Spare: Surprising new detail about Prince Harry’s memoir

A Sussex confidante has revealed an unexpected new detail about Prince Harry’s explosive memoir, Spare, as the Royal Family braces for its release.

Prince Harry did not make any changes to his memoir following the Queen’s death, according to Meghan Markle’s friend.

The title Spare was also chosen by the Duke of Sussex himself, confidante Omid Scobie has claimed.

Writing in his column for Yahoo, Mr Scobie said there were “no last-minute rewrites or edits” to the memoirs by Harry, 38.

He said this was because the manuscript for the book – due out January 10 – was finished five months before the Queen died.

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The cover of Prince Harry's upcoming memoir, Spare. Picture: Penguin Random House

The manuscript was finished earlier this year. Picture: Valerie Macon/AFP

It would mean the Duke completed his memoir – ghostwritten by novelist J. R. Moehringer – in April this year.

The Queen’s death will be acknowledged in a note at the start of the book, the author of controversial book Finding Freedom suggested.

In a scathing article, Mr Scobie also branded the royal line of succession “a bizarre and somewhat cruel existence” for Prince Harry.

The Queen died in September. Picture: Chris Jackson/Getty Images

Meghan’s friend also stressed there is still a “very real risk of serious blowback” from the Palace and Royal Family with the Duke’s memoirs.

It comes as Palace aides are said to fear the book could cause “irrevocable damage” to both “reputations and relations”.

The bombshell memoir promises to tell an “accurate and wholly truthful” story of the Prince’s life, and Harry added he was “excited for people to read a first-hand account of my life”.

The memoir is expected to unleash another volley of attacks and allegations on the Royal Family.

This article originally appeared in The Sun and was reproduced with permission.

Originally published as Spare: Surprising new detail about Prince Harry’s memoir