(CNN) — Prince Harry’s long-awaited memoir will be titled “Spare” and will be released on January 10, his publisher revealed on Thursday.
The 416-page book will include Harry’s memory of Princess Diana’s funeral in 1997, when the 12-year-old prince walked behind his mother’s coffin, Penguin Random House said in a press release.
Its title appears to nod to Harry’s perceived role within the royal family, from which he and his wife Meghan, Duchess of Sussex stepped back as working royals in early 2020.
“SPARE”, the memoir of Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, will be published worldwide on January 10, 2023.
The couple has since moved to the US and worked towards financial independence by signing a series of media deals. They have also revealed some tensions with Harry’s brother and his father, King Charles III.
“For Harry, this is finally his story,” said Penguin Random House. “With its raw and unflinching honesty, SPARE is a landmark publication full of insight, revelation, self-examination and hard-won wisdom about the eternal power of love over pain.”
Harry announced the book in June 2021 and was originally due for publication in late 2022, but the release was delayed.
The prince was reunited with his family following Queen Elizabeth II’s death last month and attended several commemorative events, including her state funeral in London. It is unknown if Harry updated the book to reference the late monarch’s death and the period of mourning that followed.
Harry will donate proceeds from book sales to “various charities,” the publisher said. He added that he has already donated US$1,500,000 to Sentebale, a group that supports children affected by HIV/AIDS in Lesotho and Botswana, following their support of a cause that his mother, Diana, was closely related.
He also pledged £300,000 ($347,000) to the British charity WellChild, which supports seriously ill children.
Whether the book’s content will calm or exacerbate Harry’s complex relationships with the rest of the royal family remains to be seen.
In a podcast interview last year, Harry said he was stuck in a cycle of “pain and suffering” in the clan and hinted that he is highly critical of the way his father, Carlos, raised him.
“When it comes to parenting, if I’ve experienced any kind of pain or suffering because of pain or suffering that maybe my parent or parents went through, I’m going to make sure to break that cycle and not pass it on,” he told her. Harry to Dax Shepard, actor and host of the “Armchair Expert” podcast.
A Netflix documentary series featuring Harry and his wife, Meghan, is also expected to premiere soon, though a release date has yet to be formally announced. Britain’s Telegraph newspaper quoted friends of the Sussexes as insisting it would still come out in December, as originally planned.
This follows a multi-year production deal the pair signed with the streaming giant in 2020.
