Writer behind Harry's memoir shares royal's tearful reaction after …
The writer behind Prince Harry's explosive memoir has revealed the royals tearful reaction after the publication of his book. J. R.
Moehringer, the ghost writer behind the best-selling book, admitted it was like "telling Taylor Swift about a bad breakup" after Harry's book hit the shelves in January this year. Several hours of Zoom meetings and late night calls were spent collaborating on Prince Harry's memoir, Spare, with the ghost writer meeting the royal inner circle and gaining insight into the world behind the tabloids. Speaking about the royal reaction, Mr Moehringer told the New Yorker: "It was like telling Taylor Swift about a bad breakup.
"It was like singing "Hallelujah" to Leonard Cohen. Harry was all heart."
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J.R. Moehringer said Harry was "liberated" after his book was published (Getty Images)
The best-selling memoir smashed records (Getty Images)
Mr Moehringer revealed that Prince Harry had asked him if his family was okay, and had also asked for physical descriptions of the people harassing his family, with a promise of making some calls to see if anything could be done. "We both knew nothing could be done, but still.
I felt gratitude, and some regret," he said. "I'd worked hard to understand the ordeals of Harry Windsor, and now I saw that I understood nothing. Empathy is thin gruel compared with the marrow of experience."
"One morning of what Harry had endured since birth made me desperate to take another crack at the pages in "Spare" that talk about the media." ?The author was worried at how Prince Harry would react to the publication of the book and whether he revealed too much personal information. However, when Mr Moehringer attended a party to help celebrate the launch of the memoir, there was no going back.
He wrote: "Too late. The book was out, the party in full swing. As we walked into the house, I looked around, nervous, unsure of what state we'd find the author in."
Harry had a party to celebrate the launch of his book (Getty Images)
The ghost-writer was worried Harry might be feeling anxious and questioned whether he would be in any mood to celebrate the book.
The author wrote: "He appeared, marching toward us, looking flushed. Uh-oh, I thought, before registering that it was a good flush. His smile was wide as he embraced us both."
However, his fears were quickly squashed as Harry was said to be relieved people were reading the book and especially pleased when it smashed the Guinness World Records. ?A number of people, who had spent months working on the book, were called to toast the book when it was suddenly Harry's turn to speak. Mr Moehringer was unsure how he would react to the speeches as the guests were summoned into the living room.
He wrote: "There were several lovely toasts to Harry, then the Prince stepped forward. I'd never seen him so self-possessed and expansive. "He thanked his publishing team, his editor, me.
He mentioned my advice, to "trust the book," and said he was glad that he did, because it felt incredible to have the truth out there, to feel--his voice caught--"free." There were tears in his eyes. Mine, too." Harry was liberated from telling his story as he had been actively discouraged from talking, according to the ghost-writer.
He added: "His family actively discourages talking, a stoicism for which they're widely lauded, but if you don't speak your emotions you serve them."