The second Queen Elizabeth II passed away, the British media was harping on and on about Prince Harry’s memoir. It’s especially weird considering it hasn’t even been three f–king weeks since QEII’s death and Katie Nicholl, Valentine Low and Angela Levin all decided to release their royal books on schedule, if not ahead of schedule. That was always the plan – the desperados were trying to get ahead of Harry’s memoir to capitalize on the interest in the Sussexes before Harry’s book sales blew them out of the water. So for the past two and a half weeks, “sources” have claimed all kinds of dumb sh-t, like Harry is going to cancel his memoir completely, or Harry will push back the publication. Absolutely none of it is coming from Harry, Harry’s people or Penguin Random House sources. All of it coming from palace sources and their need to turn their own wishful thinking into reality. Speaking of:
Prince Harry has made an eleventh-hour attempt to tone down parts of his forthcoming autobiography because he fears being vilified for it in the wake of the Queen’s death, according to reports. The Duke of Sussex is worried that some of the revelations in his book “might not look so good” following the public outpouring of support for the monarchy, both at home and abroad, it is claimed.
The book, part of a three-title deal worth £36.8 million, is expected to be published this autumn, but the Duke is now said to be worried that it will be ill-timed as his father the King begins his reign.
He reportedly wants to make “refinements” to the manuscript, which had already been signed off by publishers Penguin Random House, though industry sources have questioned whether it might be too late.
Having invested such a huge sum of money in the Duke’s memoirs, the publishers are likely to want the book to be as revelatory as possible. The Duke had already been told to revise the manuscript after it was regarded as “too touchy-feely”, according to The Mail on Sunday, with too much of it taken up with his mental health struggles. A separate report in The Sun on Sunday claimed that the publishers found the first draft “disappointing” and “too emotional”.
A source told both newspapers that: “Harry has thrown a spanner in the works as he is desperate to get it refined in the light of the Queen’s death, her funeral and his father Charles taking the throne. There may be things which might not look good if they come out so soon after the Queen’s death and his dad becoming King. He wants sections changed. It’s not a total rewrite by any means. He desperately wants to make changes. But it might be too late.”
No release date for the book has yet been made public, though it is understood that the publishers want it to be on the shelves in the US before Thanksgiving on November 24 so that it will hit the all-important Christmas market.
Yeah, none of these sources have any idea. As Omid Scobie reported – and I believe Scobie’s reporting – the book was completed and it passed legal months ago. The book will be published as-is and I hope it comes out sooner than Thanksgiving. How about an All Hallow’s Day release? Besides, I think all of these f–king morons forget that Harry’s publishing contract was for multiple books, right? My guess/assumption is that this book will be published as-is and on schedule. And then Harry’s second book will be the barn-burner. I hope he dashes off the second book and it’s published next year. He owes these people nothing.
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They have NO an idea, clue, single nor an ounce of information. These is simply conjecture on their part. Harry has written his book and he is proud of it.
They need to let it go……….
For his part, Harry seems well over it. At least he looks that way in photos. That grimly dignified expression, he was there out of a sense of duty to his grandmother. When I look at those photos of Harry from the funeral, I see someone with actual “class” and carrying themselves in a way that amplifies who they are. There was no need for Harry to wear a uniform; it doesn’t matter what clothes Harry wears–who he is is evident. Being born into the highest British “classes” (whatever the heck that means?) doesn’t guarantee actual class. Charles loses his mind over a leaking pen and openly punishes bi-racial toddlers, not understanding he looks like a buffoon–because he is one! Trevor Noah’s bit on king Charles is hilariously accurate.
Two of my uncles are retired Army officers. Even in their eighties and without uniforms, you can tell they were in the Army by their ramrod straight postures and formal, dignified carriage, even when they’re relaxed or laughing. I see Harry’s military background in his dignity and upright stance. He wears the uniform — the uniform doesn’t wear him.
KC3 and Edward looked like fools at the funeral and processions, trotting about in costumes right out of a Gilbert and Sullivan production. Anne looked a bit better, but she has a natural formality to her that suited her uniform. Less said about Nonce, the better.
Not only do they have no idea about what’s in the book, but…
…do they realize that by putting all these stories out there about how bad it will make KC, Camilla, PW, etc. look, they make it seem like it will be an incredibly juicy, scandalous tell-all? And that’s exactly what people hope for in a memoir?
