Finally read ‘Spare’

Zara and Peter, Louise and James, Eugenie and Beatrice , cope well

Hang on didn't Anne say "My children are not royal"?

Yes but they are , share same grandparents, uncles, aunts .

Really tried to listen to it on Audiobook several times. Sent me off to sleep 😴 in no time.
Harrys’ speech pattern grates on me - like Gordon Ramseys’ does, as well.
I sometimes long for the sound of RP or just a very well read book. Perhaps this is why audiobooks have remained expensive Professionals narrators cost money.

Harry/Meghan love to sue for invasion privacy eg Meghan's letter to her father, but quite happy to tell the world that William is circumcised. That is extremely private information. They are hypocritical liars.

Great Glorianny, something different to get our teeth into - the differences between the York girls and Harry.

I think Beatrice and Eugenie both have their heads well screwed on. One achieved a 2:1 in History from London University, the other a 2:1 in History and Politics I think from Newcastle.
Both chose husbands who wish to keep themselves out of the limelight. They do not seek attention and publicity.
Both their weddings were classy and it was a joy to see their grandparents so happy.
Despite their differences and past History, the girls' parents put on a united front and no one is estranged or left out. I think B & E feel loved.
Both girls put up with some dreadful comments from the press, but I don't think they complained once.
Neither girl can be accused of one upmanship, they work as a team. I can hardly see Eugenie telling the world in a book how she always had her sister's cast offs, or Beatrice giving away private details about her sister's medical condition.

Whereas Harry, ..............

I read ´Sparé. Two thirds of the book is about his life before he met Meghan. What struck me is how lonely he was. If only he had married someone who wanted to be part of Royal life.

Annierob

I read ´Sparé. Two thirds of the book is about his life before he met Meghan. What struck me is how lonely he was. If only he had married someone who wanted to be part of Royal life.

I think that's part of the problem, no one with an ounce of sense would want to join "The Firm"

Joseann

Great Glorianny, something different to get our teeth into - the differences between the York girls and Harry.

I think Beatrice and Eugenie both have their heads well screwed on. One achieved a 2:1 in History from London University, the other a 2:1 in History and Politics I think from Newcastle.
Both chose husbands who wish to keep themselves out of the limelight. They do not seek attention and publicity.
Both their weddings were classy and it was a joy to see their grandparents so happy.
Despite their differences and past History, the girls' parents put on a united front and no one is estranged or left out. I think B & E feel loved.
Both girls put up with some dreadful comments from the press, but I don't think they complained once.
Neither girl can be accused of one upmanship, they work as a team. I can hardly see Eugenie telling the world in a book how she always had her sister's cast offs, or Beatrice giving away private details about her sister's medical condition.

Whereas Harry, ..............

Eugenie was at Newcastle. There is a story that she was rejected at first, because she only got AAB and not AAA in her A levels. She was then accepted onto a combined course when people realised who she was. She was a well known celeb in Newcastle along with her security team she was regularly in night clubs.
I think possibly the experiences of their mother helped the girls. Harry of course didn't have that.

Harry was looking for a way out (so long as he kept all the privileges) long before he met Meghan so in a way she was his dream ticket but I’ve often wondered how it would have been if Meghan had been happy to fall in line and embraced all the duchess malarkey with aplomb, not caring where she was in the pecking order as her adoring fans proclaimed her to be the one true princess!

Harry would have been dragged along in her wake, still longing for escape, with his face getting scowlier by the day. 🤣🤣

He’s been discounted and disrespected his whole life. I thought the book was well written and just a glimpse into his trying to be his own person for years. Well done!

Glad to hear Eugenie was able to hit the town Glorianny despite those pesky protection officers following her!

Glorianny

Annierob

I read ´Sparé. Two thirds of the book is about his life before he met Meghan. What struck me is how lonely he was. If only he had married someone who wanted to be part of Royal life.

I think that's part of the problem, no one with an ounce of sense would want to join "The Firm"

So you're saying all those who have married anyone from the Royal Family has not an ounce of sense?

I'm sure they'd be pleased to hear that.

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JLR1220

He’s been discounted and disrespected his whole life. I thought the book was well written and just a glimpse into his trying to be his own person for years. Well done!

And you know that because??

Are you close to the family?

Callistemon21

Glorianny

Annierob

I read ´Sparé. Two thirds of the book is about his life before he met Meghan. What struck me is how lonely he was. If only he had married someone who wanted to be part of Royal life.

I think that's part of the problem, no one with an ounce of sense would want to join "The Firm"

So you're saying all those who have married anyone from the Royal Family has not an ounce of sense?

I'm sure they'd be pleased to hear that.

Oh come on a racist, elitist, sexist, secretive, organisation with links with paedophiles, which isolates and cold-shoulders you if you dare to leave, would anyone with any sense join it?

When all else fails resort to quoting tabloids

It has been been reported that hotels in Europe have been flooded with so many left-behind copies of the 'Spare' in the summer that they have started giving the books away - but even local bookstores and libraries won't take them.

www.the-express.com/news/royals/106057/prince-harry-spare-discarded

I have netflix but I never watch their documentary.

SueDonim

I haven’t read the book and am unlikely to but this made me laugh. nypost.com/2023/07/21/prince-harrys-memoir-spare-considered-the-most-discarded-book-this-summer-report/

This “ newspaper” is the same drivel as the Daily Mail . No facts just sensationalism and yet so many gransnetter’s lap that up . Surreal how much hate here . You would think you were all present for all these occasions .

I'm glad they moved abroad - for their sake.

I'm not royal, not beautiful and not an actress. But I am of mixed race and married to a white husband who has had his share of deflected race-hatred to experience/observe/absorb over our many years together.

Syracute is right : a lot of gransnetters lap up the sensationalised drivel. Cats 'lap' so do dog of both genders.

Did you get married three days before your marriage was registered?

FannyCornforth

Having re-read your post, Syracute, I see that you are actually besmirching the British public too.
As I say, I’d be interested to hear where you are, where there is a population in possession of such superior moral fibre.

Since it is of such great interest, I live in the U.K. The comments about me here are surreal . Sorry, for my poor punctuation . Now I know how Harry feels ! Nothing riles the British public like a Harry and /or Meghan thread.

Syracute is right : a lot of gransnetters lap up the sensationalised drivel. Cats 'lap' so do dog of both genders.
Oooer.
I'm not in the habit of sniffing around for sensationalist drivel, and my pet hate is getting involved in the discussions about race or breed. You are barking up the wrong tree if you think the pack has it in for Meghan just because of her colour. I'm sorry your husband experienced hate, I hope he bit back.
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Anniebach, thank you for your interest. We married ourselves.

Joseann.

You are probably right!

Like some sub-atomic particles, hatreds or 'isms' often manifest themselves in pairs : racism/sexism etc. I am not sure being loathed because you are female AND black makes the experience any nicer.