Prince Harry’s Novel, Spare Brings to Light Very Interesting Facts

There’s something magical about being privy to details about royal life and what happens behind closed doors. Everyone secretly wants to know what cake they ate at the wedding or how Prince Harry could have been labeled as ‘naughty’ when his life, especially as a teenager, was a little more colorful. As it turns out, royal or not – Prince Harry is actually down to earth and wants normal things out of life, and details from his novel, Spare, prove that!

Neither Brother Blessed the Marriage

As it turns out, Prince Harry and his brother, Prince William, the Duke of Cambridge, had one request for their father. After Princess Diana, the boys’ mother, King Charles III met Camilla and brought her into the royal family. William and Harry were delighted that their father was happy and was alright with her being around, but they asked him not to marry her – begged him, in fact. Although, in 2005, the couple had a small civil union ceremony.

Meghan Wore a Different Crown

In his novel, Spare, Princess Harry shares details of his family’s relationship with Meghan Markle and one detail he shares many might not have known before the book. At her wedding, Meghan was supposed to wear the crown Princess Diana wore, but after searching through a private collection alongside the late Queen Elizabeth II, she chose a different one. Harry mentions how the press twisted everything to turn it into a bigger drama than it was.