Three years after the release of Prince Harry's memoir Spare, the book continues to draw scrutiny for its contradictions and omissions. The autobiography, published on 10 January 2023, made headlines with allegations against senior royals, including claims that Prince William pushed him into a dog bowl and that King Charles was jealous of the Prince and Princess of Wales. However, several key accusations from previous interviews were absent from the book.
Notably, the claim made during the couple's 2021 Oprah Winfrey interview—that a senior royal had questioned the colour of their unborn son's skin—was not mentioned in Spare. When pressed on ITV, Harry denied labelling the Royal Family racist, stating that the British press had made that assertion. He distinguished between racism and unconscious bias, but refused to name the individual involved.
Similarly, Meghan Markle's allegation that she was prevented from seeking help for suicidal thoughts during her pregnancy with Archie was not repeated in the memoir. While Harry described finding Meghan sobbing and attending an engagement to avoid leaving her alone, he did not reiterate claims that the institution blocked her from receiving professional support.
The book also omitted Harry's claim from the Netflix docuseries that Prince William 'screamed and shouted' at him during the Sandringham Summit in January 2020, which addressed the couple's future roles. An updated paperback edition released in October 2023 contained no new chapters, leading to speculation that it was intended as an olive branch to the royal family.
