The big royal headline of the week landed yesterday afternoon ET – Prince Harry is writing his memoir, to be published through Penguin Random House, “tentatively scheduled for late 2022”. As I wrote yesterday inWhat Else?, I’m not convinced that they’d always intended to make the announcement when they did. Page Six had the scoop initially, and from what I understand, their connection wasn’t through a Sussex source but through a publishing source tied to JR Moehringer, who is supposedly co-writing the book with Harry. From what I’ve heard, Page Six then reached out to Penguin Random House for comment, and the publisher then moved quickly to get the release out. Page Six initially reported that the memoir is well underway, suggesting that a first draft is almost done, although it’s not due until October.

In a statement about what’s expected to be a major bestseller, Harry said that:

“I’m writing this not as the prince I was born but as the man I have become. I’ve worn many hats over the years, both literally and figuratively, and my hope is that in telling my story—the highs and lows, the mistakes, the lessons learned—I can help show that no matter where we come from, we have more in common than we think. I’m deeply grateful for the opportunity to share what I’ve learned over the course of my life so far and excited for people to read a firsthand account of my life that’s accurate and wholly truthful.”

That last bit, to me, reads like a shot at the British tabloid media who’ve been telling the story of Harry since the day he was born, and as we’ve seen over the years, he’s been increasingly and aggressively critical about the fallacies that have been put out there about his life.

But is that his only target? As expected, the reaction in the UK was exactly what you’d expect it to be – in part because they’re always salty when American media gets the jump on British royalty; they didn’t see this coming. And also, well, this is exactly the kind of headline they live for. It’s been relatively quiet on the Harry and Meghan Markle front for a few weeks. And now they have something to juice and juice and juice for several days – Harry’s memoir might even carry them for the rest of the month.

当然，轻松地将其抓住的角度是盲人。当然，英国王室的其他成员不知道这是在发生。对于初学者来说，如果有的话，《星期日泰晤士报》将打破故事，或者电报，或者皇家记者为目前受到毒蛇朝臣的支持。而且，从几个月来的时候，英国王室在哈利和梅根又在哈利和梅根呢？苏塞克斯特（Sussexit）的全部目的是摆脱公司及其恶作剧和哈利（Harry）和哈利（Harry）在这一年的电视节目中已经向奥普拉（Oprah）透露，他认为他有特权的信息正在通过宫殿内部人士泄露他们的大部分计划，实际上他们实际上是他们的。不得不将海洋和一个大陆放置在它们之间，以防止受到损害。这就是为什么皇室成员不知道Netflix和Spotify交易，梅根的怀孕，一年的电视活动，梅根的儿童读物……这一切都不是。所以这一点…

Is it really a “blindside”? Two years ago, when Harry and Meghan were still senior royals, of course. But now? Who’s out there still under the illusion that the British royals are up to date on all things Sussex? With a blindside the expectation is that someone should have known. But those expectations in this case have long since evaporated. In fact, the British royals not being aware of any of Harry and Meghan’s moves is now the expectation.

就是说，即使他们没有正式记录在担心的情况下，他们也是如此，这是可以理解的，这就是小报告诉我们的。再次，这是如此矛盾的消息传递，因为一方面，叙事就像谁在乎哈利，他不能伤害我们，我们很坚强，看着凯特的育儿和花园项目！但另一方面，哈利签署了一笔据报道的2000万美元书籍交易，突然之间，他在攻击我们，可怜的我们！选择一个 - 您担心还是不担心？

The worry, obviously, is that Harry’s about to drop the big book of family secrets. That’s not what’s being promised and there’s no suggestion that that’s what the memoir will be about but given the tension in the family right now and his feud with both his father and his brother, many people are making that assumption. Like is this Prince Harry’s equivalent of what his mother shared with Andrew Morton inDiana: Her True Story?

For what it’s worth, behind the scenes, given that this doesn’t seem to have been when the publisher intended to make the announcement about this book deal, and their strategy may have needed to be adjusted from the original plans because of Page Six’s scoop, all I’ve heard is that Harry will not be writing a drag-out bombshell book telling on his family. He may tell on himself (Vegas would be a good story) and there will still be enough intrigue to sell this thing, especially if his time at school is mentioned, and his time in military training, the years he spent partying, his ex-girlfriends, Chelsy Davy, for example, for a long time we’ve all wanted to know more about that relationship, and of course in his own words, how he met and fell in love with Meghan Markle – all of that, from his perspective, and not through a Lifetime movie, lol, is good sh-t, you don’t necessarily need all the other family tea… at least not for the first book. Save some for the second book, right? And the next $20 million. That’s the better play. If Harry has the right representation, that’s exactly what they should be advising him. So for all the angst about what exactly he’s going to be sharing, think of it from a show your work perspective: you don’t blow your load in the first round. If there’s to be any scorching of the earth at all, you at least want to put down some runway first.

More on Prince Harry’s memoir tomorrow. Until then, here’s a tweet I saw yesterday that I’m still laughing about.