | the 10th of January, 2023. |
| 0:39.8 | What did Harry have left to say? |
| 0:42.4 | Was there anything left to reveal? |
| 0:45.4 | I knew I had a book that everybody wanted to read. |
| 0:48.2 | You run back to your nearest desk and you start to read it |
| 0:51.5 | and you realise in this case you've got something explosive. |
| 0:54.8 | Martin Pengelli is breaking news editor at Guardian US |
| 0:58.8 | and six days before any other journalist in the world. |
| 1:02.8 | He had his hands on the book. |
| 1:05.8 | I ran back to my apartment, |
| 1:07.8 | ran into the back bedroom, shut the door, opened it |
| 1:10.8 | and read with a highlighter in hand and a notepad. |
| 1:14.8 | We went to the Megan section because we thought |
| 1:18.8 | that's where the news would be. |
| 1:20.8 | And that's where Martin found a bombshell. |
| 1:24.8 | A dramatic scene in which Prince William |
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