Prince Harry's memoir Spare has become fastest-selling non-fiction book ever after selling 750,000 - Daily Mail

Prince Harry's scathing memoir has go the fastest-selling non-fiction book since records began successful 1998.

The Duke of Sussex's headline-grabbing autobiography has sold 750,000 copies crossed each formats - hardback, audio and e-book - successful the UK since its work connected January 10.

This makes it the biggest selling memoir ever successful its archetypal week of publication, according to publishers Transworld, the UK part of Penguin Random House.

Official figures from Nielsen BookData showed the book, which was written with personage ghostwriter JR Moehringer, sold 467,183 print copies in its archetypal week.

The memoir includes claims that the Prince of Wales physically attacked him and teased him astir his panic attacks, and that the King enactment his ain interests supra Harry's and was jealous of the Duchess of Sussex and the Princess of Wales.

The information released by Nielsen shows that the publication has breached the erstwhile grounds of 210,506 acceptable by the archetypal Pinch Of Nom cookbook - written by Kay Allinson - successful 2019.

The Nielsen BookData does not see e-books oregon audiobooks and refers lone to the merchantability of carnal copies.

Spare is the lone non-fiction publication to marque it into the apical 10 fastest-selling books successful the UK since records began.

Since January 1998 JK Rowling has dominated the chart, with 4 of her Harry Potter novels sitting astatine the top, portion Dan Brown's The Lost Symbol claims the 5th spot up of Spare astatine fig six.

To assertion fig 1 connected the chart, which looks astatine the archetypal week of income only, Rowling's Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows sold 2.63million copies successful its archetypal week successful 2007.

Despite the memoir hitting shelves successful Spain up of the authoritative work date, and a fig of extracts leaking successful the lead-up to the book's UK release, Nielsen's information suggest income were not negatively affected.

In a US broadcast promoting the work, Harry branded the Duchess of Cornwall the 'villain' and 'dangerous', accusing her of rehabilitating her representation astatine the disbursal of his.

As the duke continued a tally of high-profile promotional interviews, helium said helium 'would similar thing more' than for his children to person relationships with the royal family.

His remarks astir his lad and girl came contempt the disapproval helium has levelled astatine his member William, begetter Charles and stepmother Camilla.

He besides described his precocious mother, Diana, Princess of Wales, arsenic his 'guardian angel' and said she is with him 'all the time'.

It comes arsenic a slim bulk of Britons judge Prince Harry has done much harm to the Royal Family than Andrew.

The survey by Delta Poll recovered 42 per cent of respondents named the Duke of Sussex compared to 41 per cent for his uncle, the Duke of York. 

For over-65s the corresponding figures were 56% to 32%, and 57% to 27% for those aged 55 to 64. 

But younger generations took the other view, with fractional of radical aged 35 to 54 saying Andrew had caused much harm compared to 35% for Harry. For 18 to 24-year-olds the breakdown was 38% to 22%.

The survey was based connected a illustration of conscionable implicit 1,000 UK adults polled betwixt January 12 and 16. 

Harry, 38, has dominated the headlines successful caller weeks aft personally attacking his household successful his autobiography, Spare, and a drawstring of promotional interviews. 

He also became the archetypal royal to publically criticise Andrew, 62, labelling the Jeffrey Epstein matter ‘a shameful scandal’.

No 1 successful ‘The Firm’ had spoken astir claims the Duke of York doubly sexually assaulted Virginia Giuffre, who claimed she was trafficked by Epstein.

Andrew settled her suit past year, accepting nary liability, and has ever denied immoderate wrongdoing. But Harry brings up the matter successful his publication Spare.

When his woman Meghan asks if the Royal Family mightiness chopped their information aft they near for America, helium says determination is ‘no way’, considering his uncle inactive gets protection.

Harry told her determination was an ‘obligation’ and an ‘implicit promise’ to support them. 

Pushed by Meghan if it would ever beryllium removed, helium said: ‘Never. Not successful this clime of hate. And not aft what happened to my mother.’

The Duke of Sussex adds: ‘Also, not successful the aftermath of my Uncle Andrew.

'Despite being embroiled successful a shameful scandal, accused of sexually assaulting a young girl, nary 1 had adjacent suggested removing his security.

'People person had plentifulness of reasons to kick astir us, enactment crimes weren’t 1 of them.’

Prince Andrew has ever denied the accusation.  

Today's canvass follows a YouGov survey which recovered Harry's favourability has dropped to an all-time low, portion Princess Anne is present the astir popular royal. 

The YouGov survey recovered astir 7 successful 10 radical (68 per cent) held a antagonistic presumption of the Duke of Sussex, with little than a 4th seeing him successful a affirmative light.

Anne, who has not been embroiled successful the furore implicit Harry's publication Spare, was the astir fashionable royal.

Harry recorded his lowest ever favourability standing of -44, down from -38 the erstwhile week, according to the polling organisation. 

He and his woman Meghan fared adjacent worse among older Brits, who were much apt to clasp a 'very negative' presumption of the mates than they were of scandal-hit Andrew.