Prince Harry Is Not A Victim. (SPARE Book Review)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 ม.ค. 2023
- God, there is just so much to say about this book. What I'll leave here is the constant thought I had while turning the pages of Spare, and that is "Why did no one tell him that publishing this was a terrible idea?" If Prince Harry was surrounded by people who loved and cared about him, they would have never let this be released into the world. The Prince comes off as bratty, pompous in places, and completely unaware of his unbelievable privilege. Who is to blame for this, I have no idea.
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Spare Book Summary: I am not born first. I am a victim. Waaaagh.
That about sums it all up..
"Daddy cut the British taxpayers purse strings because we live in America wahhhh"....
Boom 💥
Harry is just a classic mean rich kid who cannot fathom why everything doesnt conform to his will.
100% agree👍🏼
I think the Kate/ Catherine claim is likely to be complete bs. She was always known as Kate by the press (only four letters for headlines) until the engagement when William began to call her Catherine, which is more fitting for her role as future Queen. However, obviously Kate has stuck for the press. And weirdly a lot of people still call her Kate Middleton.
The story sounds like a terrible Meghan-myth. Her ugly stamp is all over this book.
The one who famously called Harry “the spare”, was his own mother Diana!
And she is also the one who spoilt him rotten because she pitied him for being 'the spare'. If I am not mistaken, she is on the record saying that.
@@balletshoes He also courts the media like she did.
Harry had the best chances in life handed to him on a plate, and scorned them at every turn...
I sympathize with Harry. If my butler would serve me dinner without an appropriate silver platter and silver serving dome I would shoot myself on the spot.
Haha. Then get a ghost writer to scribble up a poorly written 'memoir' about it hehe.
well done Erica! You are so right.
H grew up without acknowledging his privilege, wealth and power being a prince...instead he feels pity for himself not being borne the first! He takes everything for granted and he is totally blinded by his anger, envy, jealousy and entitlement! He is a very self-centered, selfish and pathetic person!
He was never like this before MM came along, I remember an interview he and William did with Charles yrs ago when he was in his late teens I think, he said 'he was the lucky one, didn't have the weight on his shoulders his brother had and could have more fun'... he knew his brother had to work harder, study harder, not get pissed all the time and make a fool of himself, I think it should have been the time Charles said to him, well, it's been enough time since mummy died and now You have to knuckle-down too, hindsight is a wonderful thing, but I think that was the missed opportunity!!
One of the things that annoyed me most about this book is his complete and utter blindness (or appreciation) of his privilege and refusal to see the wonderful things he has gained from it. He talks about how much he loves “escaping” to Africa to go on safari whenever times get tough, because he can “be normal” there. Well as someone who grew up in South Africa, I can tell you that “normal” people don’t get to just drop everything and go on holiday to another country for weeks at a time to make themselves feel better. We have to keep working because unlike him, our families don’t have huge property portfolios and provide us with mortgage-free housing & cover our living expenses. Also safari (even if you are camping) is expensive and it’s not accessible to most Africans. The sad fact is that because if high poverty rates, most African people will never get to see a lion or elephant in their lifetimes as they can’t afford to go to the private game reserves and stay at safari lodges or pay game rangers & bush guides to take them camping. Harry doesn’t seem to appreciate that he can do so much of the things he loves (like safari, polo, travel, taking a gap-year in Australia, partying with celebs) BECAUSE of his family and his position as the “spare”.
@@LollyJThank you!!
Why would you seroiously believe Camilla and Charles would try to make Catherine change her name? Absolutely preposterous.
Absolute bull crap. Harry really is a fantasist.
4:30 Just a tip: Meghan wrote a lot of that book. That staccato short sentence structure is classic Meghan.
Correct, all those short sentences are Rachel's........ Pausing in between.............. For maximum effect...................Right?.............It's how she public speaks.
@@HotSpur. LOLLL punctuation at its finest!
@@labrujitajane9512 haha, even Haz speaks like that now.
e.g.."I applied the cream.......Down there".
Harry was a guy with a lot of mental issues, married Meaghan it made it worse
I like the definition of a addiction as being anything a person continues to do despite negative consequences
I'm currently listening to this book on Audible. The only reason I am is that I received a free trial membership and received a credit to get this audio book for free. I have no intention to spend money to listen to him whine. It does give some interesting insight into someone who has little self awareness and is trapped in his own mental health issues. I hope he gets more help for himself, but honestly as long as Harry remains married to Meghan that won't happen. Harry feeds her narcissism and Meghan feeds his mental health issues and trauma. It's sad.