(I doubt it will be, although Harry has every right to tell his truths…I just don’t see it being nearly as juicy as they make it out to be.)
But if their goal is to discourage people from reading it, this is the most ill-conceived smear campaign ever. They are just whetting people’s appetite for the book and pretty much guaranteeing it will rocket to the top of the best seller list.
These people are just feeling around in the dark.
I agree Merricat. Also – I write books and PRH is my publisher too. It’s a pretty touchy feely industry as a whole and knowing the people Harry would be dealing with (and I do know them lol), there is no way they would use that kind of language about ANY author, let alone someone whose deal was as massive as Harry’s was. It would be much kinder, gentler, and supportive. The language used here is that of the tabloids, not a book publisher
Thanks for the insider intel! I figured that they just don’t understand Harry. Their line of thinking is THEIR line of thinking, not even close to how Harry thinks. And trying to make it out like it’s poorly written? They’re still trying to go with the ‘dumb Harry’ trope that we can all see & hear for ourselves is absolutely not true. And from people who write sentences like, ‘There may be things which might not look good….’ There MAY be things which MIGHT NOT?? How do I write a sound of disdain? Psffftht?? Pftth? How about ‘crock of ‘sh*t’?
Thanks for the info.
It’s more wishful thinking than anything that they would believe Harry would delay the book at this point.
Release it in the 9th Nov and dedicate it to his beloved Mummy 💁🏾♀️
I suspect he’s going to dedicate the book to Meghan and the children.
He should release it November 14 as a birthday present for his father, lol.
Maybe send him a signed copy. 😉 😆 😆 😆
LOLZ yes! Happy Birthday, Chuckie!
@Becks!! ☠️
Yes!!!! Here is a copy of the book you “aren’t” going to read Daddy 😘
And add a bonus chapter or 2
Yeah I don’t believe this story. Harry doesn’t strike as that person who wavers. When he makes a decision there’s no going back. Plus the book isn’t going to slam the Queen, she’s was the only person he had relationship with after he left. So there wouldn’t be anything to change. As for the multi book deal, didn’t Harry deny that story?
If he was happy with the book before QE died, when she was going to actually have eyeballs to read it, why on Earth would anyone suggest he’s having cold feet now that she’s dead? This is sheer stupidity.
I’d like to know who the so called “sources” are. Harry and Meghan don’t interact with The Sun or The Daily Mail. These tabloids are blowing smoke and their readers are walking around in it not able to see clearly what’s really going on.
As the Sussexes have said repeatedly, unnamed sources don’t speak for them.
Exactly. They know nothing about whether changes have been made, when it’s being released, etc.
I honestly think this is all so that when the book comes out and isn’t the fireball they predicted (but is, as the publisher said – a look at how Harry was born a prince and became the man he is), they can take credit for having scared/bullied/convinced Harry into taking out the parts criticizing his family/the king. Which were never there to begin with. And then they can begin the abuse cycle all over again about how much Harry wants to reconcile with his family and return to serve the king, make up with his abusive brother at the expense of his own wife and children, blah blah blah. The RRs and tabloids know nothing.
Ahh, I think you might be right!
100%, bang on, without doubt. This is exactly what they are doing/going to do. They’ve done it before. They got caught in adjacent behaviour filming opinions before the interview came out. But they never, ever learn because their readers never demand it.
“Harry has thrown a spanner in the works…” this language is a tell for these rats, who make up quotes from “sources” who are either the voices in their own heads, or palace courtiers indulging in their own fevered fantasies. No one from the publishing house Harry is with is going to give a quote using that language, and none of Harry or Meghan’s sources are going to talk to these rats. So yeah, they make this stuff up, and they keep giving themselves away. This is also how we know Toxic Tom was either being scripted or they were just flat out writing quotes for him – the language was distinctly British.
Completely. The Brits cannot seem to imitate American English to save their lies (misspelling, keeping it) or lives.
Yeah, the language was a dead give away. Who here in the US uses ‘spanner’ ? I have never heard it.
That reminds me of John Lennon’s book “A Spaniard in the Works”. It’s brilliant.
