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‘Spare’ but not stingy: takeaways from Prince Harry’s memoir

FILE - In this Tuesday, July 10, 2018 file photo Britain's Queen Elizabeth II, and from left, Meghan the Duchess of Sussex, Prince Harry, Prince William and Kate the Duchess of Cambridge watch a flypast of Royal Air Force aircraft pass over Buckingham Palace in London. Prince Harry has said he wants to have his father and brother back and that he wants “a family, not an institution,” during a TV interview ahead of the publication of his memoir. The interview with Britain’s ITV channel is due to be released this Sunday. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File) FILE - Attending a ceremonial event, from front left, Prince William, Kate the Duchess of Cambridge, Prince Harry and Meghan the Duchess of Sussex, with various other dignitaries and guests, before watching a flypast of Royal Air Force aircraft pass over Buckingham Palace in London, Tuesday, July 10, 2018. Prince Harry has said he wants to have his father and brother back and that he wants “a family, not an institution,” during a TV interview ahead of the publication of his memoir. The interview with Britain’s ITV channel is due to be released this Sunday. (Paul Grover/Pool via AP) Copies of the new book by Prince Harry called "Spare" are held by a member of staff of a book store during a midnight opening in London, Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023. Prince Harry's memoir “Spare” arrives in bookstores on Tuesday, providing a varied portrait of the Duke of Sussex and the royal family. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali) FILE - Diana, the Princess of Wales holds son Prince Harry while royal families posed for photographers at the Royal Palace, in Majorca, Spain, on Aug. 9, 1987. An explosive memoir reveals many facets of Prince Harry, from bereaved boy and troubled teen to wartime soldier and unhappy royal. From accounts of cocaine use and losing his virginity to raw family rifts, “Spare” exposes deeply personal details about Harry and the wider royal family. It is dominated by Harry's rivalry with brother Prince William and the death of the boys’ mother, Princess Diana in 1997. (AP Photo/John Redman, File) FILE - A montage of the front pages of Britain's national newspapers on Oct. 22, 2004, where photos of Prince Harry's altercation with a photographer outside a central London night spot, in the early hours of Thursday morning, dominated. An explosive memoir reveals many facets of Prince Harry, from bereaved boy and troubled teen to wartime soldier and unhappy royal. From accounts of cocaine use and losing his virginity to raw family rifts, “Spare” exposes deeply personal details about Harry and the wider royal family. It is dominated by Harry's rivalry with brother Prince William and the death of the boys’ mother, Princess Diana in 1997. (AP Photo/Adam Butler, File) FILE - Britain's Prince Charles and his new wife, Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, with other members of the royal family during their wedding blessing at Windsor Castle's St George's Chapel, Windsor, England, on April, 9 2005. An explosive memoir reveals many facets of Prince Harry, from bereaved boy and troubled teen to wartime soldier and unhappy royal. From accounts of cocaine use and losing his virginity to raw family rifts, “Spare” exposes deeply personal details about Harry and the wider royal family. It is dominated by Harry's rivalry with brother Prince William and the death of the boys’ mother, Princess Diana in 1997. (Chris Young/Pool Photo via AP, File) FILE - Britain's Prince William, right, and Prince Harry, left, after the marriage of their father Britain's Prince Charles, the Prince of Wales, and his wife Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, at the Guildhall in Windsor, England, after their civil wedding ceremony, on April 9, 2005. An explosive memoir reveals many facets of Prince Harry, from bereaved boy and troubled teen to wartime soldier and unhappy royal. From accounts of cocaine use and losing his virginity to raw family rifts, “Spare” exposes deeply personal details about Harry and the wider royal family. It is dominated by Harry's rivalry with brother Prince William and the death of the boys’ mother, Princess Diana in 1997. (AP Photo/Dave Caulkin, File) Copies of the new book by Prince Harry called "Spare" are placed on a shelf by a member of staff of a book store during a midnight opening in London, Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2023. Prince Harry's memoir “Spare” arrives in bookstores on Tuesday, providing a varied portrait of the Duke of Sussex and the royal family. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali) FILE - Prince William, center, and Prince Harry, right, walk behind the coffin of Queen Elizabeth II being pulled past Buckingham Palace following her funeral service at Westminster Abbey in central London, on Sept. 19, 2022. An explosive memoir reveals many facets of Prince Harry, from bereaved boy and troubled teen to wartime soldier and unhappy royal. From accounts of cocaine use and losing his virginity to raw family rifts, “Spare” exposes deeply personal details about Harry and the wider royal family. It is dominated by Harry's rivalry with brother Prince William and the death of the boys’ mother, Princess Diana in 1997. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali, File) Masks showing Britain's Prince William, left, Prince Harrry, centre, and his wife Meghan, right, are seen for sale in a shop in London, Friday, Jan. 6, 2023. Prince Harry alleges in a much-anticipated new memoir that his brother Prince William lashed out and physically attacked him during a furious argument over the brothers' deteriorating relationship. The book "Spare" also included incendiary revelations about the estranged royal's drug-taking, first sexual encounter and role in killing people during his military service in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
‘Spare’ but not stingy: takeaways from Prince Harry’s memoir