After Spanish book blunder, now Amazon sends it out early in UK

BRITISH readers have already received copies of Prince Harry’s memoir – days before its global release date.

It is the latest gaffe to hit Spare, Harry’s personal account of royal life, after copies were accidentally placed on sale in bookstores in Spain last week.

This was despite concerted efforts to prevent its contents being leaked, including guarded sites being used to store the books around the world and tracked delivery vans.

Spare is due to go on sale officially from tomorrow. But some royal fans have already received their copies. One customer, who ordered the book from Amazon, told the Daily Mail last night: ‘I literally ordered it on Friday and it said it would be delivered on Tuesday. Then today it said it was out for delivery. I was like, “Nah, they’ve messed up.” And there it was when I got home.’

Another customer posted a picture of their copy of the book on Twitter on Saturday night, writing: ‘I got my book today!’

Spare is officially priced at £2 , although Amazon are among the retailers selling copies for as little as £14.