Prince Harry's Spare Ghostwriter Reveals Their Biggest Fight Over Book
09.05.2023 - 17:11
/ perezhilton.com
Prince Harry‘s ghostwriter is getting candid about what it was really like working with the royal on his explosive memoir, Spare.
In a new piece published by The New Yorker on Monday, J.R. Moehringer opened up about the best and worst of times working with the Duke of Sussex on his memoir. Notably he recalled a major fight he thought might be the end of the working relationship. The pair were already two years into working on the book when they began fighting on a 2 a.m. Zoom call over the exact same edit for what felt like the hundredth time.
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The particular passage focused on Harry’s “grueling military exercises” in England when he was captured by pretend terrorists and put through a list of traumas to see if he had what it took to handle a real battle. The scenario ended with one of the actors making a “vile dig” at his late mother, Princess Diana, that crossed the line on all accounts. Harry was determined to end the section by including his comeback, but the author insisted it would read better without it. Moehringer recalled:
Harry had dug his heels in, though, and it was intimidating AF! J.R. continued:
Ultimately, the Archewell founder did explain why this one line was so important to him, sharing:
Still, the writer didn’t think it was worthwhile to include it in the book — the point was about what he was put through, not to make him look good. Harry finally saw the writer’s POV — and he didn’t lose his job in the process, though he certainly feared he might!
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Elsewhere, J.R. recalled out much Meghan Markle helped to welcome him as he spent time in California visiting with the family