Princess Marie-Chantal of Greece pokes fun at Prince Harry memoir
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An independent bookshop in Swindon has gone viral after its quirky display of Prince Harry’s memoir, Spare, an event that caught the eye of the Greek royals.
Bert’s Books’ showed the memoir alongside British author Bella Mackie’s novel How to Kill Your Family.
The display gained thousands of likes and numerous comments when it was posted on social media, including from Crown Princess Marie-Chantal of Greece, whose late father-in-law is Prince William’s godfather.
On Tuesday, the 54-year-old royal shared a photo on her Instagram Story of the Duke of Sussex’s newly published book, on display at Bert’s Books.
Crown Princess Marie-Chantal of Greece took to Instagram to share this cheeky book display from Bert’s Books in Swindon. The independent bookshop has displayed Prince Harry’s memoir Spare alongside Bella Mackie’s novel How To Kill Your Family.
Marie Chantal posted the photo without text. But it certainly garnered a lot of attention, and many people re-shared her story.
Crown Princess Marie-Chantal is married to Crown Prince Pavlos of Greece, whose father, King Constantine II, was one of Prince William’s godparents.
Meanwhile, the Prince of Wales is godfather to Pavlos’ eldest son, Prince Constantine Alexios.
Author of How to Kill Your Family, Bella Mackie has been basking in the attention and enjoying the cheeky display at Swindon Bookshop.
Princess Marie-Chantal (pictured) shared the quirky display on her Instagram Story, but didn’t include any caption.
The Prince Harry memoir hit UK bookstore shelves earlier this week. However, Bert’s Books has revealed that they only had a small number of pre-orders.
The 39-year-old, who is married to Radio 1’s Greg James, responded to the bookstore’s post saying: ‘Thank you to the 8,000 people who sent me this today.
‘And thank you @bertsbooks, what an honour’, followed by a knife emoji.
How To Kill Your Family follows 28-year-old protagonist Grace Bernard as she attempts to eliminate family members in order to get revenge on her father for abandoning her and her mother when Grace was a baby.
Store owner Alex Call, 35, told the BBC that his staff thought the display was “quite cheerful and [would] make some people smile.
Bert’s Books thought it would be “joyful” to show Spare with Mackie’s novel, which follows protagonist Grace Bernard, 28, who tries to eliminate her family members to get revenge on her father.
In the post, which coincided with the book’s release, the store tweeted: “Anyway, we’ve got some spare copies of Spare if you want one,” along with a photo of its storefront showing copies of Spare next to How’s book by Bella Mackie. to kill your family.
It was later said that despite Spare dominating headlines over the last week, the store did not expect it to be a bestseller for long.
While Bert’s Book’ had received only a small number of pre-orders, they speculated that this was due to its ‘hefty’ price of £28.
Prince Harry pictured with his brother, Prince William, who is the godfather of Crown Princess Marie-Chantal and the son of Crown Prince Pavlos.
The Greek royals were close to Queen Elizabeth II, and when she died, Crown Prince Pavlos, who was her third cousin, said she was “one of the most wonderful people ever.”
Speaking on the BBC, Prince Pavlos, 55, said the Queen, who was his third cousin on two occasions, always supported his family and showed them great kindness.
He said: ‘The Queen has always been a very kind person to my family. She always greeted with a smile.
“My parents were very well looked after by her when we left Greece and lived in England for years.”
Prince Pavlos added that his father was a “confidant” of the Queen during her years in the UK, after he was forced to flee the country with his family following a coup.
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