International desk: Prince Harry has earned more than 417 million rupees by writing the story of the British royal family. He left the royal family and currently lives in California, USA. 14 lakh copies of the book were sold on the first day. Eager readers are busy keeping Harry’s book in their own book. Many have given discount on the sale of the book on the first day.
Before the book was officially published last Tuesday, various details of the book were printed in several newspapers in Europe, including a leading British daily on Thursday. Ahead of the book’s release, Harry and Meghan gave interviews to four media outlets in Britain and the US. Copies of the Spanish edition of the book hit the market last Thursday and the contents of the book were leaked.
Prince Harry’s ‘Spare’ book published by Penguin Random House. The book is available in 16 languages and as an audiobook. Before it was published, Harry said he would donate the proceeds from the book’s sales to charity. There are various sources of information about how much money Prince Harry received for writing the book. Rumor has it that Penguin Random House paid him $20 million (about Tk 209 crore in Bangladeshi currency). However, a Canadian media reported that an agreement has been reached with Prince Harry about four versions of ‘Spare’. According to the contract, Penguin Random House will pay Prince between $35 million and $40 million (Tk 365 crore to Tk 417 crore in Bangladeshi currency). In the book, Prince Harry’s words are about the royal family’s infighting. In addition, Prince Harry has repeatedly mentioned his mother Diana. Harry’s upbringing without a mother, conflicts with Prince William and his wife Kate, heir to the British throne, stepmother Camilla, racism and xenophobia in the royal family, criticism of the British media and his drug addiction are also covered in the book.
After the publication of the book, apart from Harry and the British royal family, another name J.R. Moringer has come to the center of discussion. He is the ‘ghost writer’ of Harry’s books. In other words, the book is written by Moringer, even in Prince’s words. Moringer, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, has quite a reputation as the author behind famous autobiographies.
In a recent interview, he said that before writing someone’s autobiography, he tries to get inside that person’s head. So he made himself by reading the writings of psychologist Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung. It is known that Harry talked to Hollywood star George Clooney Moringer. Moringer took a fee of 1 million dollars (more than 10 crore 43 lakh rupees) for writing this book. -Reuters and The Independent.
