Prince Harry’s memoir, Spare, has leaked ahead of its official publication next week. Not only did The Guardian get its hands on a copy and publish exclusive extracts yesterday, but the Spanish version of the book apparently hit some bookstores in Spain.
In one section, Harry talks about his penis. He says sections of the media had a fascination with his and his brother, Prince William’s, genitalia and whether they were circumcised.
In some countries, such as the US, most guys are circumcised as babies. In the UK, the majority of men are uncircumcised.
“There were countless stories in books, and papers (even The New York Times) about Willy and me not being circumcised,” Harry writes.
Queen Elizabeth II allegedly permitted for her three sons (Charles, Andrew and Edward), to be circumcised. Princess Diana was rumored to object to William and Harry being circumcised as it was not medically necessary.
Harry says the stories are inaccurate and he’s been “snipped”.
It’s not the only reference to his penis. He also recounts suffering an injury whilst on a charity trek through the North Pole in 2011.
Harry joined the charity trek for four days. He then had to fly home for the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton. Harry attended a pre-wedding dinner and revealed he’d experienced frostbite.
“Pa was very interested and sympathetic about the discomfort of my frostnipped ears and cheeks, and it was an effort not to overshare and tell him also about my equally tender penis,” he writes.
“Upon arriving home I’d been horrified to discover that my nether regions were frostnipped as well, and while the ears and cheeks were already healing, the todger wasn’t.”
Spare revelations
Other revelations in the book include Harry recounting losing his virginity at the age of 17 to an older woman in a field behind a “busy pub.” He says the unnamed woman treated him like a “young stallion”: “I mounted her quickly, after which she spanked my ass and sent me away.”
• Harry admits to trying cocaine when he was 17 and experimenting with hallucinogenic mushrooms. About cocaine, he says, it was not “fun and it did not make me feel as happy as it seemed to make others but it did make me feel different and that was my main goal. To feel. To be different”.
• He talks about his brother physically attacking him during a row in 2019 over Harry’s wife, Meghan. Harry says William labeled her “difficult”, “rude” and “abrasive”.
“(William) called me another name, then came at me. It all happened so fast. So very fast. He grabbed me by the collar, ripping my necklace, and he knocked me to the floor. I landed on the dog’s bowl, which cracked under my back, the pieces cutting into me. I lay there for a moment, dazed, then got to my feet and told him to get out.”
Buckingham Palace has not responded to the allegations.
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• After the funeral of Prince Philip, Prince Charles called upon his sons to not cause drama, saying: “Please, boys. Don’t make my final years a misery.”
• Harry says he killed 25 Taliban fighters during his time as an Apache helicopter pilot in Afghanistan. Some commentators have criticized this revelation. They say it may place Harry and his family at a greater security risk.
Spare goes on sale on January 10.
bachy
I had a British boyfriend years ago and spent a lot of time in the UK. There are huge differences in the psychological composition of the British and American personalities that people don’t immediately realize because of the shared language. Love Harry & Meghan and am very sympathetic to their plight.
graphicjack
What plight? The death of his mother was sad, but it was also William’s mother, yet he seems to forget that… I, too, lost my mother when I was young, and while I wasn’t born into a life of extreme privilege and didn’t have to trail her coffin in public, I also didn’t turn into a whiny man child who trashes his family any chance he can get. Some of the ‘boo-hoo’ moments in this book apparently are:
1. William got a bigger room than him (seriously, this is what he’s complaining about? I was the youngest of five and yup, I got the smallest room… I hadn’t even thought of that until I read about this silliness)
2. Kate was reluctant to share her lip gloss with Meghan. Um, yah, because that’s gross.
3. William and Kate encouraged me to wear the Nazi uniform… but it was still your idea and you still chose to wear it, so stop blaming others for your piss poor decisions.
4. William yells and got physical with me.. but what was said that made him fly off the handle? I don’t condone violence, but let’s get the full context of what happened… maybe he was justified in getting upset with you.
