After hype, readers get hands on Prince Harry’s ‘Spare’

By JILL LAWLESS
Associated Press

LONDON (AP) — After days of hype and leaks, readers have the chance to judge Prince Harry’s book for themselves. Publisher Transworld Penguin Random House said 400,000 hardback, e-book and audio copies of “Spare” sold in the U.K. as the book went on sale around the world on Tuesday. A managing director says, “As far as we know, the only books to have sold more in their first day are those starring the other Harry.” He was referring to the boy wizard of the Harry Potter series. In his ghostwritten memoir, Prince Harry recounts disputes with his brother and accuses his stepmother of leaking stories to the media to burnish her own reputation. Buckingham Palace hasn’t commented.