‘Spare us the self-pity!’: Royal Experts react to Prince Harry book ‘Spare’ and The Crown season 5

‘Very provocative’: Royal Experts react to Prince Harry book ‘Spare’ and The Crown season 5. Our panel discuss the latest news around Prince Harry’s memoirs Spare, with its ‘confrontational’ cover. Richard Eden believes that the ‘woe-is-me’ title is a poor choice. ‘For me, it’s just so significant that word spare, it just conjures so many images of self-pity,’ he tells the programme. ‘It’s all sort of woe-is-me, I’ve had such a hard time and everything. You forget this is a prince, born into privilege, he’s had every privilege and now he’s got American firms throwing millions at him – spare us the self-pity!’

0:00 Palace Confidential is in a new studio!
0:40 Prince William’s hilarious ‘Netflix and chill’ moment
2:15 How will Buckingham Palace be used after Queen Elizabeth’s death?
3:16 ‘Really shocked’: Richard Eden and Rebecca English react to The Crown’s controversial plot-lines
6:58 ‘Pretty traumatic’: How Prince William and Harry may react to certain Elizabeth Debicki as Princess Diana
7:37 How far will The Crown be willing to go?
8:40 ‘Verged on defamatory’: Will this season of The Crown make the Royals break the ‘never complain, never explain’ policy?
9:20 How will this blow back on Prince Harry and his Netflix deal?
10:55 Palace Confidential viewers have strong thoughts on The Crown
12:05 Experts reveal some news about Prince Harry’s book ‘Spare’
13:03 ‘Very provocative’: Experts discuss the Prince Harry book title ‘Spare’
14:38 One for Richard fans: Listen to Richard say Prince Harry’s book in Spanish
14:57 Spare us the self-pity!’: Richard has some strong thoughts on Prince Harry’s circumstances
15:14 Is the term ’Spare’ really derogatory?
17:04 After the Queen’s death, is Prince Harry actually ‘dreading’ the publication of his own book?
18:07 Why is the book being published after the traditional Christmas period?
19:32 Prince Harry has ‘staked’ a lot on his book
20:15 What will happen if the Royal Family is angered by the book?
21:43 The best Palace Confidential viewer questions - did yours get picked?
26:04 Dr Tessa Dunlop will discuss her new book about the Queen and Prince Philip on Monday!

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[dailymail]

What did you think of Richard's Spanish accent?

[carleennicholson]

Yes, instead of behaving like a spoiled brat, Harry could be another Princess Anne, who by the way, was knocked back in the succession 2x before she was even married. Never stopped her! ❤❤❤

[brandyward]

At least he was a spare. I was a "Mistake". BooHoo Harry. You poor rich, loved child.

[IslandGirlKelly]

At 10:40, that one sentence sums Harry right up. So well said. I honestly wish that we could give them the privacy that they claim to crave. Let's not mention their names, books, Netflix series and so on ever again.

[DigitalLazarus]

My hunch is Prince Edward and Countess Sophie will be quietly honoured at the Coronation with the Titles of Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh. What a magnanimous gift that would be.

[StellaJames-]

I’m from USA and it seems to me Harry was fine with his role in the Royal Family until he married Meghan Markle, just my observation.

[itsonlyatail]

King Charles needs to pull those titles now, if he doesn’t Harry will just have more to whine about and if there are no titles it takes the power out of that book!

[rebeccajonesstories]

Harry is no longer the spare -- not since George was born, if you think about it. I actually hope Catherine has another child. Would that make Harry number 6 in the line of succession, then?

[suzanneball]

As “Spare, ” Harry had all of the privilege and few of the responsibilities. He could have moved mountains, saved endangered species—anything. Now he stares from the cover of his self-pity and vengeful book with dead eyes and and angry jaw.

[joyceroberts]

Being "Spare" didn't seem to bother Princess Anne, she simply got on with it and has done brilliantly at anything she has done. I find it very strange, that a YOUNG man would write his "Memoirs". Usually that's done later in life, unless of course, you have a whiney wife, and enough money is never enough. Interesting that everything H & M do has be a one-upmanship to anything the rest of the royals do.

[Wishywashytoo]

We’ve been told that Harry received 50million in advance of his book and He is only donating 1.5million. So basically if that’s true he is profiting from his royal status, right?

[JMBD]

Stopped watching the crown years ago. When H & M signed their Netflix deal we cancelled our subscription. We will not buy any of their books. We will not financially support them in any way. Not everyone in the U.S. loves them. They have nothing substantive or constructive to contribute to any social issue in my opinion. We enjoy you channel very much! Thank you.

[Dan_C]

With the challenges of today’s world, Harry is nothing but spare….. very privileged and entitled. He shouldn’t complain, he should be thankful.

[violet]

Thank you for mentioning Princess Anne. There's never anything said about her. That's a shame she's really something, doesn't put herself out there for rumors or scandal. She seems to be a devoted, loyal, and hard worker. I hope one day someone will confirm this or legitimize my observation.

[jenniferbaldwin]

Spare what? He should have taken a page out of Princess Royal's example. She was the spare for a decade plus! She never complained, had an attempted kidnapping and just did her job of supporting Her Majesty and her older brother. She has worked her butt off for her family and country. Aussie Jen.

[chrissierichards]

Diana always called him the spare. She never corrected him xx

[luminyam]

How I love the three of you, you're all so sensible and not fooled by the Harry and Meghan horrors.

[louisech]

H wants the same priviledges as his brother but without the responsabilities. I honestly don't believe Hazbeen has any control over the date of the publication. As soon as a Royal quits been working for the monarchy, they should lose their titles. When you don't live in the country of work for the monarchy, your titles should be gone automatically.

[DebbiSmithDC]

I agree with Dame Judi Dench that there should be a written statement at the beginning of each and every episode that THE CROWN is not a documentary but just for entertainment

[mackss]

These are my two favorite guests, and the host is always delightful!