The algorithm popped this up on my feed. Very well done. I hear you say how tired you are of the H and M conversation but there are a lot of people still interested. I would love your review of the other H and M books… Lady C, Omid, Val Low, and of course Tom Bower. Cheers!
it’s crazy that H said they are not a hugger but everytime I saw the ladies giving each others kisses, the king hugs his grandkids
He also mentions at the end of the book hugging Princess Anne when the Queen died. But yeah, they don’t hug.
@@Deltalady79 recall a conversation, many years ago, where people were wondering if they were quite so "proper" behind closed doors. As an American, I understand the misconceptions people can have over here. I had wondered what they must be like when they were out of the prying eyes of the public as well. I feel like Meghan was playing on these common misconceptions over here. Being a bit of an Anglophile, who has followed the Royal family since I was quite young, (I'm 47 now) I would say that they are a very English, but very normal family. If you pay close attention, they are quite affectionate even when they are out in public. Meghan just wanted to give that impression to those Americans who don't know any better or have already made these ridiculous assumptions about the RF. I strongly believe that she has convinced Harry that the "American" way is the right way of doing things. So his family life must have been awful. Right? Even though there is an abundance of proof that the RF laugh, joke, enjoy each other's company and treat each other with great affection. Including Harry. I do not give Harry a pass for his horrible behavior, but I do believe he has been extremely manipulated by his wife and her associates.
Exactly, not sure if you're English but a lot of my English family and friends still kiss each others cheeks like our ancestors did and friends in Europe... Princess Caraboo was lying to the Americans like Narcs do to gain favour.
What is Harry talking about that Catherine wasn't harassed by the media because she was going to be the future Queen? She was mercilessly harassed by the paparazzi and called absolutely vile names to try and get a reaction out of her. The media absolutely annihilated her, and they still do when it suits them. Meghan got a relatively easy ride in comparison to Diana, Camilla, and Catherine. She was welcomed with open arms, and the criticism only came after it became obvious that she didn't care to follow royal protocols and that she was rude and was being a bully to staff. Meghan was never harassed by the paparazzi either. They just weren't that interested in her. In fact, there have been people who work in the media who have stated that the royal family never leaked anything and that once Meghan arrived, the leaks started coming thick and fast. Harry's completely blind to Meghan's machinations. It's absolutely astounding to me that he can't see what an operator she is.
Diana is actually the one who called Harry the spare, not Charles.
It's also untrue that Charles and Camilla asked Catherine to change her name to Catherine with a K because there were too many C's. Harry truly is seriously mentally ill. It's actually frightening to see the level of his delusion. He needs to get himself into long-term in-patient drug and psychiatric treatment.
I read Andre Agassi's Open, written by the same ghost writer. It is very well written. Andre also said that he read a book by this man and he wanted his book to be as good as that book. Meghan's claws are all over Waaagh. Your copy with the Half price sticker is just hilarious. Like him, his book is devalued.
This is undoubtedly the most outstanding review of Spare, great work!
Cheere Denise has a great review as well! She goes chapter by chapter!
THIS: "What I'll leave here is the constant thought I had while turning the pages of Spare, and that is "Why did no one tell him that publishing this was a terrible idea?" If Prince Harry was surrounded by people who loved and cared about him, they would have never let this be released into the world." Harry has been (is) so thoroughly used. May the ghost writer be ghosted. RMM is so thoroughly devoid of a moral centre; in seeking How and Why, one can't help, but think of equivalencies .?. US foreign policies.?. She is cruel... and mutes me.
I would be interested in a part two on this
He’s not a victim but a victimizer
Why did I saw it now, after one year? It's probably too late to ask about part 2. 🥺
The TH-cam algorythm bumped me to your video and I really enjoyed it! Very thoughtful, well structured and also profound analysis of Harry in my opinion. He seems to me like Don Quixote, fighting an eternal fight against windmills, a fight he won't ever win and whats even worse, the windmills only exist in his head. It is as you said, even if he would win his crusade against the tabloids and the media, that still would not solve his problems. Because a lot of it lies within himself and he appears to be the most self-centered, ignorant, petulant and self-absorded individual ever 🤔
Great review!! 📖 I really appreciate your cantor and how you're being fair and honest with your views on the book and what's written inside. I agree with you so much!!
Have you watched the Vintage Read reviews? Shes excellent. I think you would enjoy her takes.
He is happy to use media when his pendulums swing 😂just like mum...unfortunately.
He was protected, loved and protected some more.
Media are disgusting...but nobody forced him to use publicity as an adult. His choice. He is typical of a brat adult who was let off for bad behaviors because adults were either lazy,too busy, or scared . His brat behaviors existed before he could talk...he can't blame the media for that. He cannot blame papa either..because mummy was very much present in his early years.