This American is quite familiar with the phrase, ‘spanner in the works’. I even learned about spanner wrenches in shop class. 😉
I’ve heard of it, but only because I learned it here, in stories about the royals, lol.
An American would at the very least say wrench instead of spanner.
Harry doesn’t even tell these people when he was going to be in the country. So, are we really supposed to believe he’s told them he’s having doubts about his book? The book which he hopes will give us a better understanding of who is he?
I have no words!
*SMH*
💯
Can I somehow insert that gif of the little girl smirking in front of the burning house? The Killmonger ‘burn it all!’ gif? A burning dumpster fire gif? Something to emphasize how much I want Harry to burn that sh-t. To. The. Ground.
We know the first book is only going to be how he became the man he is (and would think any comments about the queen would be complementary, since he and Meghan only had kind words to say about her before she died). But book 2? I want book 2 to make the Crown look like a walk in the park. If Chuck thinks he’s worried now, I want 24/7 meltdowns (about book 2) on that salty isle by Chuck, Cams, Peggington and Kkkeen. Melt. Downs. Bigger than anything we’ve seen so far. Heads literally (I wish) exploding. I want Harry to let 👏🏽 them 👏🏽 know 👏🏽 that he’s coming for them in book 2. The queen is dead and the gloves are off.
Enough abuse is enough. Harry needs to (in my wishful imagination) show them all that he knows where alllllll the skeletons are buried and if they’re coming after his family, they’ll be sorry.
Dang. Don’t know why I woke up in a MOOD this morning! But the articles from yesterday on V Low’s libelous, bullying book has made me so angry. I really need to witness some karma coming for the RRs, lying staffers, and Harry’s birth family. Soon.
I’m partial to the gif of Angela Bassett walking away from a burning car (How Stella Got Her Groove Back). And I like your suggestions.
Harry owes these people nothing. If nothing else, the treatment of him and his wife these past few weeks have put steel in his resolve. While I doubt (sadly) that he’ll burn all the sh!t down, there will be some Molotov cocktails thrown.
I think the real Molotov Cocktails will be from the palace’s/press’ response. They’re so good at owning themselves trying to one up Harry.
And Fyi: It’s Waiting to Exhale, not How Stella Got Her Groove Back.
Rapunzel you are right, my mistake! :: embarrassed ::
Again I think you are on the money here. Book One is setting the scene. From boy to man. Book Two will burn in all down. We’ll all be using multiple on fire gifs.Book Three will be where he’s at then and his hopes and plans for the future.
I’m excited for this book. Not because of the tea it might spill, but more because I think it will be unlike anyone expects. Obviously, the tea is the side-bonus.
I know Charles el al aren’t forward thinking but multi-book deal means multiple books. They could have been part of a beautiful story about how the firm, I mean family, came together when their beloved monarch died but nope. They turned the kettle on and left it on and now the tea is piping hot. I would read a book that was just unhinged articles followed by receipts of what actually happened.
So, a story by The Telegraph using The Mail on Sunday and The Sun as sources?
Ha! Yeah, okay. Pull the other one, why don’t you?
IKR? These tabloids use each other as sources to legitimize the lies and fan fiction they spew.
Well, they’re already vilifying him non-stop now, so I don’t see how changing his book, even if it were possible, will make things different.
This is SUCH a dumb strategy on the part of these authors who hate the Sussexes and want to see their downfall. Every “report” we hear about Harry’s memoir is all about how juicy it’s gonna be sooo juicy and scandalous. Even if that’s not what the book will be about at all (and I, too, strongly doubt that he’d do that in his first book), surely that kind of talk is only going to HELP his sales, right?
It seems to me that after the Queen’s death that the British Royal press has amped up the anti-Meghan and to a lesser extent Harry articles. I know some of this is tied to royal reporter book releases but my tin hat theory is that this is under the orders of the courtiers and Charles to make Harry feel guilty into not publishing it or at least editing certain things.
The new edits to the book no doubt include the Queen’s death, but maybe he is toning some stuff down,.
It is like they are giving Harry a taste of what will happen when the book comes out. (I write this as someone who believes he should write whatever he wants and have it published)
“”The new edits to the book no doubt include the Queen’s death, but maybe he is toning some stuff down,.””
