When Prince Harry’s memoir, Spare, was published in January, it quickly became the fastest-selling nonfiction book in UK history, selling more than 3.2 million copies in only one week.
But is it really any surprise given that the novel was jam-packed with some incredibly sensual confessions and yet more shocking revelations about the royal family (such as Prince Harry describing the day he lost his virginity in a field outside a bar)? And if rumors that the Duke of Sussex is adding another chapter are to be believed, we might be in for much more.
“Prince Harry is already planning to add at least one new chapter… to the paperback version… out later this year or early next, when the hardcover sales have ended,” a source told Page Six, adding that: “Readers are eager to know [Harry and his wife, Meghan Markle’s] feelings about the royal backlash they have suffered after the airing of their Netflix doc, and the publication of Spare.”
The hardback edition of Spare was released by Penguin Random House on 10 January, with Prince Harry narrating the audio version. As of yet, details of a paperback release have not been announced, but a representative for Harry reportedly told Page Six that claims he’s planning to add a new chapter are “not true”.
Previously, Prince Harry admitted that the first draft of his memoir was a whopping 800 pages, with only 416 making the final cut. “It could have been two books, put it that way,” Harry told The Telegraph. The Duke has maintained that he has no intention of publishing the cut materials, because he doesn’t think his family “would never forgive” him if he did.
“There are some things that have happened, especially between me and my brother, and to some extent between me and my father, that I just don’t want the world to know,” he said.