Prince Harry’s bombshell memoir will be released on January 10th, industry insiders reveal

Prince Harry‘s memoir will be released on January 10, it has been revealed, as he battled to water down its content following the Queen‘s death.

The memoir had initially been signed off ready for an expected autumn release as part of a multi-million pound, three-title deal with Penguin Random House.

But its release was delayed following the death of the Queen and a number of alterations requested by the Duke of Sussex.

Last month, The Mail on Sunday reported that Harry had launched a last-minute bid to tone down the autobiography amid fears his final draft ‘might not go down too well’ in the wake of the monarch’s death.

His request was seen as a sign that he was ready to take a more conciliatory approach to the rest of the Royal Family, with any attacks or veiled swipes being seen as inappropriate just weeks into his father’s reign. 

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Prince Harry, the Duke of Sussex, pictured arriving at Westminster Abbey ahead of the Queen’s state funeral last month

A source said: ‘Harry has thrown a spanner in the works,’ a source said. ‘He is keen for refinements in the light of the Queen’s death, her funeral and his father Charles taking the throne.

‘There may be things in the book which might not look so good if they come out so soon after these events. He wants sections changed now. It’s not a total rewrite by any means. He desperately wants to make changes. But it might be too late.’

It comes after Penguin Random House had already demanded a rewrite after the first draft was deemed ‘too touchy-feely’ and placed too much focus on mental health issues. 

In an earlier statement announcing the global publishing deal, Penguin Random House described the memoir as ‘an intimate and heartfelt memoir’, promising that ‘Prince Harry will offer an honest and captivating personal portrait’. 

The publishers added that the book would cover Harry’s ‘lifetime in the public eye from childhood to the present day, including his dedication to service, the military duty that twice took him to the front lines of Afghanistan, and the joy he has found in being a husband and father’. 

It is understood that the Sussexes were paid an advance of $20 million (£18.4 million) for the book as part of a three-title deal worth £36.8 million 

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