According to the headlines on the front page of the British "Daily Mail" and "The Sun" local time on October 27, the memoirs of Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, will be officially released on January 10, with the title "Spare", paying tribute to Harry's "spare tire" status as a brother of the direct heir to the throne from birth, publisher Penguin Random House said that Harry told his life story with "original and unwavering honesty". The prince has received an advance payment of $20 million (about 145 million yuan) for the book and will donate $1.5 million (about 10 million yuan) to a charity he founded.
The Daily Mail commented that the release of the book's information was a "sensation" that day.
The title of the memoir
The most striking thing is the title of the book, "Backup", which translates to Chinese, and the actual more appropriate word should be "spare tire", which is Harry's provocative attitude to face his identity from childhood. In fact, there are in every generation called "spare tire" in the royal family, when Queen Elizabeth II's sister Princess Margaret was called the queen's "spare tire", while Prince Andrew, Duke of York, was regarded as the "spare tire" of the Crown Prince when he was young and Charles was not yet married.
The Spanish version of the book has a more acute subtitle, called "En La Sombra", which means "in the shadows".
About how much money Harry makes
According to reports, Random House and Prince Harry have signed a total of three bookmarks for a total contract amount of 36.8 million pounds (about 308 million yuan), and the publishing house has advanced 20 million US dollars (about 145 million yuan) to Harry for this book.
Penguin Random House said the Duke of Sussex has donated $1.5 million (about 10 million yuan) to children's charity, and it is worth mentioning that the institution was founded by Harry himself. In addition, Harry donated £300,000 (about 2.5 million yuan) to WellChild, a British children's charity of which he is patron.
The 416-page English version of the autobiography will be available on January 10 for £28 (about 234 yuan), with an e-book for £13.99, audio read by Prince Harry himself for £20 and a CD for £25. Standby is available in English in the UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, India, South Africa and Canada, and will be translated into 15 languages, including Italian, Spanish, German and Chinese.
About the content
The news of the book was first released in July 2021, but from today's description, the content of the book is more "dark" than what was introduced last year.
In 2021, the publisher described the memoir as an "inspiring, brave and uplifting human story", but today's description has become a royal "spare tire" process "from trauma to recovery".
The title page of "Backup" shows Harry, wearing a brown T-shirt and a black string necklace around his neck, looking solemnly into the camera with deep and inactive eyes.
The publisher's statement referred to Harry as a "husband, father, humanitarian, veteran, mental health advocate and environmentalist" who "lives in Santa Barbara, California, with his family and three dogs."
The press release also writes that "Backup" will transport readers to one of the most memorable images of the 20th century: two young boys, two princes, walking behind their mother's coffin, the world watching in sadness and fear.
"When Diana, Princess of Wales rested, billions of people wanted to know what the princes thought and felt", and now Harry will tell his story with "raw and unwavering honesty".
appraise
Royal writer Richard FitzWilliams called the book's title "sensational," suggesting that Harry felt "unvalued" and "out of the center of events," and that the family was nervous again at the sight of propaganda phrases like "raw and unwavering honesty."
Pierce Morgan was bluntly slamming out, confirming that the Prince of Privacy was throwing the latest malicious "money-making garbage" at the royal family "in time" and that he had to sabotage his father's coronation as king.
SOURCE: DAILYMAIL, BING
Editor: Zhang Xiao