Prince Harry’s bombshell autobiography Spare will be out within days
(Picture: Netflix)Questions are being asked about how leaks of Prince Harry’s highly anticipated autobiography took place despite stringent security measures by its publisher.
The Duke of Sussex and Spare’s publisher Penguin Random House have gone to great lengths to ensure the book is published simultaneously around the world next Tuesday.
But the Guardian newspaper said it obtained a copy, on Thursday revealing a section in which Harry claims Prince William physically attacked him.
Meanwhile US celebrity news site Page Six on Thursday published an extract it said it obtained in which Harry blamed William and sister-in-law Kate for his notorious appearance at a costume party wearing a Nazi uniform in 2005.
Harry claims he was considering either the Nazi uniform or a pilot’s outfit to a ‘Native and Colonial’-themed event and called them to ask for their opinion, with the pair telling him to choose the Nazi uniform.
An investigation into the leaks was expected at the publisher.
Ultra-secure arrangements were meant to have ensured noone was able to get their hands on an early copy.
According to reports, the level of security used to protect Spare from leaks and spoilers is similar to the “multi-million-dollar security operation” JK Rowling used for the hit series Harry Potter.
Deliveries to bookshops are said to have been scheduled to be last-minute to avoid unauthorised copies being leaked.
It is said guarded sites across the world have been secured to house copies of the book prior to distribution.
The hardback will be in UK bookshops when they open on Tuesday morning, with the e-book edition available to download on Kindle from shortly after midnight on the same day, and at the same time in the US.
Spare is being published in 16 languages including Chinese, Finnish, Hungarian, Spanish and Portuguese.
Penguin Random House has been contacted for comment.
