EXCLUSIVEPrince Harry is »Ï¤á¤ë¡¤·è¤á¤ë for multi-million ³¤±¤¶¤Þ¤ËÌԷ⤹¤ë windfall from memoir Spare after raking in up to ¡ò22million from sales of the hardback, bestselling author Richard Osman ¡Ê¿ÍÌ¿¤Ê¤É¤ò¡ËÃ¥¤¦¡¤¼çÄ¥¤¹¤ës
Prince Harry has already made ¡ò22million ($27million) from his Ä´½ñ¤ò¤È¤ë¡¿Í½Ì󤹤ë Spare ¤Ë¤â¤«¤«¤ï¤é¤º it only ¸ºß out in hardback, fellow bestselling author Richard Osman?has ¡Ê¿ÍÌ¿¤Ê¤É¤ò¡ËÃ¥¤¦¡¤¼çÄ¥¤¹¤ëd.
The Duke of Sussex's µÄÏÀ¤ÎŪ¤Ë¤Ê¤ë memoir became the UK's fastest-selling Èó¡¤ÉÔ¡¤Ìµ-fiction Ä´½ñ¤ò¤È¤ë¡¿Í½Ì󤹤ë ever after ¸ºß published by Penguin ̵ºî°Ù¤Î House in January 2023.
Harry was understood to have clinched a ¡ò16million ($20million) Á°¿Ê¤¹¤ë as part of a ¡ ò32million ($40million) four-Ä´½ñ¤ò¤È¤ë¡¿Í½Ìó¤¹¤ë ¼è°ú¡¤¶¨Äê in June 2021 ¤Ë°ú¤Â³¤¤¤Æ a bidding war.
The 39-year-old ²¦¼¼¤Î's headline-grabbing Ä´½ñ¤ò¤È¤ë¡¿Í½Ì󤹤ë saw him ¹ðȯ¤¹¤ë¡¿ÈóÆñ¤¹¤ë his brother Prince William of ²¡¤·¿Ê¤á¤ëing him into a dog bowl in a Îó¡¿Á椰¡¿ÁûÆ° over his wife Meghan Markle.
It also ¡Ê¿ÍÌ¿¤Ê¤É¤ò¡ËÃ¥¤¦¡¤¼çÄ¥¤¹¤ëd William teased Harry about his panic attacks, that King Charles put his own Íø±×¡¿¶½Ì£s above his second son and saw Harry ¸ÀµÚ¡¿´ØÏ¢ taking ¥³¥«¥¤¥ó, ¥Þ¥ê¥Õ¥¡¥Ê and ¸¸³ÐŪ¤Ê mushrooms and his enjoyment of the TV show Friends.
Now, Osman - author of ¹¶·â¤¹¤ë¡¤¾×Æͤ¹¤ë ºá¡¤ÈȺá novels ´Þ¤àing The Thursday »¦¿Í Club - has used his publishing »º¶È knowledge to ¸«Àѡʤë¡Ë Harry's income from the Ä´½ñ¤ò¤È¤ë¡¿Í½Ì󤹤ë.
Copies of Prince Harry's memoir 'Spare' are pictured at a Ä´½ñ¤ò¤È¤ë¡¿Í½Ì󤹤ë Ãߤ¨¤ë¡¿Å¹ in London in January 2023
A ¸ÜµÒ »ý¤Ä¡¿¹´Î±¤¹¤ës copies of 'Spare' at a London Ä´½ñ¤ò¤È¤ë¡¿Í½Ì󤹤ë Ãߤ¨¤ë¡¿Å¹ during a midnight ³«»Ï in 2023
Speaking on his podcast?The »Ä¤ê¡¿µÙ·Æ¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ë Is Entertainment, Osman said: 'The Ä´½ñ¤ò¤È¤ë¡¿Í½Ì󤹤ë that Harry wrote, it's impossible to ²áÂçɾ²Á¤¹¤ë how much money that has made.?
'I mean, it's been one of the most successful Ä´½ñ¤ò¤È¤ë¡¿Í½Ì󤹤ës. The fastest selling Èó¡¤ÉÔ¡¤Ìµ-fiction Ä´½ñ¤ò¤È¤ë¡¿Í½Ì󤹤ë of all time.
