To recognize the release of Prince Harry's Spare in paperback and to commemorate Prince Edward's 60th birthday this past March (2024), Random Penguins Publishing is proud to announce this royal release. Every bit as honest as Spare, this release about (?) or from (?) Prince Edward takes a different format:
Born the spare to the existing spare, Prince Andrew, both brothers displaced Princess Anne, who had previously been the "spare" to then-Prince Charles (now King Charles III). Until the rules were updated for Prince William's children, boys moved ahead of girls. Anne does not seem to have minded.
As others ahead of him had children and grandchildren, Edward moved from 3rd in line to the throne to his current 14th in line. Edward seems also to not have minded. Some royals take these things with better graces than do others.
The publisher celebrates this book as a fresh approach, a combination of memoir and unauthorized biography. For this book, J.R. Moehringer steps out of his previous shadow as ghostwriter, a role that was no longer fulfilling to him. He searches out and evaluates old records of Prince Edward's utterances. He embeds himself in crowds following the prince, as well as within staff functions, to record contemporary utterances.
In his inimitable (fortunately!) style, Moehringer once again weaves in florid passages, tangled observations on history, and philosophic ponderings. In this case, these insertions flow better than they did in Spare because (a) Edward attended and completed university, and (b) Edward has a flair for theater (or "theatre", if you prefer).
This book comes with an additional perk: the publisher will send a new dustcover, free of charge, each time Edward's place in the line of succession moves up or down.
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