Prince Harry celebrates new record despite launching repeated attacks on Royal Family

Prince Harry celebrates new record despite launching repeated attacks on Royal Family

WATCH NOW: Royal commentator discusses Prince Harry's bombshell memoir

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Dorothy Reddin

By Dorothy Reddin


Published: 05/01/2024

- 10:09

The Duke of Sussex's autobiography sold a whopping 706,978 copies in the UK

Prince Harry has celebrated a new record with his bombshell memoir, despite launching repeated attacks on the Royal Family.

The Duke of Sussex's tell-all memoir Spare was the bestselling book of 2023 in the UK, according to new figures.


Harry's autobiography, which was published in January last year, sold more than 700,000 copies.

It also outsold the second entry in the list by 180,000 copies, according to data obtained by The Bookseller.

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Prince Harry breaks British record with explosive memoir Spare

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Titles included in the top five-selling books from last year include two from Richard Osman, as well as a cookbook called Bored of Lunch and another book, Lessons in Chemistry.

The top 20 features entries from authors Colleen Hoover and Taylor Jenkins Reid.

Prince Harry's memoir Spare launched many attacks on members of the Royal Family, including Prince William and Queen Camilla.

At one point during the book, the duke claimed the Prince and Princess of Wales encouraged him to dress in a Nazi uniform at a 2005 fancy dress party.

Prince Harry SparePrince Harry released Spare in January 2023PA

The event was a "Native and Colonial" themed party, which William also attended dressed as a lion.

Elsewhere in the memoir, Harry claimed he and his brother begged King Charles not to marry Queen Camilla, whom he described as a "wicked stepmother".

He also accused the Queen of having a "long-term strategy, a campaign directed at marriage and with time, the Crown (with the blessing of our father, we supposed)".

The Duke of Sussex wrote: "I remember wondering... if she would be cruel to me; if she would be like all the wicked stepmothers in the stories."

Prince Harry and Prince WilliamPrince Harry and Prince William hit out at his brother in his memoirPA
Queen Camilla, King Charles, Prince HarryQueen Camilla photographed with Prince Harry in 2014PA

Despite these royal attacks, Spare became the best-selling book in the UK, even beating the Guinness Book of World Records.

In total it sold 706,978 copies, followed by Richard Osman's The Last Devil to Die, which came in second place at 529,532.

Osman did outsell the duke with his total sales of the year, as he took four of the top 20 spots.

Colleen Hoover was another successful author among UK readers in 2023, as her books made four of the top 20 best-selling lists.

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