Prince Harry's memoir, "Spare", has been a topic of much debate recently, with many questioning its accuracy. Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author JR Moehringer, who ghostwrote the book, has taken to social media to defend the Duke from his critics.
Moehringer has posted a series of quotes relating to memory and detail, suggesting that intense memoirs often record emotion alone, blurring detail into an unreadable smear. He has also posted two quotations from “Spare” attributed to Harry, one of which suggests that chronology and cause-and-effect are often “fables we tell ourselves about the past”. In another apparent defense, Moehringer tweeted a Harry quotation from the book where he admits he does not know if the Xbox story is true, rather it is an anecdote repeatedly recounted to him.
Moehringer is a well-known author, having won the Pulitzer Prize for feature writing in 2000. He was reportedly introduced to Harry by mutual friend George Clooney, who directed the 2021 adaptation of Moehringer’s own autobiography, “The Tender Bar”.
Despite the inaccuracies in "Spare", it has become the fastest selling non-fiction book in history, with more than 1.4 million copies sold on the first day of its release.
Recently, Prince Harry's memoir, "Spare" has come under fire, with many questioning its accuracy. Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author JR Moehringer, who ghostwrote the book, has defended the Duke on social media. Moehringer has posted a series of quotes relating to memory and detail, suggesting that intense memoirs often record emotion alone, blurring detail into an unreadable smear. He has also posted two quotations from “Spare” attributed to Harry, one of which suggests that chronology and cause-and-effect are often “fables we tell ourselves about the past”.
Moehringer is an accomplished author, having won the Pulitzer Prize for feature writing in 2000. He was reportedly introduced to Harry by mutual friend George Clooney, who directed the 2021 adaptation of Moehringer’s own autobiography, “The Tender Bar”.
Despite the inaccuracies in "Spare", the book has become the fastest selling non-fiction book in history, with more than 1.4 million copies sold on the first day of its release. This has prompted debate over the accuracy of the memoir and the defense of its author, JR Moehringer.