Prince Harry.Photo: John Lamparski/Getty
Prince Harrysays that living in royal residences isn’tquitelike the storybooks.
The Duke of Sussex, 38, joined Dr. Gabor Maté on Saturday to discuss his groundbreaking memoir,Spare, in a virtual book event.Prince Harryand Maté, an expert specializing in trauma, addiction, stress and childhood development, spoke about living with loss, healing and how past experiences shape our identities today during their intimate conversation.
“As a royal child, did you get to roam the castles freely, and did you find any trap doors?” Maté asked on an attendee’s behalf. With a chuckle, Harry replied, “That’s the assumption, that there were trap doors all over castles. As kids, it was an adventure, running around that kind of a place. What an experience.”
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“Not so many trap doors, lots of fun things to investigate, but I guess, it’s weird. When you’re brought up as a child in that environment, you think that is normal, but it’s not. It’s anything but normal,” he continued. “So no, some secret doorways and some secret cupboards. None so sophisticated as you pull a book and then all of the sudden a thing opens. I probably would have gotten stuck in there,” he joked.
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Harry and his wifeMeghan Marklenow call the U.S. home. The couple is raising their two children, Archie, 3, and Lilibet, 1, in Montecito, California. Last week, it was revealed that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex have beenasked to vacate their U.K. home baseof Frogmore Cottage in Windsor.
PEOPLEexclusively revealedthe news of the livestream event last Friday, six weeks afterSparehit shelves. The book became an instantNew York Timesbestseller and remained at the #1 spot on theNew York TimesHardcover Nonfiction bestseller list for six consecutive weeks.
English-language sales forSparetop more than 4 million copies with over 1.43 million units purchased on the first day it was available,makingSparethe fastest-selling nonfiction book of all time.
The book jacket of Prince Harry’s memoir ‘Spare’.PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE
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The week of the book’s release,Prince Harryopened up to PEOPLEabout what he hopes his family takes away from the text.
“I want people to read my memoir and come to their own conclusions — I don’t want to tell anyone what to think of it, and that includes my family. This book and its truths are in many ways a continuation of my own mental health journey,” he told PEOPLE. “It’s a raw account of my life — the good, the bad and everything in between.”
source: people.com
