Prince Harry’s Book ‘Spare’ Sold Over 1.4 Million English Copies, Already On Second Run - Forbes

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Prince Harry’s memoir Spare has sold over 1.4 million English-language copies in all formats in the U.S., the U.K. and Canada, and is already in its second run, publisher Penguin Random House announced Wednesday, just one day after the controversial and explosive tell-all memoir was released.

Key Facts

Tuesday’s sales figures represent “the largest first-day sales total for any non-fiction book ever published by Penguin Random House,” a press release said.

The first U.S. printing of the book created 2 million copies.

On Tuesday, Spare sold 400,000 physical, e-book and audio copies in the United Kingdom, becoming the country’s fastest-selling nonfiction book, according to Transworld Penguin Random House, Penguin’s British division.

Key Background

Spare is Prince Harry’s first book, but it’s one of several recent media projects by him or wife Meghan Markle that give a behind-the-scenes look at the British royal family and the couple’s strained relationship with King Charles III and Prince William. Last week, Spanish copies of the book were mistakenly sold before the release date, allowing the press to leak many of the book’s most jarring contents. Harry, 38, left little unsaid in his memoir. He said that he and William asked their father not to marry Queen Camilla Parker-Bowles, that he and William have gotten into a physical fight over Meghan Markle and that he killed 25 people during his two tours in Afghanistan. The book also contains intimate ruminations on the death of his mother, Charles’ first wife Princess Diana, and details surrounding the Royal family’s relationship with the British media.

Tangent

As part of his media tour to promote the book, Harry has sat for interviews with ITV, 60 Minutes, Good Morning America and Stephen Colbert. His 60 Minutes interview garnered 11.2 million viewers, the largest audience of the season. He is also set to appear on the cover of People Magazine.