'Unwanted' Prince Harry book Spare listed on Facebook Marketplace for £5

15 January 2023 , 16:54

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The Duke of Sussex’s memoir, Spare, hit shelves on Tuesday (Image: Ian Vogler / Daily Mirror)

Prince Harry's explosive autobiography is being sold on Facebook Marketplace for as little as £5 just days after its release.

The Duke of Sussex’s memoir, Spare, hit shelves on Tuesday and broke records after selling more than 1.4 million copies on its first day of publication.

Penguin Random House, who published the headline-grabbing autobiography, say the figure is their largest ever first-day sales total for any non-fiction book.

However, it seems not everyone is keen on reading the new autobiography after a copy of Spare was spotted on Facebook Marketplace earlier this week with the buyer asking for a mere £5, Edinburgh Live reports.

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The man from Edinburgh said on the Facebook Marketplace listing that the book was an 'Unwanted present, get in touch. Brand new.'

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Spare is currently being sold for £14 on websites and in stores across the UK, including Amazon, Waterstones and WHSmith.

The bombshell memoir has been extremely popular since its release, with the Duke of Sussex taking aim at King Charles, Queen Consort Camilla, Prince William and Kate Middleton, as well as sharing details of how he coped with the death of Princess Diana.

The Duke of Sussex’s memoir, Spare, hit shelves on Tuesday (Ian Vogler / Daily Mirror)

Harry also goes into detail about his and Meghan Markle's time in the Royal Family.

One of the most talked-about claims in Spare is that a physical confrontation took place between him and older brother William at Nottingham Cottage in Kensington Palace in 2019.

In the book, Harry claims a meeting was set up with William at his home to discuss the "whole rolling catastrophe" of their worsening relationship. Harry claims he offered his brother a glass of water when things became confrontational, but says William then "attacked" him.

He writes: "He set down the water, 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."

The book says William had called Meghan “difficult”, “rude” and “abrasive” – comments which the younger brother said parroted “the press narrative” about his wife.

Buckingham and Kensington Palaces have refused to comment on the contents of the book.

Katie Williams