Prince Harry won't add new chapters to 'Spare': he's desperate for a reconciliation with the royals

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California has many charms, but the year-round sun of the Golden State may be starting to lose its shine for the Duke of Sussex as he sees photographs of the Prince and Princess of Wales enjoying their holiday with King Charles and Queen Camilla at Balmoral - writes Richard Eden for The Daily Mail UK.

In more harmonious times for the Royal Family, Prince Harry would have been with his brother and sister-in-law at the Highlands retreat at this time of year.

‘To me, Balmoral was always simply Paradise,’ Harry wrote in his memoir, Spare. ‘A cross between Disney World and some sacred Druid grove.’ (source: the Daily Mail)

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Instead of shooting grouse with King Charles or stalking deer with Prince William in Scotland, Harry is stuck in Montecito, plotting his next moves with his wife. When the royals are on holiday in August, it seems that Harry and Meghan get to work: last week, they went on a ‘quasi-royal tour’ of Colombia at the invitation of a vice president who’d seen them on Netflix.

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This week, announcing plans to attend Climate Week events in New York next month, and inform the world of the publication date for the paperback edition of Spare. (according to the source: The Daily Mail)

It will come out in October, says the press release from publisher Penguin Random House, which includes a detail that will come as a relief to the Royal Family.

This is that the new, cheaper edition will not feature any fresh material. Which is a surprise because most publishers of a record-breaking book like Spare would want an updated chapter with new revelations. (according to The Daily Mail)

Also, Harry is not planning to give any interviews to publicise the launch.

This is significant. It wasn’t just the contents of Spare that caused such anguish when the book was published in January last year. It was the succession of interviews that Harry gave to publicise the memoir. (writes Richard Eden, for The Daily Mail)

The fact that Harry is not giving interviews this time round is further evidence of what royal sources have been telling for some time: that he is increasingly desperate for a reconciliation with his father, as well as with the wider Royal Family. (according to express.co.uk)

‘There is no doubt that Harry wants to patch things up with the King,’ one source said. ‘His father’s cancer treatment has given things an added sense of urgency.’

But will it work? It may encourage the King to start taking Harry’s calls again. (according to Richard Eden, the Daily Mail UK)

"The problem for the King and other members of the family is the worry that if they have a chat with Harry, it will appear in a Spare sequel."

"But the King’s capacity to forgive his son is undimmed. There are other members of the royal family who are much more weighted against Harry, that’s the problem." (wrote the express.co.uk)

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