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Prince Harry’s ‘Spare’ breaks Guinness Record for fastest-selling nonfiction book

Prince Harry’s controversial memoir Spare is the fastest-selling nonfiction book of all time, Guinness World Records confirmed Friday, after the royal tell-all containing intimate details about Harry’s life and family sold 1.43 million copies on its first day—and he suggested he had enough left over for another book.

 

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Some of Harry’s most contentious excerpts were leaked after Spanish-language copies were mistakenly put up for sale in Spain ahead of the release day. Harry told The Telegraph in an interview published Thursday he was disappointed the public’s first encounter with the book came in the form of headlines, not the book itself.

 

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Harry took part in a spree of interviews to promote Spare, including televised sit-downs with American and British broadcasters in which he criticized the royal family. Harry defended himself against allegations that he and Meghan are profiting off their royal status and selling out his relatives during a 60 Minutes interview, telling Anderson Cooper that he felt he had to go public with his family issues after private attempts to solve their problems were unsuccessful. Harry told ITV that he hopes to reconcile his relationships with his father and brother, and that he wants “a family, not an institution.”

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