5. We hated Camilla… well, yah, I’m sure you did, but what makes you think you have the right to tell your father he shouldn’t marry her? Didn’t you get pissy with William when he suggested that maybe you should wait a bit before making the decision to marry Meghan? Funny how it’s okay for you to tell someone whom he’s allowed to marry, but you don’t like it when someone does it to you…
A small part of me feels sorry for him, but honestly, he just sounds like a weak, overly coddled and spoiled man child. Diana let him get away with murder and this is the result. He’s obsessed with her memory and monetizes her tragedy to sell books and documentaries. Apparently Meghan is telling him that Diana’s spirit speaks to her and tells her that they are doing the right thing. These two are bonkers.
GlobeTrotter
@graphicjack: Not to mention bragging about killing 25 Taliban in Afghanistan! I have several veterans in my family and I’ve NEVER heard them publicly brag about how many people they killed – NEVER! By putting this out there Harry’s opened up himself, his wife and kids as well as the rest of the royal family to direct threats of terrorism and crazy Taliban suicide bombers intent on revenge. Just further proof, if any was needed, of Harry’s recklessness and unintelligence.
As to him fleeing the UK for more privacy, this book as well as his documentaries and interviews make a mockery of this claim. He complains about having his privacy and family life invaded by the press but then happily reveals the shape and size of his and his brother’s penis in a $20 million tell-all book. I swear, you can’t make this stuff up!
ingyaom
Sad to know those royal c0¢k$ are cut.
Man About Town
You may be sad, but some of us are rejoicing!
GlobeTrotter
“He grabbed me by the collar, ripping my necklace, and he knocked me to the floor.”
Kudos to William for confronting Harry and laying down the law. ABSOLUTE king material! If Charles had “laid down the law” with Harry all those years ago and busted a necklace or two, we wouldn’t be having this conversation right now.
Kangol2
Charles Wannabe Tampon drove Harry’s and William’s mother, Princess Diana, out of their marriage and her homeland with his cruel, inhumane treatment. He and his brother are still dealing with the fallout!
twomen4u
Being an American I have always thought that British men were reared to be gentlemen and to not engage in fisticuffs to settle their differences.
Rambeaux
Oh, good.
I can sleep tonight knowing the real dirt about his wee-wee.
waldorf
Is there nothing this whinging narcissist will not do for money? As much as I love our American friends, please keep him there, we don’t want him back.
Ronbo
Authors of all kinds get paid. Are you UNAWARE of this? Does it disgust you – or have you been converted by a hateful, hurtful media trying to prop up silly English blue-blood nonsense?
At least Harry is doing something, writing, producing and giving back. The remaining “Royals” seem to be just wallowing in un-earned money and media glory.
Work should be taxed at a lower rate than passive income; the same SHOULD be true for the currency in the media. What has Charles or William done other than have babies on the public dole?
SDR94103
I love Harry.
LunaSol2010
Me too. I have been there for a 4 year work contract. 3 years- 2016 to 2018. Before the marriage they were out to get Duchess of Sussex. Brutally negative and cruelly.
While Megan was confined 3 months to bed rest for difficult first pregnancy there were tv radio newspapers gossip 2 to 6 times a day … impossible lies + assaults on Megan’s public + family dramas.
Her ‘street trash N**** from Compton,’
I read IT! And ‘straight up badass bitch’, etc., crass racial slurs one date drunk in a pub screaming at a patron.
She was depressed and accepting doctor ordered bedrest three months!
And yet still… the Duchess was racially profiled and lied about for each month (doing x y z, all things she could not do).
A pregnant mother drinking in a pub fighting with barkeep? Rrally? Hogwash!
I broke my 4 year contract to get away from the systemic racism that attacked with lies, prejudice and jealousy at their slight higher popularity.
Buckingham Palace did nothing to protect the couple in even one request for journalist integrity. Or request for privacy or correction of lies told daily!
Charles made $30 million a year as Prince of Wales from the Duchy of Cornwall and holdings in Wales: rentals, farms, etc. He made $9 to $10 million in organic foods + products with his name on them. Products + goods carried to market. Plus a very large part of an inheritance from the Queen Mother.
I am aware monogamy is not a Windsor trait in the past. Cultural or poor excuses for bad behaviour?
Lying is not a trait I would accept.
