Anonymous wrote:I read a lot of memoirs and biographies (my favorite genre) and I was really excited about this one after learning it was the same ghostwriter who wrote Andre Agassi’s memoir. Some of my takeaways:

The opening scene with Harry, his father, and William was a bit cringe, but the book gets much better from there. I guess what bothers me is how Harry often approaches his brother so openly and then gets treated with derision time after time, but comes back for more. When he knocked on William’s door to introduce Meghan, I knew that wouldn’t go well at all and I was embarrassed for him. William was so dismissive and standoffish to his little brother wanting to share and be open about his life and have a real connection with the people in his family.

The parts about flying an Apache helicopter were fascinating to me and that’s why I read memoirs - the varied life experiences people have and you never know what information is going to pop up. Same with all of the travel adventures and discovering a new way of seeing the world through his time spent in Africa.

It’s a great memoir - insightful, touching, honest - deals with childhood memories, grief, relationships, work, travel. I believe the book has been slandered in the press so much because they don’t want people to read it and come away with a different perspective than the media has carefully curated.

Anonymous wrote:It is out there if you look for it, but we’re not putting it here.

Unfortunately, it’s hard to impossible to fact check a lot of it.

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Anonymous wrote:He is such a whining attention seeker

Funny. no one says that about Diana. She is, instead, a martyr.
Secondly, there's no bad press about the other royals. Not Anne who left her husband, not her kids, and really low key reporting on Andrew with the Epstein case, nothing about Camilla, nothing about Beatrice's husband and his divorce- just passing references. They've been after Meghan like swarms of bees.

The ours used to say that about Diana all the time. And Camilla was roped to pieces for being a horse face marriage wrecker.

For a minute. That's it.

Sounds like you missed most of the 1990s.

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Anonymous wrote:I find it interesting that so many readers here are taking him at his word.

Why not? It’s a memoir. Haven’t you read a memoir before? I take authors at their word, but also with the understanding that we aren’t presented with all information, and that’s ok. It’s not his job to give us everyone else’s perspective.

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Anonymous wrote:I read a lot of memoirs and biographies (my favorite genre) and I was really excited about this one after learning it was the same ghostwriter who wrote Andre Agassi’s memoir. Some of my takeaways:

The opening scene with Harry, his father, and William was a bit cringe, but the book gets much better from there. I guess what bothers me is how Harry often approaches his brother so openly and then gets treated with derision time after time, but comes back for more. When he knocked on William’s door to introduce Meghan, I knew that wouldn’t go well at all and I was embarrassed for him. William was so dismissive and standoffish to his little brother wanting to share and be open about his life and have a real connection with the people in his family.

The parts about flying an Apache helicopter were fascinating to me and that’s why I read memoirs - the varied life experiences people have and you never know what information is going to pop up. Same with all of the travel adventures and discovering a new way of seeing the world through his time spent in Africa.

It’s a great memoir - insightful, touching, honest - deals with childhood memories, grief, relationships, work, travel. I believe the book has been slandered in the press so much because they don’t want people to read it and come away with a different perspective than the media has carefully curated.

I agree with all of this, except that I think clearly people don’t believe the Palace spin because it has become a huge bestseller.

I hope he writes a sequel.

Meghan needs to have her turn first, then he will do a second.

Setting aside all the interesting things that they might do in the future, are there really two more books worth of stuff already left unsaid?

who would buy

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Anonymous wrote:I am not a fan of Meghan but after skimming and reading excerpts I did get a smidge of sympathy for her being married to this guy.

+1. She has her hands full.

Anonymous wrote:I find it interesting that so many readers here are taking him at his word.

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Anonymous wrote:I find it interesting that so many readers here are taking him at his word.

Who said we are taking him at his word. I don’t outright believe any memoir I read. But this was excellent reading.

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Anonymous wrote:I find it interesting that so many readers here are taking him at his word.

If you wrote about your feelings, would you expect people to believe that you feel the way you say you do or would you expect them to say “I’m not taking that at her word”?!

Feelings are not facts, but I would assume it's an accurate telling of his feelings.

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Anonymous wrote:He is such a whining attention seeker

Funny. no one says that about Diana. She is, instead, a martyr.
Secondly, there's no bad press about the other royals. Not Anne who left her husband, not her kids, and really low key reporting on Andrew with the Epstein case, nothing about Camilla, nothing about Beatrice's husband and his divorce- just passing references. They've been after Meghan like swarms of bees.

The ours used to say that about Diana all the time. And Camilla was roped to pieces for being a horse face marriage wrecker.

For a minute. That's it.

Anonymous wrote:I find it interesting that so many readers here are taking him at his word.

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Anonymous wrote:I read a lot of memoirs and biographies (my favorite genre) and I was really excited about this one after learning it was the same ghostwriter who wrote Andre Agassi’s memoir. Some of my takeaways:

The opening scene with Harry, his father, and William was a bit cringe, but the book gets much better from there. I guess what bothers me is how Harry often approaches his brother so openly and then gets treated with derision time after time, but comes back for more. When he knocked on William’s door to introduce Meghan, I knew that wouldn’t go well at all and I was embarrassed for him. William was so dismissive and standoffish to his little brother wanting to share and be open about his life and have a real connection with the people in his family.

The parts about flying an Apache helicopter were fascinating to me and that’s why I read memoirs - the varied life experiences people have and you never know what information is going to pop up. Same with all of the travel adventures and discovering a new way of seeing the world through his time spent in Africa.

It’s a great memoir - insightful, touching, honest - deals with childhood memories, grief, relationships, work, travel. I believe the book has been slandered in the press so much because they don’t want people to read it and come away with a different perspective than the media has carefully curated.

I agree with all of this, except that I think clearly people don’t believe the Palace spin because it has become a huge bestseller.

I hope he writes a sequel.

Meghan needs to have her turn first, then he will do a second.

Setting aside all the interesting things that they might do in the future, are there really two more books worth of stuff already left unsaid?

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Anonymous wrote:I find it interesting that so many readers here are taking him at his word.

If you wrote about your feelings, would you expect people to believe that you feel the way you say you do or would you expect them to say “I’m not taking that at her word”?!

Anonymous wrote:I find it interesting that so many readers here are taking him at his word.