Prince Harry and Meghan Markle accused of ’blackmailing’ royal family

The Duke of Sussex has said he had enough material for two books, but he held back because he does not think his father and brother would “ever forgive” him. Harry’s controversial memoir became the fastest selling non-fiction book ever when his tell-all tale lambasting the royal family was finally published this week. The headline-grabbing autobiography Spare, which hit the shelves on Tuesday, includes claims that the Prince of Wales physically attacked him, and that the King put his own interests above Harry’s and was jealous of the Duchess of Sussex and the Princess of Wales. In an interview with Bryony Gordon of The Daily Telegraph, Harry said: “It could have been two books, put it that way.” Gordon writes that Harry told her the first draft was 800 pages – double the final manuscript which comes in at just over 400 pages. Harry told Gordon that there were things he revealed to ghostwriter JR Moehringer “for context”, but there was “absolutely no way” they would be includ