It was all extreme. The firect family all got a pass. But the marriage partners were filleted and served up for trash by press for decades.
Sept 1997 … The fact the brothers were not in therapy and yet told to walk behind mothers casket was a mistake Charles agreed was perhaps ‘a poor decision … their own feelings just at that time.’
It is my strong belief that due Harry’s PTSD he first + foremost wanted out. He said it 3 times before he met Megan.
They did married for love. Harry also mat have married unconsciously to be rejected to be walk away, able to leave.
Even with his money Susses’s were given £2 million to go. Less than 3% of his father’s ANNUAL income.
Charles refused to allow Sussex brand to be used by his son.
Hypocrisy. To one’s own son is a sin. The fact everyone tolerated but did not have a rapport with Camila seems to make Charles very vengeful and emotional.
He will be king briefly. I don’t see him as a popular King. Historically 90% of all Queens have been greater monarchs vs 68% male monarchs.
William may definitely be a greater support to the arts than any monarch in British history. From his chosen charities and love of the arts.
Let us remember Windsor’s all must throw champagne and catered press parties regularly. 2 minimum a year to cull favor for the press to be kind to them.
They all do it, at least once a year minimum … except the Sussex’s. They refused to buy favor of the press.
The British and the press have a love hate relationship with the Windsor. But they are adamant about anyone outside UK not having any opinion or in my experience … critical thinking or logical words on ‘their Royals’ except them!
I was merely asking questions in an open ended way. E er single time I was rudely shut down just joining an existing conversation with others.
I was horribly treated in London for supporting either pro or con.
I grew so depressed! I have never seen such excess negative press coverage before. But later … it equaled the negativity of the Trump press obsession!
We all need to step back and let the dust fall where it may. We are all flawed and loveable. We all have dysfunction in all our families. Let them work it out however they choose. Harty has even sense to not write a Mommy Dearest like book of brutal one sides negativity against his family. I expect it will be salacious to many, ok for some and humorous and perhaps very human by objective readers.
Ass for royals private parts … 3/6 people have details well know and badly kept secrets. Even to a 21 year old Charles getting a one off bj by a household staff member when being asked about the gay man’s lifestyle. Size, cut, sexual identity and quality of lovemaking. It is too much information. It’s bad taste. As it was when Monica L was asked by congressional enquiry to describe Clinton’s size. Really? Must we go there? Well they do in the UK and with zeal.
I believe the context of the knockdown assault by William is unforgivable because no victim of an assault is ever to blame for being assaulted. It is never about context. Its about personal integrity and character.
Ask any person assaulted and they will say the same. It was wrong. No matter the context. The other person must take full responsibility for their behaviour, at all times.
When my own older brother was cruel, sarcastic and judgemental about my life, my relationships, my work … he knew how to attack.
Then … I knew to get up and go.
Even stopping a fight with ‘Maybe you’re right!’ Walk away and stop all conflict.
As executer, my brother I used to adore, who now cut me out of our fathers and mothers wills.
Things written for me went ‘missing’ and somethings were given away to others by ‘mistake’.
And the money has yet to be sent to me years later. I walked away. After the memorials I knew I was free from the toxicity of the family. Never ro meet again. No lawyers. Costly and toxic. I am responsible for my own well being and welfare!
I feel the same sadness … but I have a similar determination to separate as Harry has done.
I stay with Equanimity and a peaceful resignation that fighting only hurts me … mentally, physically, emotionally and spiritually. Letting go is a choice to surrender to heal.
To walk away and demand peace ? takes time to process our loss, grief, anger and resentments about these relationships. There is no right or wrong way. Let the man be.
Give the whole family a break.
Harry choose to support his family: of wife and children, and take legal action against the UK press winning 3/4 lawsuits successfully.
The UK media have a Sussex Divorce Pool betting on the negative outcome and their failure. That makes them a potential negative force to undermine their relationship. Really?
What intense garbage and negativity.
Because people buy it, the press invents more trash everyday for any reason that involves making for themselves … money, and negativity.
Choose to be the carrier of your own business thoughts relationships and compassion for self and others grows.
