Spare us! Harry reveals Meghan kept a diary which may form the basis of her own book

Meghan Markle wrote a diary during her turbulent years in the Royal Family that may be the basis for her own book.

Prince Harry’s memoir ‘Spare’ reveals that the Duchess of Sussex recorded her thoughts and feelings in a journal.

Writing about the birth of their daughter Lilibet, Harry said: ‘She jotted down some thoughts in a sort of diary. that she shared. I read them like a love poem. I read them as a testament, a renewal of our vows.

I read them as a quote, a memory, a proclamation.

Last week, the MoS revealed that the Duchess may already be writing her own memoir as part of a four-book deal the couple has with publisher Penguin Random House.

Harry has received a $20 million advance for Spare, the Duchess has already published her children’s book ‘The Bench’ and a third book, a health and wellness guide, is said to be in the works.

The fourth and final book is believed to be Meghan’s autobiography.

A source in the US said: ‘Meghan has always kept diaries, ever since she was a child. Harry saying that she wrote a diary is not surprising.

He has been writing in a journal all his life. It would make a lot of sense for Meghan to make her own book and base it on the diaries she wrote during her time in the Royal Family.”

Harry may have deliberately omitted the accusations of racism against the royal family that the couple first raised during their infamous interview with Oprah Winfrey, in order to give Meghan a “clear view” on the subject in her book.

During the 2021 interview, Meghan claimed there was concern within the royal family about her baby’s skin tone when she was pregnant with their son Archie.

There were several “concerns and conversations about how dark her skin might be when she was born,” she said, in one of the most explosive statements of the Oprah interview.

An editorial source in the US told the MoS: “Due to the shocking nature of that claim, a story that everyone around the world was talking about and is still talking about, it was assumed that Harry would address the incident in Spare.”

“It’s one of the main stories in their narrative and it’s the one question everyone wants an answer to.

‘Which member of the royal family questioned Archie’s skin colour?

But there is not a single word about it in Spare.

“The assumption in the publishing world is that he must have left it out of his book to allow Meghan to have a bombshell for her book.

‘Harry barely broaches the subject of racism in Spare. That feels calculated. Meghan will have a clear run to address all the alleged racism.”

Harry reportedly wanted to cancel the publication of his book after visiting Britain for the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee last summer.

The team working on Spare were told: ‘You’ve done it. He doesn’t want to do it.

While Harry later changed his mind after the Queen’s death in September, sources say the original manuscript was replete with ‘Americanisms’ and had to be ‘translated’ into ‘British’ English.

One said: ‘It was extraordinary. A member of the royal family described the whole thing as “impressive” and used phrases such as: “We had put ourselves in a difficult situation.”

“We had to go through the entire manuscript to make it look like it was actually English.”

Some have speculated that Meghan contributed passages to Harry’s book and may have even helped edit the manuscript.