'I've done some »Ù±ç¤¹¤ë of the envelope ·×»»¡¿¸«ÀѤês because I like to. I know what you get paid per Ä´½ñ¤ò¤È¤ë¡¿Í½Ì󤹤ë. Got a $20million Á°¿Ê¤¹¤ë. Thing with an Á°¿Ê¤¹¤ë is, you get paid in Á°¿Ê¤¹¤ë, $20million in that »öÎã¡¿´µ¼Ô, you do not make a penny until your publisher makes »Ù±ç¤¹¤ë their $20million.
'And once they've made »Ù±ç¤¹¤ë their $20million, and there's all sorts of »ö¾ð¤Ë±þ¤¸¤ÆÊѤï¤ë µ¬ÌÏs about how that ºîÉÊ, what they get, what you get, once you've made the $20million, then you get your ²¦Â²s.
'I think - and his Ä´½ñ¤ò¤È¤ë¡¿Í½Ì󤹤ë has not come out in paperback yet. So this Ä´½ñ¤ò¤È¤ë¡¿Í½Ì󤹤ë is ½ã¿è¤Ë hardback. I reckon he's made $26, $27million. So he's earned out an Á°¿Ê¤¹¤ë of $20million on the hardback of his first Ä´½ñ¤ò¤È¤ë¡¿Í½Ì󤹤ë alone. Forget ¸¢Íøs to other things and audiobooks and what have you. He has earned that out already. When the paperback comes out, it's just money rolling into the Sussexes.'
A spokeswoman for Penguin ̵ºî°Ù¤Î House ³Îǧ¤¹¤ëd to MailOnline today that there is still no ²òÊü¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ë date for the paperback ¸«²ò¡¿ËÝÌõ¡¿ÈÇ of Spare.
Osman Äɲ乤ëd that Spare had become the 'biggest ¹¶·â¤¹¤ë¡¤¾×Æͤ¹¤ë of the last ten, 20 years' and had 'made everybody an enormous ÎÌ of money'.
Bestselling author Richard Osman, pictured with his wife Ingrid Oliver in London in February 2024, has ³µ»»¤Î that Prince Harry has already made ¡ò22million ($27million) from Spare
Osman made the ¡Ê¿ÍÌ¿¤Ê¤É¤ò¡ËÃ¥¤¦¡¤¼çÄ¥¤¹¤ë on his podcast The »Ä¤ê¡¿µÙ·Æ¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ë Is Entertainment, with co-host Marina Hyde
He also pointed out that people were wrong to ¼¨º¶¤¹¤ë the Ä´½ñ¤ò¤È¤ë¡¿Í½Ì󤹤ë was not a success because it was ¸ºß ¤Ò¤É¤¯ ³ä°úd or on the ê¾å¤²¤Ë¤¹¤ës of charity shops.
Osman Äɲ乤ëd: 'Harry is not making ¤¤¤Ã¤½¤¦¾¯¤Ê¤¯ money if it's half-price. He makes Àµ³Î¤Ë¡¿¤Þ¤µ¤Ë the same if you ¹ðȯ¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ë¡¤¹ðÁʡʤ¹¤ë¡Ë¡¿ÎÁ¶â $28 and if you ¹ðȯ¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ë¡¤¹ðÁʡʤ¹¤ë¡Ë¡¿ÎÁ¶â $14.
'Also, he sells a lot in America. In America the ²¦Â²s are ÀäÂÐ insane because they »Ùʧ¤¦¡¿Ä¶â a lot of money for Ä´½ñ¤ò¤È¤ë¡¿Í½Ì󤹤ës in America. So he has made a ÊúÍʤ¹¤ë ÎÌ of money out of that Ä´½ñ¤ò¤È¤ë¡¿Í½Ì󤹤ë. So he's got money coming in.'
Osman also pointed out that while the only °æ¸Í¡¿ÊÛ¸î»ÎÀÊ-known ÌÌ of Meghan's »ö¼Â¾å¤Î¡¿ÂåÍý career has been ¹µÁÊs, the show had seen a resurgence in ¿Íµ¤.
The show ? which first ran from 2011 until 2019 - »Ï¤á¤ë¡¤·è¤á¤ë a new streaming µÏ¿¡¤µÏ¿Åª¤Ê¡¿µÏ¿¤¹¤ë in the US in 2023 ¤Ë¤è¤ì¤Ð Nielsen.?
