#1NEWYORKTIMESBESTSELLER-Discovertheglobalphenomenonthattellsanunforgettablestoryoflove,loss,andhealing.“Compellinglyartful...[a]blockbustermemoir.“--TheNewYorker(BestBooksoftheYear)Itwasoneofthemostsearingimagesofthetwentiethcentury:twoyoungboys,twoprinces,walkingbehindtheirmother’scoffinastheworldwatchedinsorrow--andhorror.AsPrincessDianawaslaidtorest,billionswonderedwhatPrinceWilliamandPrinceHarrymustbethinkingandfeeling--andhowtheirliveswouldplayoutfromthatpointon.ForHarry,thisisthatstoryatlast.Beforelosinghismother,twelve-year-oldPrinceHarrywasknownasthecarefreeone,thehappy-go-luckySparetothemoreseriousHeir.Griefchangedeverything.Hestruggledatschool,struggledwithanger,withloneliness--and,becauseheblamedthepressforhismother’sdeath,hestruggledtoacceptlifeinthespotlight.Attwenty-one,hejoinedtheBritishArmy.Thedisciplinegavehimstructure,andtwocombattoursmadehimaheroathome.Buthesoonfeltmorelostthanever,sufferingfrompost-traumaticstressandpronetocripplingpanicattacks.Aboveall,hecouldn’tfindtruelove.ThenhemetMeghan.Theworldwassweptawaybythecouple’scinematicromanceandrejoicedintheirfairy-talewedding.Butfromthebeginning,HarryandMeghanwerepreyeduponbythepress,subjectedtowavesofabuse,racism,andlies.Watchinghiswifesuffer,theirsafetyandmentalhealthatrisk,Harrysawnootherwaytopreventthetragedyofhistoryrepeatingitselfbuttofleehismothercountry.Overthecenturies,leavingtheRoyalFamilywasanactfewhaddared.Thelasttotry,infact,hadbeenhismother....Forthefirsttime,PrinceHarrytellshisownstory,chroniclinghisjourneywithraw,unflinchinghonesty.Alandmarkpublication,Spareisfullofinsight,revelation,self-examination,andhard-wonwisdomabouttheeternalpowerofloveovergrief.
