Spare
Hotly anticipated and highly controversial, Prince Harry’s memoir, Spare, was published by Penguin Random House and co-written by acclaimed ghostwriter JR Moehringer. Offering a firsthand account of Prince Harry’s life, told with ‘raw, unflinching honesty’, the book charts his journey from childhood through to the present day, covering his time in the military, meeting Meghan and becoming a father. While the one-word title might seem vague, it’s actually hugely significant. It alludes to the concept of ‘the heir and the spare’, which has long been used as a refrain to describe the monarch and their sibling. The ‘spare’ refers to the younger royal, who, unlike their older sibling, has no defined role within the monarchy.
Penguin Random House, £19.99, waterstones.com