Prince Harry’s Ghostwriter J.R. Moehringer Reveals Their Biggest Fight While Working on ‘Spare,’ Praises Bonding Moments With Meghan Markle

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His side of the story. Prince Harry‘s ghostwriter, J.R. Moehringer, offered a rare glimpse into the ups and downs of collaborating on the Spare memoir.Moehringer, 58, recalled in a piece published by The New Yorker on Monday, May 8, how his biggest argument with Harry, 38, stemmed from edits to the book.“Although this wasn’t the first time that Harry and I had argued, it felt different; it felt as if we were hurtling toward some kind of decisive rupture, in part because Harry was no longer saying anything,” the author explained of how a passage about the Duke of Sussex’s “grueling military exercises” in England turned into a fight at 2 a.m.

over Zoom.According to Moehringer, Harry wanted to include the “vile dig” that a pretend terrorist said to him about his later mother, Princess Diana.

His ghostwriter, however, insisted they not include the comment in Spare.“He was just glaring into the camera,” he continued. “Finally, he exhaled and calmly explained that all his life, people had belittled his intellectual capabilities, and this flash of cleverness proved that, even after being kicked and punched and deprived of sleep and food, he had his wits about him.”In order to view the video, please allow Manage CookiesIn the profile, Moehringer said he bonded with the BetterUp CIO over their mothers’ deaths, adding, “I wondered if we’d have any chemistry.

We did, and there was, I think, a surprising reason. Princess Diana had died twenty-three years before our first conversation, and my mother, Dorothy Moehringer, had just died, and our griefs felt equally fresh.”He continued: “I found his story, as he outlined it in broad strokes, relatable and infuriating.