Funny thing that Henry doesn't understand is that in many families...its always the hardworking, loyal child who ends up being referred to as the 'black sheep'..which means odd one out because most sheep are white fleece, and they get kicked in the teeth by the brat in the family or the narcissists in the family..the black sheep looks after everything and everyone's needs before their own and get no grateful gratitude..just lots of complaints..my guess thats William. Its not a royal thing...or a dead mum thing...its a brat thing...Henry is a brat. Who married his female equivalent 😢.
I LOVE Shauna from The Vintage Read Show! 📚 😄❤ I don't miss a video lol. I'm on her videos covering Sarah Ferguson's book. She loves to do research and I appreciate how level-headed Shauna is, especially since there is so much dRaMaTiCs nowadays on the news and with people on YT trying to get views.
I think the problem with the punctuation is because that it is the rhythm that Harry actually speaks, he doesn’t flow when he speaks, he speaks with long pauses in the middle of the sentences 😂
Henry was called Bunker Harry for a reason
Waiting for part 2 …
I am obviously late to this, but I just wanted to commend you on this wonderful, insightful review! Especially since you were able to explain Harry’s mindset from your own experience. I agree 100% with your assessment on Harry’s relationship with William and his total disregard for William’s feelings, struggles, and the weight of expectations on his shoulders. Harry expects William to always give him what he needed at all times because he’s damaged and vulnerable because his mum died, but forgets that William also lost his mum. He starts a fight with William and Charles at Prince Philip’s funeral by making demands about his “Megxit” conditions and then berates them for not engaging with him, completely ignoring the fact that they had literally just buried their beloved father/grandfather.
I'll admit I clicked on this video because I thought you were beautiful. But great take on this book as well. "You're not a victim...you're just kind of an asshole!" Absolutely in love. 🤣🤣
its a book about what?
Excellent review! Spared me the time from reading it, especially after seeing the docuseries. 😄
Part II please!
Yes i want a part two as well
I really liked that you added the page numbers to your video as you were talking! Now I want to go back and look up everything you mentioned. I appreciate that you added the citations.
Yes, she did a good job. I like that she analyzed the book itself, not all the mess/sides in the media.
Thank you so much for watching 🫶🏼
part 2, please!!!
Outstanding review.
Thank you SO much!!! 🩵
I thought it was a quick read but agree that the punctoution is weird. It was supposed to be a 400 page book, but with better editing, and all the empty space, the book would have been under 200 pages. Congrats on being in recovery.
very compelling discussion! Also your accent is awesome girly!
Literally the best review of this book 🙏🏼 pretty sure that in a few years from now you’ll be proven right about his illness (sadly)
Thank you, lovely 💕✨
What i do now? I buy this book or not?
@@KurdKurdish-ve4qi l got my copy from the Public Library, l don't pay for lies. When l took it back, l suggested they re-classify it and put it in the Comedy section
Half price Henry.....
Have watched your interesting perspective of the book. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Thanks Erica.
Well, one thing he'll never be until when society itself finally collapses, is homeless in a tent, unless he wants to.
Liked your review. Did you do part 2???
I did not!! It didn’t start getting any views until two weeks ago even though I uploaded it last year!!
Thank you for this, but firstly thank you for your approach to the subject. I also tried to read it as a book, without outside inputs (as much as it was possible). My conclusion is that many of the things that were said to Harry (especially by William) he didn't understand at all. And also, I don't think Harry understands it (I wonder if the ghost writer does) that that 2 "fight" scenes with William are just William being desperate to reach towards Harry. I read it as such. And I don't think I'm wrong about it.
And thank you for pointing William's strugle. I also didn't find William jelous of Harry's achivements but of Harry's freedom.
Great analysis, Erica. Greetings from Greece.
Thank you 😇
You are brilliant at this 👏 🙌 👌
Excellent review I will not be reading this book. I would like to hear your thoughts on a Part 2 however, if you have the interest. Harry was told over and over by his Mum that he was special and didn't have to do anything that he didn't want to do. (He says that she told him, just don't get caught). There seem to have been absolutely zero boundaries set for him nor any rules that absolutely had to be followed. When he told us that as a child ( and now as a man of 38) that William got 5 sausages for breakfast one morning and he only got 4 that really ended it for me. He remembered this incident and harbored it over and over. "IF" the children are real they are going to have a very hard time during their lives, and that is sad. Thanks for doing this book, I was surprised your chose to review it.
part 2!
Nice touch to reference page #
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good review
Great Analysis 🤝☺️ Love From Bharat (India)
really enjoyed this !
Thank you!
