How did the Guardian get hold of Harry’s book Spare? Questions as autobiography leaks in the US

Questions are being raised about the leak of Prince Harry’s highly anticipated autobiography to the US edition of The Guardian, which has reported on his sensational claims about royal rifts.

The Guardian claims it managed to obtain a copy of the already best-selling book despite tight security from publisher Penguin Random House ahead of its release next Tuesday.

The memoir’s claims were detailed by The Guardian’s breaking news reporter in New York, Martin Pengelly. on your website.

Entitled ‘Spare’, the book explores the prince’s troubled relationship with the rest of his family as the younger brother of the heir to the throne.

The Guardian claims it managed to get a copy of the already best-selling book despite tight security from publisher Penguin Random House ahead of its release next Tuesday (Pictured: New York site from The Guardian)

One Prince Harry memento includes a confrontation with his brother William over Meghan Markle on the grounds of Kensington Palace in 2019. The Prince of Wales is said to have referred to her as ‘difficult’, rude’ and ‘abrasive’, along with which Harry replies like a ‘parrot[ing of] the press narrative.

The Duke of Sussex goes on to claim that his brother “grabbed me by the throat, ripped my collar and… threw me to the ground.”

Elsewhere, Harry recalls another angry confrontation with his brother at Windsor Castle after the Duke of Edinburgh’s death in April 2021. He describes his father protesting with them, saying: ‘Please, boys. Don’t make my later years a misery.

Elsewhere, the prince mentions the names they used to refer to, adding that he later discussed its consequences with his therapist.

A a source told The Times They were unsure if the brothers’ relationship will recover, adding: “I think the book [will be] worse for them than the royal family expects.

Since the last ‘Harry’ book, security hadn’t been this tight. As the Duke of Sussex’s memoir looms for publication, the ultra-secure arrangements echo those of the final installment in the Harry Potter series 16 years ago, inside sources said yesterday.

Everything is exposed. Charles comes off better than he expected, but it’s hard on William in particular, and even Kate takes a little barrage.

There are these minute details and a description of the fight between the brothers. I personally can’t see how Harry and William will be able to reconcile after this.

The ultra-secure arrangements for the book are said to echo those of the last installment in the Harry Potter series 16 years ago, inside sources said this week.

Back then, publishers spent millions of pounds trying to prevent the plot from leaking before it hit bookstores.

This week, a huge logistical operation is underway around Prince Harry’s explosive biography, Spare.

The Duke and his publishers Penguin Random House are doing everything they can to make sure it is released simultaneously around the world next Tuesday.

Publishers spent millions of pounds trying to prevent the plot of the latest installment of JK Rowling’s Harry Potter series from leaking before it hit bookstores. The author is pictured above at the launch of The Deathly Hallows in 2007.

The hardback will be in UK bookstores when they open on Tuesday morning, with the eBook edition available to download on Kindle shortly after midnight the same day.

Spare is published in 16 languages, including Chinese, Finnish, Hungarian, Spanish, and Portuguese, but in theory no one in any country will be able to get an advance copy.

Although the official release date is January 10, readers in Australia, which is 11 hours ahead of the UK, have no doubt that copies will only be available for them on January 11.

In the United States, which is between five and eight hours behind Great Britain, e-book copies of the tome will be available on Kindle on the evening of Monday, January 9, just as the clock strikes midnight. on Tuesday morning in the UK.

Harry’s tell-all book is expected to double down on his attacks on the royal family. While King Charles is able to avoid the worst of the duke’s wrath, the book is understood to contain damaging details about his bitter fallout with his brother, William and his wife Kate under fire in its 416 pages.

Spare tells Harry’s story with “raw, unflinching honesty,” according to Penguin Random House.

The Sussexes are said to have signed a $20m (£16.6m) four-book deal with the publishing giant.

Harry’s tell-all book will be published next Tuesday, but the Guardian US has already seen and published its contents.

Editorial sources said the arrangements for the release of Harry’s ‘explosive’ memoirs were closely watched and carefully managed, with only a handful of top executives privy to the exact details.

Publishing sources said that the arrangements for the publication of Harry’s ‘explosive’ memoirs were closely guarded and handled in detail, with only a handful of top executives privy to the exact details.

Deliveries to bookstores are being scheduled at the last minute to prevent the leak of unauthorized copies. Guarded sites around the world have been secured to house copies of the book prior to distribution.

One compared the sophisticated security operation to the release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows in 2007, when JK Rowling was determined her young fans wouldn’t ruin the experience by learning the fate of the boy wizard before reading the seventh and final book. series novel.

An army of guards, satellite tracking systems and legal contracts were deployed to protect the first 10 million copies of the new Harry Potter book.

When the finished manuscript was carried by hand from London to New York, a lawyer for the American publisher sat on it during the flight.

When copies were sent to retailers, the trucks were equipped with satellite tracking systems that revealed if any of the vehicles strayed from their intended routes.