Prince Harry issues touching tribute to Meghan Markle after 'professional separation'

When Penguin Random House announced the paperback edition over the summer, they confirmed that "the contents of the book are unchanged," including Prince Harry's heartfelt dedication to his family.

The dedication reads: "For Meg and Archie and Lili…and of course, my mother."

The tribute honours his wife, Meghan Markle, their children, Prince Archie, five, and Princess Lilibet, three, and his late mother, Princess Diana, who died following a car accident in Paris in 1997 at the age of 36.

The tribute to the Duchess of Sussex comes after her "professional separation" from Prince Harry, where the couple have been undertaking more solo duties as opposed to joint engagements.

For example, Harry, 40, took a solo trip to New York for Climate Week, followed by a brief visit to London for the WellChild Awards.

He later travelled to southern Africa to carry out engagements with his charity Sentebale, which he co-founded in 2006.

Meanwhile, Meghan, 43, attended the Children's Hospital Los Angeles Gala 2024, as well as visiting Girls Inc. of Greater Santa Barbara on a solo engagement.

The couple's "separation" came to an end earlier this month when Prince Harry returned to Montecito to be with his family.

He has now quietly released his memoir amid King Charles's tour of Australia and Samoa, alongside Queen Camilla.

While paperback editions of books commonly feature new chapters or information, the decision not to include anything new in the paperback version of Spare has been widely interpreted as a step towards reconciliation with the Royal Family.

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The Duke of Sussex's relationships with his father, King Charles, and brother, Prince William, have been strained ever since Harry stepped back from his role as a senior royal in 2020.

Spare is structured into three distinct parts, where Prince Harry reflects on his royal upbringing and the impact of his mother's death, his career in the British Army and his love story with Meghan, whom he married in 2018.

The three sections, "Out of the night that covers me," "Bloody, but unbowed" and "Captain of my soul," were inspired by lines from the poem "Invictus" by William Ernest Henley.

Invictus means "unconquered" in Latin, and the Duke of Sussex founded the Invictus Games as an international adaptive sports tournament for service personnel and veterans in 2014.