Prince Harry’s ghostwriter tells the madness about the diary

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The highly publicized Diary of the Prince sold 467,183 copies in its first week

The ghostwriter of Prince Harry’s memoir, Spear, described finding himself at the center of a media frenzy when the book was released in January.

Writing for the New Yorker, John Moringer said he and his family had been stalked and harassed by the press.

But he also says the experience made him understand the prince better.

In its first week, Spear became the fastest selling non-fiction book in the UK since records began in 1998.

In the article, Moeringer describes how a paparazzi followed him when he was driving his son to preschool shortly after the book was published, leaving him and his wife feeling “vulnerable.”

Later the same day, he said, a newspaper reporter appeared at his window while he was at work.

Moringer says he and Harry worked on the memoirs together for more than two years. The writer describes long Zoom conversations, constantly messaging, visiting Harry and his wife Megan at their home in Montecito, California, as well as bonding with Harry over the loss of their mother.

Moeringer is an experienced ghostwriter who wrote a memoir for retired tennis star Andre Agassi and Nike co-founder Phil Knight. The author says he always insisted on a clause in his contract giving him the right to remain anonymous, but before Speer was published his name was leaked to the press.

Then he found himself “staring at a giant searchlight” for media attention, he says.

He writes “Every hour, another piece fell off, every one wrong. My fees were wrong, my resume was wrong, even my name.”

Moeringer said the experience made him realize he “didn’t understand anything” about the impact life in the spotlight would have on Prince Harry – but said the Duke of Sussex had been “whole hearted” and supported him all along.

Some copies of Speer were sold out in Spain several days before the official publication date. Journalists scrambled to translate some of the most striking passages from Spanish into English, resulting in what Moeringer says are “bad translations” that “read like bad Borat”.

The author says that a “mad gang” ensued in the media when the book was published in English. He says the bad translations didn’t stop because “innocent passages” were “turned into violent acts”.

Prince Harry gave several TV interviews about his diary, which detailed conflicts with his father, King Charles III, and his brother, Prince William. Neither Kensington Palace nor Buckingham Palace have commented on the contents of the book.

Last week, Prince Harry traveled to the UK to attend King Charles’ coronation – the first time he’s been seen in public with his family since the release of his controversial memoir.

He returned to Los Angeles immediately after the end of the coronation service.

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