I agree that when george was born harry came across very selfish
Harry wanting to control how he is "portrayed" in the media is a manifestation of his insecurities when he was a child and being told he was "less than" his brother. His own mother said on TV and other media outlets that Harry is the "spare" and he isn't smart enough to go to a normal school. Diana was always quick to praise William and to say that she wants to protect William's future. Harry, on the other hand, was always sidelined. Not saying this to defend Harry because he's definitely old enough to work through those insecurities. Just saying that the media is mostly reporting from Harry's own actions.
And yet, he doesn't see Diana's role in any of it. For all that she wanted for her sons to be treated the same, she didn't quit act like it.
I couldn't read it. That sort of crappy writing/editing would send me apoplectic. I'd end up throwing the book at someone or something, and Harry is definitely not worth that.
My brother's keeper much? 33:18
Great
I do want a part 2! 😭 I get your points, some i dont really agree with, seems that yes, he has mental issues that he has to deal with, and for that reason i think that it is "normal" that he didnt look at william's struggles as he should. again, he's sick. but yes, extremely priviledged, but regardless i think its fine that he wants to be his own person, even if his brother cant. just because others have it worse doesnt mean you shouldnt aim for a better life right?
Anyway, really liked your video, hope there's a part 2! :)
I completely agree that Harry wanting to be his own person is totally fine. He's not the heir, so he can be whoever he wants! Why wouldn't you take that chance! I just understand William in those scenes, but I'm absolutely not insinuating that Harry shouldn't push to be his own person because you're totally right.
Thank you so much for watching and for leaving a comment :)
@@EricaStevenson Oh ok! My bad if i misinterpreted ! We're in sync then :D
@@denisecalado4296 No, not at all! That just means I didn’t do a good job in explaining that, so thank you for raising it!
@@denisecalado4296 what I do now i buy this book or not?
His mother was.
I do think some of the hate Meghan got was in part because of race, but that’s also not something that’s purely directed at Harry. But this was a great video, looking forward to part 2
I don’t . I think they were actually excited and welcoming to her to have more diversity in their family as were the press at first. It’s her attitude and being a rude abusive behavior that changed everything. She’s not a nice person at all
I don’t think so. She was welcomed at the beginning. People picked up her awful and entitled behaviour. Royalty went to her head. She thinks she’s a superstar in her own head. Both of them Harry and Meghan are feeding each other’s egos.
The British Public welcomed her, she was very popular until the cracks started showing. It had nothing to do with her race, Britain is very culturally diverse. Their Prime Minister and the Lord Mayor of London both have far darker skin than Meghan and they won the popular vote
Whew what a long video. Wasn't going to sit through this since this isn't a topic I have any interest, but somehow you've made it tolerable.
Thank you so much for watching 🥺
Exactly my thoughts 😅 Ugh, not another Spare video (then sat through the entire video - and enjoyed it!). Amazing how Erica manages to come up with so many original points.
I heard Harry never ever thought of himself as physical spare parts for William, until Harry's first-wife came along. Hmmm ps whar sort of doopy plodder cled Harry, gives their kid a middle name of "Harry's-son", it's beyond lame, it's embarrassing.
I wouldn't say Harry is addicted to the media as much as it's a fixation, which makes total sense to me. The media is a source of a lot of his trauma. I'm sure he blames the media for his mother's death, as many of us do. I personally would never want to switch places with him, even for all the royal riches.
Agreed that I would NEVER want to walk a day in his shoes 100%.
Wouldn’t want to spend a day in his shoes…why not? Because he’s a victim of the monarchy?
@@laurenluther7087no he isnt, he is a victim of himself
SelfxMade32 Diana died bc she got into a car with a drunk driver AND she didnt use the safetybelt
The media didn't give William that extra sausage.
The style is for any one and People with ADHD
WHERE IS KATE?
😂😂😂😂😂you poor mite😂😂😂
henas7875 have you been living under a rock ore are you just daft???
Cathrine Princess of Wales is at home in Windsor, shes recovering from surgery and battling cancer
Hello stupid sugar 😂
She disappeared in Westminster Abbey in 2011, you mean Catherine the Princess of Wales? Probably searching for the Sussex kids
Recovering from cancer.
You are so right in clearly stating Harry's illness. I think William has been awful to Harry. I'll leave it here.
Exactly WHY do you think that???
Yeah sure you can blame everyone in his family. Harry is surrounded by people like you who keep telling him that you failed because it's someone else's fault. Look at him now almost 40 years old still sitting there with his drugs and complaining.
What’s wrong with your people are you seeing what the Royals done first went Harry got marry mega couldn’t even invite her own family and then after that it was horrible disgusted people why can’t no leave a lone
Rachel didnt want to invite her own family, she would rather invite a bunch of A listers she didnt even knew 😳
The Royal Family didnt dicide whom Rachel could invite.
Ahhh...a sugar. Can't spell, bad grammar and when proven wrong, it's all about leaving Meghan alone