Prince Harry brutally mocked as 'spare p****' by British artist in collection selling for thousands of pounds

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Prince Harry has been mocked by British artist Jack Chapman in a collection titled 'Spare p**** at a royal wedding'.

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Svar Nanan-Sen

By Svar Nanan-Sen


Published: 14/03/2023

- 11:06

The Duke of Sussex released his autobiography Spare in January 2023

Prince Harry has been mocked by British artist Jack Chapman in a collection titled "Spare p**** at a royal wedding".

The collection is a series of front covers of Prince Harry's memoir Spare.


Chapman has painted and styled the covers in various ways, including cutting out Prince Harry's eyes and mouth, decorating the cover with seashells and drawing a penis over the Duke of Sussex's face.

Each front cover from the collection has been priced between £1,000-£3,000, with many having already been sold.

Some of Jack Chapman's front covers

Each front cover from the collection has been priced between £1,000-£3,000, with many having already been sold

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Prince Harry's autobiography sold a record number of copies for a non-fiction book in the UK during its first week.

The controversial memoirs contained multiple attacks on senior members of the Royal Family.

The bombshell book sold 750,000 copies across all platforms during its first seven days on sale.

The memoir rose to the top of the books charts having sold 467,183 print copies which was also a domestic record.

Guinness World Records confirmed the book as the fastest-selling nonfiction book ever on its first day of publication.

Larry Finlay, managing director of Transworld, the Penguin Random House (PRH) division which published Spare in the UK, said: "We now know that it is also the biggest-selling memoir ever in its first week of publication."

Prince Harry's autobiography is the fastest-selling non-fiction book in the UK since Nielsen BookData’s records began in 1998.

Pinch of Nom cookbook by Kay Allinson, which sold 210,506 copies in its first three days of release in 2019 was the previous record holder.

Prince Harry's autobiography Spare

Guinness World Records confirmed the book as the fastest-selling nonfiction book ever on its first day of publication

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Despite the book's success, Prince Harry has been heavily mocked following its release.

Animated TV comedy South Park's new series blasted Prince Harry and Meghan Markle in multiple episodes and ridiculed the Duke's memoir by referring to Spare as "Waaagh".

Last month the Harry and Meghan released a statement rubbishing claims they were considering taking legal action against South Park

A spokesperson for the Sussexes told PEOPLE: "It's all frankly nonsense. Totally baseless, boring reports."

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