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jackienorris 's review for:
Spare
by Prince Harry
Several thoughts kept going through my head while listening:
- It really is so rare to hear directly from a royal. For how much we think we know about them, they are shrouded behind closed doors and mystery. It'd be so interesting to have similar books from other members of the royal family.
- Young Harry thinking his mom was just in hiding after her death was heartbreaking.
- It made me curious about laws around the press in Britain. I'm all for a free press - honest journalists do a lot of good (thinking of the reporters in Boston that uncovered the abuses by Catholic priests), but from the way Harry spoke about the press in Britain, it seemed that they could do whatever they wanted. Is there no real consequence for printing libel?
- So many of the rules surrounding the royal family - what they can and cannot do and through what channels seem really archaic and ultimately damaging to relationships within the family.
All in all, Harry's story is really compelling. If you have any interest at all in the royal family, this is worth a read.
- It really is so rare to hear directly from a royal. For how much we think we know about them, they are shrouded behind closed doors and mystery. It'd be so interesting to have similar books from other members of the royal family.
- Young Harry thinking his mom was just in hiding after her death was heartbreaking.
- It made me curious about laws around the press in Britain. I'm all for a free press - honest journalists do a lot of good (thinking of the reporters in Boston that uncovered the abuses by Catholic priests), but from the way Harry spoke about the press in Britain, it seemed that they could do whatever they wanted. Is there no real consequence for printing libel?
- So many of the rules surrounding the royal family - what they can and cannot do and through what channels seem really archaic and ultimately damaging to relationships within the family.
All in all, Harry's story is really compelling. If you have any interest at all in the royal family, this is worth a read.