Sorry to disagree but, where is the legitimate source telling us there are edits in the book to include TQ’s death? I’ve seen lots of RRs screaming for it to be shelved, changed edited etc., but as yet nothing from Harry or his publishers.
Omid said that the final manuscript has been completed months ago. No doubt it’s already gone to print. If Harry puts out an updated paperback version next year, he can update it and include her death. But I think it’s too late to update his current memoir.
The book’s done and gone to the printer. There aren’t going to be any changes to the book.
It’s not just the British media. I’ve seen anti-Meghan crapola in Cosmopolitan, People, Women’s Wear Daily, etc. The media, as a whole, is blitzing her.
There is absolutely no way in hell Charles (and probably William) didn’t quietly agree to this and encourage this. That is the only rationale I can come up with as to why the blitz is so wide spread. Someone in power gave the go ahead and now the media is coming down on Meghan like a ton of bricks.
My armchair hypothesis as to why they are doing it is simple: they want Harry to withdraw the book. They know he doesn’t care if they come for him but he *does* care about Meghan being attacked. So the blitz on Meghan is a ploy to get at Harry’s weak spot to make him drop the book.
Those publications all repackage stuff from the British tabloids. They stick a different name as the writer but sometimes its literally word for word. Since so many publications are owned by the same conglomerate its not hard to do.
There’s just one teensy problem with the RF’s strategy of attacking Meghan – if that is what this latest flurry is – and that’s the fact they never stopped. Every. Day. The BM write crap about her, irrespective of whether H&M are sitting quietly at home or tap-dancing their way round the UN in front of the world’s cameras. So, what they have clearly shown Harry is it that there is no link between their abuse and H&M’s behaviour. The only link is whether they have fresh events to throw into the attack, like the funeral.
I go the opposite way. IF there is a strategy I think it’s to goad H&M into telling the whole story. Now THAT would feed the media for months, possibly years. They would be SALIVATING at the prospect of the Sussexes blowing the doors off.
He isn’t going to drop the book, he is under contract. He would have to pay his advance back ( which I am sure is millions) The press are projecting their fears of his memoir. This isn’t going to happen no matter how bad the press want it to happen.
If Harry is changing the book at all – which I doubt – then it’s more likely he would make it more harsh not less. He wrote it when the Queen was alive and we know he didn’t want to upset her. But he also wrote it knowing that she was 96 and frail so his father as King couldn’t be that far off. After the treatment around the funeral, if he could edit then I think he’d be more inclined to turn UP the heat.
But yeah, nobody who knows anything about the workings of the Sussex team is talking to the Mail, the Sun or the Telegraph so, as per, this is just nonsense made up to sell papers and generate clicks.
No “source” who uses British words like “spanner” knows anything whatsoever about what’s going on in America.
Yeah, we throw wrenches into the works. LOL
@Fae, yes! 😂
Harry was going to publish this book while the Queen was alive so why would he change it since she has passed? Come on. The British press are projecting. Again. THEY are the ones that are scared of this book because I am sure Harry is going to go nuclear on the press. We can’t deny that Harry’s book is going to be huge. The smear campaign that the press ran is going to be exposed, no doubt and that has the press scared. So many people will sympathize with Harry and Meghan.
Harry can’t pull his book, he was paid a hefty advance and he would have to pay that back. And he is under contract. Plus, he donated most of his advance to charity. His book will come out, I just hope it’s this year. Harry’s book is under lock and key. No one is going to tell British tabloids a thing regarding this book. Also, the press have reported that this book was delayed even before the Queen died. It’s just wishful thinking on their part.
I’m with everyone else saying that these people have no clue. NO CLUE. Harry doesn’t care about hurting his father’s image at the start of his reign (I’m not sure how much about his father is even in the book, but we’ll find out.) the book is locked and loaded at this point. I actually would not be surprised if the publisher wants it to come out around the Crown, just because I think that will spike interest in it, even though I think its going to be a runaway bestseller anyway.
But the telegraph, MoS, etc, – they have no idea.
I don’t usually buy royal-type books (sorry, Omid) but I’m definitely grabbing Harry’s. All of these dumb stories from the rats about it have just made me more determined to buy it as soon as possible.
These royal “experts” have published books and know how book publishing works so they know that they are lying. As usual.
The BM is afraid individual “journalists” will be named in Harry’s book.
