Spare Us!: Funniest moments from new book parodying Prince …
A new parody book mercilessly takes aim at some of the wildest revelations in Prince Harry's best-selling memoir, including his drug use and infamous case of frost bite. Entitled Spare Us!: A Harrody, the book is a tongue-in-cheek swipe at the claims made in Harry's real memoir Spare. British newspaper Express got a first look at the new parody book and interviewed author Bruno Vincent ahead of its release on Saturday.
"(The aim of the book) was to poke fun at Harry a bit - but not in a cruel way," he said. "It's just the book, reading his book, I found it funny. And in some cases, very silly and it deserved to be poked fun at.
"It's not his fault that he's basically a bit stupid - it's not his fault." One passage of the parody book lampoons Harry's revelation about suffering from frost bite on his penis after trekking in the North Pole. "The doctor didn't look up from his desk as I came in, but told me to disrobe.
I did so, and there was an uncomfortably long pause while he finished the notes he was working on," the fictional Prince wrote. "He came behind the curtain and saw me for the first time. 'What an over-sensitive d***. "I was grateful to be in the hands of someone who could make such a rapid diagnosis."
The book also tackles Harry's controversial Nazi costume he wore to a fancy dress birthday party in 2005. "I didn't have a costume but at the last minute discovered a hire place near to the party venue," the fictional Prince wrote. "I went, very reluctantly, and practically without thinking about it, almost at random and with my eyes averted, plucked the first outfit that came to hand, and ended up with a Nazi uniform.
"Willy and Kate were there and it was probably their idea, to be honest, I really can't quite recall. In fact, yes, I can recall and it definitely was their idea." The fictional account is only a slight exaggeration of Harry's real-life memoir, which also blamed Prince William and Kate Middleton for his decision to wear a highly offensive Nazi uniform to a costume party.
"I phoned Willy and Kate, asked what they thought. 'Nazi uniform,' they said." When he tried it on for them "They both howled," the real Harry wrote in Spare. The most effective satire in the new book sees the fictional Prince criticise a former butler for writing a memoir and profiting off telling royal secrets.
"I was speechless with horror... it was disgusting. That a trusted personage at the heart of the family should go outside and sell all the tawdry details at his disposal to the highest bidder - and then go on talk shows around the world to brag about it," the fictional Harry said. "None of us could countenance the betrayal.
It was unconscionable. It was hypocrisy of the very highest order." Spare Us!
A Harrody is published by Hachette in Australia and is available to purchase on Amazon, Blackwell's, Bookshop.org and Foyles.