Britain | Spare us

Prince Harry’s autobiography is an ill-advised romp

A review of a royal kiss-(and-kill-and-mount-)and-tell

TOPSHOT - A pedestrian holding an umbrella walks past Waterstones' flagship Piccadilly bookshop advertising the release of "Spare" by Britain's Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, in London, on January 10, 2023. - After months of anticipation and a sustained publicity blitz, Prince Harry's autobiography "Spare" finally went on sale in his native UK, threatening more embarrassment for the royal family. (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS / AFP) (Photo by JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images)

What is the most embarrassing moment in “Spare”? Is it when Prince Harry describes how he lost his virginity to an older woman who “smacked my rump” and used him “not unlike a young stallion”? Or when he talks about his frostnipped “todger”? Or when he reveals that Meghan calls her pet dogs—British readers, look away—“fur babies”? Or, or, or…

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