Meghan Markle was ‘more wary’ of Prince Harry’s memoir release, sources have claimed – as the Duchess was notably absent from his lengthy media tour.
The royal couple typically put on a united front, with Prince Harry making an appearance at the end of his wife’s interview with Oprah Winfrey in March 2021.
He has made a number of cameos since, from sitting in the audience with schoolchildren in New York as Meghan promoted her book The Bench, to juggling in the window at the end of her 40th birthday video.
‘We’re like salt and pepper,’ Meghan once said. ‘We always move together.’
But as Harry released his explosive memoir Spare, Meghan has been notably absent.
Meghan Markle was ‘more wary’ of Prince Harry’s memoir release, sources have claimed – as the Duchess was notably absent from his lengthy media tour
The royal couple typically put on a united front, with Prince Harry making an appearance at the end of his wife’s interview with Oprah Winfrey in March 2021
The memoir includes claims that the Prince of Wales physically attacked him and teased him about his panic attacks, and that the King put his own interests above Harry’s and was jealous of the Duchess of Sussex and the Princess of Wales.
The prince has taken part in a number of high-profile media engagements since the book launched on January 10, including an interview with Anderson Cooper for CBS’ 60 Minutes.
He also appeared on the Late Show with Stephen Colbert – very much on his own.
Sources have told the Telegraph that had Meghan been involved in any aspect of promoting the book, she may well have been accused of trying to steal the limelight.
But as Harry released his explosive memoir Spare, Meghan has been notably absent
The prince has taken part in a number of high-profile media engagements since the book launched on January 10, including an interview with Anderson Cooper for CBS’ 60 Minutes
Others have suggested Meghan’s absence sends a message: this is Harry’s project.
It was said by a source close to the couple that Meghan was ‘more wary’ about the extremely personal memoir than the prince was, adding she may have raised ‘gentle concerns’.
But, the newspaper reports, once Harry made up his mind to go ahead with the two-year project with ghostwriter JR Moehringer, the Duchess remained supportive.
‘Is this the way she would have approached things? Possibly not’, said one source.
‘But she will always back him and would never have got involved in promoting such a personal project. This is about his own life, his own journey and his own perspective.’
It was claimed last week that Spare has become the fastest-selling non-fiction book since records began in 1998.
It was said by a source close to the couple that Meghan was ‘more wary’ about the extremely personal memoir than the prince was, adding she may have raised ‘gentle concerns’
He also appeared on the Late Show with Stephen Colbert – very much on his own
It was claimed last week that Spare has become the fastest-selling non-fiction book since records began in 1998
The Duke of Sussex’s autobiography has sold 750,000 copies across all formats – print, audio and e-book – in the UK since its publication on January 10.
This makes it the biggest selling memoir ever for its first week of publication, according to publishers Transworld, the UK division of Penguin Random House.
Official figures from Nielsen BookData showed the book, which was written by celebrity ghostwriter JR Moehringer, sold 467,183 print copies in its first week alone.
The data released by Nielsen shows the book has broken the previous record of 210,506 set by the first Pinch Of Nom cookbook – written by Kay Allinson – in 2019.
The Duke of Sussex’s autobiography has sold 750,000 copies across all formats – print, audio and e-book – in the UK since its publication on January 10
In a US broadcast promoting the work, Harry branded the Duchess of Cornwall the ‘villain’ and ‘dangerous’, accusing her of rehabilitating her image at the expense of his.
As the duke continued a run of high-profile promotional interviews, he said he ‘would like nothing more’ than for his children to have relationships with the Royal Family.
His remarks about his son and daughter came despite the criticism he has levelled at his brother William, father Charles and stepmother Camilla.
He also described his late mother, Diana, Princess of Wales, as his ‘guardian angel’ and said she is with him ‘all the time’.
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