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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Antony Thrower

King Charles' savage joke to Princess Diana about delivering 'spare' baby Prince Harry

King Charles joked on the day of Prince Harry’s birth at his joy of having an “heir and a spare”, the Duke has revealed in his upcoming memoir.

Millions around the world are waiting to get their hands on the book, due out on January 10.

Its title is Spare, in a knowing jib at the term ‘an heir and a spare’, referring to the succession of power after the death of the monarch.

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