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Since it’s release, Harry’s memoir “SPARE’’ has become the fastest selling non-fiction book in history. It seems the public has a ravenous appetite for Royal gossip, and the book does not disappoint with its explosive accusations and revelations regarding the Royal household.

Prince Harry, has indicated that he wants to share his story with the world, regarding the mistreatment of his wife Meghan, by the Royal Family and the British press. Unfortunately, Harry still believes the British press are responsible for his mother’s death. However, he is confident that the revelations will generate a greater understanding from the public for himself and his wife. However, according to recent polls, 41% of Britain’s population believe his antics are primarily money related and his ultimate goal is to damage the Royal institution and the British press. Publisher’s Penguin Random House has reported that a staggering 1.4 million copies were sold on the first day of sale in the US, Great Britain and Canada. It appears that the memoir seems to have lifted the lid on life as a royal, with the most damaging smear campaign of all time. Consequently, this tactic has had a huge impact on the public perception of the Monarchy, with many now referring to the Royal crisis as a (Kardashian style) Royal soap-opera which is being played out through the media.

Unfortunately the late Queen’s catch phrase of “NEVER COMPLAIN & NEVER EXPLAIN’’ has clearly been lost on Harry, who throughout the book has described the Royals as cold, manipulative and cowardly, who hide behind media leaks and planted stories. The memoir also reveals that Harry is acutely aware of the family’s historical past. However, this fact appears to be of no consequent, as he continues his destructive assault on the Royal family throughout the book. He has also conducted numerous televised interviews to promote the book for both British and American audiences, and appeared on various Late night television programs.

The promotional campaign has resulted in an average of 5.3 million viewers watching the “tell-all’’ interviews, which have sent shockwaves across the globe.

In the memoir, Harry has accused the Queen Consort Camilla of conspiring with British journalists for years in an effort to “sacrifice him’’ for her own personal PR rehabilitation. However, he also divulges that he begged his father King Charles not to marry his second wife Camilla. This request ultimately fell on deaf ears, and the couple married in April, 2005.

Consequently, according to a Royal source, Camilla thinks Harry’s attack is hypocritical and he’s done The Monarchy a grave injustice by painting her in such a distasteful light.

However, Harry is not the first “Royal’’ to rebel and rock the Royal Institution to its core.

Over the years Britain’s Royal Family has endured numerous royal scandals that have caused irretrievable damage to the monarchy, through a series of bad judgments made by several members of the Royal Household.

The abdication in 1936 of King Edward VIII left the world shocked and conflicted, when it became clear that the King was choosing passion over protocol. According to Royal sources the abdication undermined the Royal Institution and caused an enormous rift between King

Edward VIII and his younger brother, who ultimately replaced Edward and became King George VI. The exiled couple, Edward and Wallis gave numerous interviews to various media outlets and released their own memoirs in 1951 and 1956 respectively. In his memoir the former King spoke about his early years, his military service during World War I and his life before he ascended the throne, on the death of his father King George V. He also documented his “lonely’’ life as King and his decision to marry Wallis Simpson against the gruelling juggernaut of the British establishment and the British Government.

Harry went on to reveal in his controversial memoir that his late grandmother Queen Elizabeth II, took a final swipe at her exiled uncle and his twice divorced American wife Wallis Simpson by burying them in a distant location in the Royal Burial ground away from everyone else, after they both passed away.

During the 1990’s “The War of the Wales’’ between Harry’s parents, the then Prince of Wales, Charles and the then Princess of Wales, Diana caused enormous damage to the Royal institution.

Charles subsequently released a book with the help of Royal reporter, Jonathan Dimbleby, where he brutally criticised his parents for being detached and distant. Diana then released her own book, written with the help of Andrew Morton. She later denied working with Andrew Morton on the book. However, after her death

Morton revealed how he sent her questions and she secretly recorded her answers, sending the cassette tapes back to him via a friend. Both Charles and Diana then gave televised interviews in the lead-up to their divorce. They both made damaging revelations about their private lives, with Diana highlighting Charles’s infidelity in her infamous and controversial 1995 Panorama interview, in which she admitted that “there were three of us in the marriage, so it was a bit crowded.’’ The couple formally divorced in 1996.

Despite all the family drama, multiple reports have insisted that Prince Harry and Meghan want “a-sit-down’’ with senior members of the Royal Family, to try to implement a reconciliation. They are also demanding a formal apology for the “unconscious bias’’ they claim was inflicted on Meghan during her time as a senior member of the Royal Family.

However, the Royal family is allegedly “baffled’’ by the couple’s demands, and have remained silent. However, The British Sun newspaper allegers that King Charles does not want to get involved in a public showdown. Only time will tell if this latest drama can be resolved………….