Spare

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER ΓÇó Discover the global phenomenon that tells an unforgettable story of love,losscourageand healing. ΓÇ£Compellingly artful . . . [a] blockbuster memoir.ΓÇ¥ΓÇöThe New Yorker (Best Books of the Year) It was one of the most searing images of the twentieth century: two young boystwo princeswalking behind their motherΓÇÖs coffin as the world watched in sorrowΓÇöand horror. As Princess Diana was laid to restbillions wondered what Prince William and Prince Harry must be thinking and feelingΓÇöand how their lives would play out from that point on. For Harrythis is that story at last. Before losing his mothertwelve-year-old Prince Harry was known as the carefree onethe happy-go-lucky Spare to the more serious Heir. Grief changed everything. He struggled at schoolstruggled with angerwith lonelinessΓÇöandbecause he blamed the press for his motherΓÇÖs deathhe struggled to accept life in the spotlight. At twenty-onehe joined the British Army. The discipline gave him structureand two combat tours made him a hero at home. But he soon felt more lost than eversuffering from post-traumatic stress and prone to crippling panic attacks. Above allhe couldnΓÇÖt find true love. Then he met Meghan. The world was swept away by the coupleΓÇÖs cinematic romance and rejoiced in their fairy-tale wedding. But from the beginningHarry and Meghan were preyed upon by the presssubjected to waves of abuseracismand lies. Watching his wife suffertheir safety and mental health at riskHarry saw no other way to prevent the tragedy of history repeating itself but to flee his mother country. Over the centuriesleaving the Royal Family was an act few had dared. The last to tryin facthad been his mother. . . . For the first timePrince Harry tells his own storychronicling his journey with rawunflinching honesty. A landmark publicationSpare is full of insightrevelationself-examinationand hard-won wisdom about the eternal power of love over grief.