Harry’s bitter story probably won’t spare royal blushes

HE had to, right? Unable it seems to keep anything but his foot on the royal family’s neck, Harry went for the jugular with the name for his eagerly awaited memoir.

Opting for ‘Spare’ as its title, the choice was more loaded than the Apache attack helicopter he once used to pilot for Queen and country.

With the completion of the book, all semblance of respect for the reign of his beloved grandmother is on the line, as the palace fears yet another broadside from Harry in his American bolthole.

Like a thorn in his side, the ‘spare heir’ has been his nickname ever since he was born, serving as a continuous reminder of his lesser position in the royal family to his brother, Prince William.

It was a point driven home by the recent claim Harry was eager to do as much as he could before the

Prince of Wales’s children came of age to ensure he didn’t become as Andrew has to Charles.

His move to the States has clearly emboldened the Duke.

Free from the shackles of public duty, he also has in Meghan a partner unafraid to speak her mind, nor bound by the protocol her husband now claims suffocated him while a senior royal.

In truth, the Sussexes’ Oprah interview and the Prince’s other public comments, suggest Harry has always been concerned about being surplus to requirements.

It is undoubtedly a factor that helped him decide to leave the UK and forge a new path in the States.

It has allowed him and his wife to pursue multi-million dollar partnerships with streaming providers, podcast producers and now publishers. Publishers who are acutely aware that the provocative cover – which perfectly encapsulates the paranoid Prince – will bring in a fortune for both of them and him.

The world is braced once again for a series of stunning revelations that Harry, his agent and publishers know will not be challenged by the “never explain, never complain” Windsors.

It is quite an astonishing transformation for a man who many of the public fell in love with because of the freedom being the spare provided.

Whereas brother William has been bound by strict rules, his younger sibling has enjoyed the fame of fortune of being a royal without the limitations. All the benefits, none of the obligations.

It allowed Harry to enjoy drugs, booze and women, attend Vegas pool parties and wear questionable fancy dress. And the public loved him for it.

We witnessed him grow from a boy into a man, serving on the front lines, creating the Invictus Games, and establishing his charitable organisations.

But being the spare is no longer acceptable.

Instead, the role of playing second fiddle to his brother, encouraged by an ambitious actress wife at his side, was never going to be sufficient.

Given Harry and Meghan’s relentless attacks on the royal family, it seems the move to the States was to plot his retaliation which he will undoubtedly receive on January 10 with the release of his “raw, brutal and honest” autobiography.

For the reported £36 million he will earn from it, it is sure to be filled with even more shocking claims than he and his wife have already made.

Harry’s move to the States has ensured he can act as he once did without the palace saying what he can and cannot do.

And while we all hoped when he married Meghan and became a devoted father to their two children, he had finally found his happily ever after, the evidence suggests not.

Instead, Harry is unable to spare us the bitterness he feels.

The Sussexes’ Oprah interview and the other public comments, suggest Harry has always been concerned about being surplus to requirements

Annn

LTHOUGH President Joe Biden may have had a nightmare knowing his name, Rishi Sunak is well known to the American dream.

Following his appointment as prime minister, his US counterpart quickly called his achievement “outstanding” and “groundbreaking”.

“Just today, we’ve got news that Rashee, Rashee Sanook is now the prime minister,” the President said, butchering his name.

America is a home away from home for the 42-year-old PM and his wife.

Mr Sunak has often cited his time in America, where he studied and still owns a home, as having helped shape his ascent in British politics.

Let us hope his education and not the shameful behaviour of some American politicians are the only things he has taken back home.