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Jamie Roberts

Copies of Prince Harry's memoir to be sold smeared in blood after killing admission

Prince Harry's memoir Spare hit the headlines for it's candid look into the life of the royal and his time in the army in Afghanistan.

The no-holds barred book immediately became the fastest selling non-fiction book of all time, after over 1.43 million copies were flogged in its first day on sale in the UK, US, and Canada.

Now, 25 copies are to be sold after controversially being smeared in Afghan blood following Harry's revelation he killed people during his time in the country with the army.

The books have been covered in the human blood by artist Andrei Molodkin, who will put them up for sale just days before the King's coronation.

The items will be on sale for a huge fee of $10,000 (£8,000) each in a shop in Windsor, with Andrei saying the money raised will be donated to Afghan charities.

Blood soaked versions of Spare are set to be sold (Getty Images)

The blood used is said to have come from blood donated for a previous piece of art which saw the Russian anti-war artist project a sculpture filled with blood on to St Paul's Cathedral in London as a protest to Harry's "kills" remark in the book.

The Duke of Sussex was an Apache helicopter pilot in 2012 and claimed in his book that he flew on six missions in war-torn Afghanistan.

He also disclosed that he did not think of the 25 that were killed during his time as "people" but as "chess pieces" that were taken off the board.

A statement given to Sky News about Andrei's latest stunt called Blood Money read: " Prince Harry boasts of killing Taliban like they're baddies in a video game, 'otherising' human life then cashing in on the sorry tale to sell books about his drug binging, sexual exploits and killing conquests."

Prince Harry has come in for criticism due to his book (Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

Following the display, the books will be available to buy at a/political, an arts organisation in Kennington, London, on May 2.

It remains to be seen whether Harry and wife Meghan Markle will attend the coronation of his dad following the recent rift in the family.

Harry has gone on record publicly criticising his dad, step-mum Camilla, and a number of other family members, including brother William.

He is also said to have sworn at dad Charles in an explosive row over money and it's said the incident had huge consequences.

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