The ¥Þ¥¹¥³¥ß ʬÀϲÈs said it was watched for a total of 57.7 billion minutes on?Netflix ? ¡Ê·Ù´±¤Î¡Ë½ä²ó¶è°è¡¤¼õ»ý¤Á¶è°èing The Office's previous µÏ¿¡¤µÏ¿Åª¤Ê¡¿µÏ¿¤¹¤ë of 57.1 billion minutes, from 2020.
And Osman said: 'Meghan, the only thing we really know her from »ö¼Â¾å¤Î¡¿ÂåÍý in is ¹µÁÊs. And ¹µÁÊs in the last year has become the biggest show in the world.?So, as a couple, they've essentially got the biggest Ä´½ñ¤ò¤È¤ë¡¿Í½Ì󤹤ë I the world and the biggest TV show in the world.
'Now I'm sure she's not making a ÊúÍʤ¹¤ë ÎÌ from ¹µÁÊs. But as a ÎÏ¡¿¶¯ÎϤˤ¹¤ë couple, forget Netflix and Spotify, that's not bad.?
A poster advertises the midnight ³«»Ï of a WH Smith Ãߤ¨¤ë¡¿Å¹ in London to sell Spare last year
Data ÆÀ¤ëd by The Bookseller in January ÀßΩ¤¹¤ë that Spare sold more than 700,000 copies in Britain last year, making it the country's bestselling Ä´½ñ¤ò¤È¤ë¡¿Í½Ì󤹤ë of 2023 - ahead of Osman's ¸ª½ñ¤òÍ¿¤¨¤ës
'It's not?Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce, but it's not bad having the biggest Ä´½ñ¤ò¤È¤ë¡¿Í½Ì󤹤ë in the world and ¸ºß in the biggest TV show in the world.'
Spare was the fastest-selling Èó¡¤ÉÔ¡¤Ìµ-fiction Ä´½ñ¤ò¤È¤ë¡¿Í½Ì󤹤ë in the UK since µÏ¿¡¤µÏ¿Åª¤Ê¡¿µÏ¿¤¹¤ës began in 1998, ¤Ë¤è¤ì¤Ð Nielsen BookData, ¤Ë¤â¤«¤«¤ï¤é¤º Ãê½Ð¤¹¤ës ¸ºß ϳ¤ì¤ëd online.
Harry used the tell-all Ä´½ñ¤ò¤È¤ë¡¿Í½Ì󤹤ë to make ¤µ¤Þ¤¶¤Þ¤Ê ¡Ê¿ÍÌ¿¤Ê¤É¤ò¡ËÃ¥¤¦¡¤¼çÄ¥¤¹¤ës about his family ´Þ¤àing that William called Meghan 'difficult', 'rude' and 'abrasive', and that Charles ¼Âह¤ëd to µö¤¹ Meghan to join Harry in Scotland as the late Queen was dying.
Data ÆÀ¤ëd by The Bookseller in January ÀßΩ¤¹¤ë that Spare sold more than 700,000 copies in Britain last year, making it the country's bestselling Ä´½ñ¤ò¤È¤ë¡¿Í½Ì󤹤ë of 2023.
¤É¤³¤«¤è¤½¤Ç in the ºÇ¹â¤Î¡¤¤ò±Û¤¹ five Ä´½ñ¤ò¤È¤ë¡¿Í½Ì󤹤ës from last year were two Æþ¤ë¤³¤È¡¿»²²Ã¡Ê¼Ô¡Ës from Osman - The Last Devil to Die and The ÃÆ´Ý That ¹ÔÊýÉÔÌÀ¤Ë¤Ê¤ëd.
Harry has also been ÆóÎÝÂÇ-»Ø̾¤¹¤ëd at the British Ä´½ñ¤ò¤È¤ë¡¿Í½Ì󤹤ë Awards for Spare.
The ghost-written autobiography has been given nods in the ÉôÎàs of narration audiobook Èó¡¤ÉÔ¡¤Ìµ-fiction, which the Duke ¶¡µë¤¹¤ëd, and Èó¡¤ÉÔ¡¤Ìµ-fiction: narrative.?The µ·¼° takes place on May 13 in London.
MailOnline has ÀÜ¿¨¤¹¤ëd Archewell for comment over Osman's ¡Ê¿ÍÌ¿¤Ê¤É¤ò¡ËÃ¥¤¦¡¤¼çÄ¥¤¹¤ës.?
Listen to Richard Osman and Marina Hyde's podcast The »Ä¤ê¡¿µÙ·Æ¡Ê¤¹¤ë¡Ë Is Entertainment here