It has been reported that Prince Harry’s controversial memoir Spare has been awarded a less-than impressive title for the second year in a row after its release last year

Prince Harry has suffered a fresh blow before Christmas after it has emerged his memoir has been handed a less than impressive title for the second-year running.

The bombshell book, called Spare, was released in early 2023 and broke records as the fastest-selling tome of all time, containing explosive, private claims about the Royal Family. But for the second year in a row, it has been named as the most-traded in autobiography of 2024 – after also getting the unfortunate accolade last year.

It comes after We Buy Books, a website that buys unwanted second-hand books, said that Spare was its most traded in memoir for a second-year in a row, with even more readers traditing it in this year, compared to last.

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A spokesperson for the site said: “For the second year running, Prince Harry’s Spare is the most traded-in biography of 2024. This year, we purchased a total of 567 copies.” At the time of writing, if you are to trade in Spare, the website offers £3.77 for it. The same book is currently available to buy in Waterstones for £8.99.

Spare was first released in January 2023, sending shockwaves around the world. The Duke of Sussex used the tell-all book to make various claims about his family including that Prince William called his wife Meghan Markle ‘difficult’, ‘rude’ and ‘abrasive’ and pushed him into a dog bowl, that King Charles was jealous of the Prince and Princess of Wales and that Charles refused to allow Meghan to join her husband in Scotland as the late Queen was dying.

In October, a new paperback version of the book was released but tellingly it did not contain any new information or updated chapters, which is usual practice. Many had previously questioned whether Harry would offer up more bombshells in an updated version of Spare given so much has happened since the book was published in early 2023.

Since then both Charles and Kate have received cancer diagnoses, while Harry’s children Archie and Lilibet have both been given prince and princess titles. The paperback version wasreleased on October 22 in the United States and October 24 in the UK.

But since the release of Spare, things seem to have gone from bad to worse for relations between Harry and his father and older brother. When it comes to Harry and William, their feud, brewing before the book was released, has become even more frosty. It is understood the brothers last spoke at their grandmother the late Queen’s funeral in September 2022.

In addition, Harry raised eyebrows by not doing any promotion for the paperback version of the book, despite a big publicity tour when it was first released.