Agree. Highly doubt Harry will go all in on his family. But I think Harry will unload on the Courtiers, British Media and Royal Rota Rats and that is why they keep harping on the book being delayed or edited. It will be interesting to see how they attack and try to discredit the book once it’s released.
Agreed. He’s going to go to town on all of the above. If we get any kind of revelation about the family it would be how absent and neglectful they were in his life.
That and he probably has documentation to back up what he is saying, in the form of emails, etc. I don’t think the press cares one bit about the RF, but they are worried that if he prints irrefutable evidence of their shenanigans that their future books sales are done, and that the articles they write will obviously have much less sway.
This is exactly it.
Yep, this is it. Harry has nothing to lose, burning all of the British media to the ground.
I think these stories are to try and dampen interest in the book and imply its dull because all of the juicy parts have been removed. They wish!
I don’t know why these people think Harry is supposed to care about Chucky reputation when all Chucky has done for the last three weeks is belittle, demean, insults and hurt Harry and his wife.
Like if Chucky doesn’t want things written about him that look bad, then don’t do things that make you look bad you complete jackass.
Harry isn’t changing shit.it is coming out the way it’s already been written.
It’s ridiculous that the press thinks Harry has control over anything regarding the book at this point. The publisher has a contract. That contract likely sets parameters for Harry follow in terms of when it there can and can’t be editing. The contract certainly prevents him from making changes after it’s gone to print. And Harry is definitely bound by contract not to cancel the book. Even of he wanted to change things or back off the book, it’s out of his hands at this point.
The palace/press is showing they don’t understand professional business and how it works. Harry has binding legal agreements in place. Those agreements don’t care granny died.
They don’t understand anything and can’t even keep their tone straight.
Either the Sussexes are irrelevant and no one cares…. OR….they are so powerful they could have rescheduled the OW interview, bribed Tyler Perry to say nice things about them AND controlled a publishing house, all from one of their 235684 bathrooms in Montecito!
Exactly. And the Queen dying is going to put more interest on his book, which the publishing house is probably excited about.
“MEMOIR!!” is going to become the new “NETFLIX!!!”, and I’m already completely over it.
This book is going to be a heartfelt recount of his charities, service, and the connection to his mother. This is not going to be the earth-scorching bomb they all desperately want it to be.
This book won’t reveal any major scandals, however the next two are going to be the ones the BM and BRF should worry about. There’s only so much a person can take before discretion ISN’T the better part of valor and the truth gets told, come hell or high water.
@Jaded, I hope that Harry is furiously typing away on the second one right now, while all of the bullshit from the past couple of weeks is fresh in his mind.
And I agree with you re: discretion/valor…it reaches a breaking point, and IMO Harry’s should have reached his sometime in 2017, so it’s more than past time for him to let some — as the RRs like to say— “truth bombs” fly.
I wonder if they will drop it right after the new season of The Crown debuts? Maybe mid-November, not long before people start shopping for the holidays.
Whenever the big day is, I’m getting myself a copy ASAP.
I good idea is for the concerned to hold their breath until the book is published and ready for sale.
Edit : *A good idea is …
I suspect that Prince Harry book might prove disappointing to some. It might merely mention the family in passing, so it might prove to be very insightful and interesting.
I think he’s going to follow the same themes as in The Me You Can’t See. It was only indirectly referring to his family.
So, what’s the general thinking on what time period the book covers? I don’t think it will go all the way to current events. Past Diana’s death surely , Harry was just a small boy then. Probably through his military career, and Chucks marriage to Camilla. I can’t decide if Harry will talk about his courtship of Meghan and the wedding, or if it will end short of that. I think the really incendiary stuff will be in the second book.
Haha i love the title of this article, Kaiser. Palace morons indeed.
Harry’s not wavering. The RF is convinced that they and their echo chamber of idiots and sycophants in the BM iare somehow reflective of reality. I suspect they are in for a rude awakening. The danger for the RF with Harry’s book isn’t going to be that he directly attacks them. Rather it will be that his maturity and grace will stand in harsh contrast to the buffoonery and childishness that is the RF.
Agree that the book will likely match the tone of The Me You Can’t See. Even when he does reveal something about the family I suspect it will be compassionate, recognising the failures all humans are susceptible to, but driving home the point of how it shaped and changed him.