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Neil Shaw

50 most commonly used words in Spare - and Willy makes it in 317 times

The most commonly used words in Prince Harry’s book Spare have been revealed, thanks to new research by Casinos En Ligne, sharing a visual snapshot of the emotions and feelings in the form of a word cloud. After analysing his 150,000-word account, the five most common words to appear are “I”, “My”, “We”, “Me” and “He”.

These pronouns allude to the focus on the book being about himself, his feeling of being an outsider alongside his wife Meghan and his relationships with his brother Prince William and father King Charles. The analysis also found a number of words relating to the rift between his side of the family and the wider Royal Family including “Them” and “Us”.

Harry’s point of putting some stories straight is also present with words such as “didn’t”, “not”, “but” and “if” high up the list.

Of people, “Meg” is referenced the most (357 times), while “Willy” - his name for brother William - is next (317 times) and “Pa” - his label for father King Charles - is featured third most (302 times).

“Granny” is written 160 times, “Mummy” features 140 times and “Kate” is referenced 103 times.

Analysts conducted the research by studying the full text of the copy and listing the most used words - extracting commonly seen conjunctions and adverbs such as “the”, “a”, “it” and “about”.

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