{"id":1239103,"date":"2022-10-31T05:05:56","date_gmt":"2022-10-31T05:05:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/10\/31\/duke-of-sussex-wrote-memoir-for-his-own-happiness\/"},"modified":"2022-10-31T05:05:56","modified_gmt":"2022-10-31T05:05:56","slug":"duke-of-sussex-wrote-memoir-for-his-own-happiness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/10\/31\/duke-of-sussex-wrote-memoir-for-his-own-happiness\/","title":{"rendered":"Duke of Sussex \u2018wrote memoir for his own happiness\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/image-prod.iol.co.za\/16x9\/800?source=https:\/\/xlibris.public.prod.oc.inl.infomaker.io:8443\/opencontent\/objects\/45344cb0-74c6-5310-8422-dc9409cbb57d&amp;operation=CROP&amp;offset=0x41&amp;resize=2713x1524\" class=\"type:primaryImage\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The Duke of Sussex is said to have written his memoir for his \u201cown happiness\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>A source told the Daily Telegraph newspaper on Saturday, his motivation for producing his upcoming autobiography \u2018SPARE\u2019 was to do something \u201cfor himself\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The insider said about the reasons behind the book, due out on January 10: \u201cYou can\u2019t kind of always live your life trying to make your family or your siblings happy. You have to choose your own happiness.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Denying reports the book will attack the royals, sources added to the Telegraph it will not be a \u201ctakedown of his family\u201d, but instead is a \u201cbeautiful read\u201d. <\/p>\n<p>It comes as royal experts have said Harry, 38, may travel to Britain to promote the autobiography so he can explain the \u201cintent\u201d behind it.<\/p>\n<p>There are also reports the book\u2019s publication could see retaliation from the palace, including stripping him and his wife Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, 41, of their royal titles.<\/p>\n<div>!function(e,t,r){let n;if(e.getElementById(r))return;const a=e.getElementsByTagName(\u201cscript\u201d)[0];n=e.createElement(\u201cscript\u201d),n.id=r,n.defer=!0,n.src=\u201dhttps:\/\/playback.oovvuu.media\/player\/v1.js\u201d,a.parentNode.insertBefore(n,a)}(document,0,\u201doovvuu-player-sdk\u201d);<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Brand expert Nick Ede said Harry\u2019s decision to call the upcoming book \u2018SPARE\u2019 \u2013 a reference to his nickname \u201cthe spare heir\u201d \u2013 is also aimed at showing the royal has been \u201cthrough a lot\u201d, but shows his \u201csense of humour\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Nick told the \u201cMailOnline\u201d Femail section on Thursday: \u201cThe choice of the title \u2018SPARE\u2019 is not only provocative but also leans into Harry\u2019s sense of humour too. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlthough it is a bold choice, it\u2019s a brave one and it sets out immediately that this book will be anything but showing that Prince Harry is a \u2018spare\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe use of the singular title is one of empowerment and strength.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA singular word for a book title is empowering and using \u2018spare\u2019 is a way of reclaiming it and making it a powerful empowering tool for himself and for the reader.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It has been reported Harry was paid a $20 million (R364m) advance for the book as part of a three-title deal worth \u00a336.8m (R776m), but the royal has donated $1.5-million from it to the children\u2019s charity Sentebale and \u00a3300\u00a0000 (about R6.3m) to WellChild, a charity for disabled youngsters for which he serves as patron.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iol.co.za\/lifestyle\/health\/mind\/duke-of-sussex-wrote-memoir-for-his-own-happiness-111f5eec-f520-5501-890e-38cdef8d4b90\">Source <\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Duke of Sussex is said to have written his memoir for his \u201cown happiness\u201d. A source told the Daily Telegraph newspaper on Saturday, his motivation for producing his upcoming autobiography \u2018SPARE\u2019 was to do something \u201cfor himself\u201d. The insider said about the reasons behind the book, due out on January 10: \u201cYou can\u2019t kind [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1239103","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-celebrity-gossip"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1239103","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1239103"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1239103\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1239103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1239103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1239103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}