It has been revealed that Prince Harry’s bombshell memoir Spare is set to be re-released later this year throwing all the claims in it back into the spotlight – but one expert believes the detail of this update may hint at how Harry views the book now

Prince Harry’s update to his controversial memoir hints that he may regret writing the book, but is “way too proud to admit it”, according to an expert.

It has been announced that Spare, which first hit shelves in January 2023, will be re-released in two month’s time in a paperback version. When it was first released the sensational book sent shockwaves around the world with its claims about various members of the Royal Family.

Harry used the tell-all book to claim that Prince William called his wife Meghan Markle ‘difficult’, ‘rude’ and ‘abrasive’ and pushed him into a dog bowl, that King Charles was jealous of the Prince and Princess of Wales and that Charles refused to allow Meghan to join her husband in Scotland as the late Queen was dying.

Usually, when a paperback version of a non-fiction book is released, additional chapters or updated information is included in the new format. However, the upcoming paperback version of Spare will not contain any new information. It will have the same cover image in a newly designed package, however, the “contents of the book are unchanged”.

And royal expert and historian Dr Tessa Dunlop believes the fact that there will be no new information suggests Harry is now playing the long game. She told the Mirror : “Aged thirty-eight, a man in early middle age entered the Guinness Book of Records: Prince Harry ‘s autobiography, Spare, became the fastest-selling non-fiction book of all time.

“No mean feat, but not one that the Duke of Sussex looks likely to repeat with the release of the paperback edition in October this year. Spare’s jacket image will remain unchanged, ditto the written contents.