The repression is never demanding accountable behaviour of people who are supposed to support you. Especially royal families. But their fear of getting more negative press causes them to protect the FIRM at the cost of truth.
nm4047
@LunaSol, like this ghost written drivel, your response is not likely to be read based on the thesis you’ve put out.
inbama
The shamelessness of being born into one of the most privileged families on earth and making a career of being oppressed.
People paying to hear them whine on are no better than MAGAs buying Trump cards.
Kangol2
Say what you will about the Mountbatten-Windsors, but to compare people who are sympathetic to these two and purchasing his book or watching their series to coup-pushing, endlessly lying, nihilistic MAGA fanatics purchasing garbage from a psychotic traitor is like comparing two utterly unlike, incommensurate things. Not even close!
Ronbo
I guess you did not notice that he stepped away from the public aristocracy paycheck. Pay attention to reality. Or do you think that he chose to be born that way? Just the way you chose to be born gay?
Fahd
This morning’s big laugh from the spoiled brat out of control , Harry, was to hear him say that he hopes no one in the Royal family leaks any private conversations with him. lol.
I admire the Royals’ fortitude in ignoring this druggie who’s lost his way.
Also, very kind of King Charles to offer the olive branch of not requiring Harry personally to swear allegiance to him during the coronation. Harry and Meghan can go without worrying about that complication ….although I hope they’re seated behind a large candle.
Robert Bradley
Graphicjack…….how were you able to disable our ability to respond to your personal assessment? The only thing you said that applies is your reference to context. Have you read the book yet? You know…..to provide us with context.
Neoprene
“I mounted her quickly, after which she spanked my ass and sent me away.”
Bravo! Harry just nailed down the Pulitzer for a Biography.
ingyaom
Nobel nomination, for sure.
Fahd
I hope there are more of these articles giving up the “juicy” bits, because I’m not buying the book. But overall, yawn.
I can’t wait until the ex-royals’, Harry and Meghan’s, fifteen minutes are over. This negative attention seeking for profit is really distracting from the upcoming coronation of King Charles III.
i used to love Harry, not anymore, and Meghan has turned out to be difficult, rude, and abrasive, to say the least.
Ronbo
Is Fahd saying that the magnificent king coronation must be our focus? On your knees knave! We must protect the wealthy and famous blue-bloods as our superiors!!! At least that is how the British media see it.
Stop adoring wealthy people (like Charles) who haven’t earned anything. He has lived on the public dole all his life. At least Harry has the balls to step away from the situation. He took the uncertain path and people like Fahd fault him for it. No one needs a king, stop wishing and do something with your life.
Kangol2
@Fahd, Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex, was personally “difficult, rude, and abrasive, to say the least,” to you? When? Do tell, dear! And no quoting from British tabloids to get your story, er, stories, straight!
twomen4u
How do you know Megan is difficult, rude and abrasive? Have you personally been around her and observed her behavior. If not, keep your mouth shut and stop repeating news stories.
nm4047
like many celebrities, once you’re relevance starts to disappear you do anything to keep your name in the headlines. Other than tabloid media stories, I think the Spanish have killed off any need for anyone to buy this (ghost) written drivel.
Rikki Roze
Did he say how big it is?
gregg2010
I slept with Harry on numerous occasions during his randy bachelor days, and let me tell you it is HUGE.
michel_banen
For someone that left the royal family because he and his Hollywood wife “needed their rest and peace so desperately” they are annoyingly -and constantly- screaming for attention…
Ugh… please go away.
abfab
Patti Davis has a very interesting take on this in the NYT. I think she sums it up as only she can. She knows the score.
OPINION
GUEST ESSAY
Prince Harry and the Value of Silence
Jan. 7, 2023, 9:00 a.m. ET
bachy
thanks, abbie!
Diplomat
Patty Davis is no Prince Harry. He will come out of all this smelling like a rose. He has balls and he’s using them. For that he will be revered by those who choose to not get lost in the drivel the royal family ensnared against them by feeding the press lies. Charles is at the root of all the vitriol. He couldn’t stand to see Diana rule the spotlight. And he’ll damn H&M to take it away from him. He’s a jealous putz and Harry is holding his feet to the fire.
Hold fast Harry and scorch away, we need heroes like you.