Prince Harry viral clip taken from ‘Spare.
Prince Harry was compared to Alan Partridge in a clip from his memoir. Spare.
An extract from the audiobook was shared by the Accidental Partridge Twitter account after Tuesday’s release of the book.
Harry talks about his relationship with British media, and mentions an encounter with Rebekah Brooks, tabloid editor.
While he doesn’t directly name Brooks to “spare the reader and also myself”, Harry says: “Besides, can it possibly be a coincidence that the name of the woman that pretended I went to rehab is a perfect anagram for Rehabber Kooks. Is the universe not saying something there?’
#AccidentalPartridge pic.twitter.com/tiZslOPMFV
— Accidental Partridge (@AccidentalP) January 10, 2023
Referring to Brooks, Harry adds: “Who is this editor? Loathsome toad that I discovered. Everyone who knew her agreed that she was a sickly pustule on the arse humanity and a poor journalist.
“But none of that mattered, because she had managed to wriggle her way into a position of great power. And lately, she was focusing all that power upon me.”
Many people noticed the similarities to Partridge after the clip was shared. One user wrote: “Did the script for Prince Harry’s book and Alan Partridge’s new From The Oasthouse get scrambled in the audiobook studio printer?”
Did the script of Prince Harry’s book and Alan Partridge’s new From the Oasthouse become jumbled in the audiobook studio’s printer? https://t.co/VGDK1B5IfE
— Luke Turner (@LukeTurnerEsq) January 10, 2023
“I genuinely don’t think [Steve] Coogan could’ve written Partridge as this. Incredible,” another added.
Brooks has been News UK’s CEO since September 2015. She was previously CEO of News International from 2009 to 2011 and became a prominent figure during the company’s phone hacking scandal, which led to the Leveson Inquiry in 2011.
Elsewhere in Harry’s memoir, the Duke of Sussex detailed an encounter with Friends star Courteney Cox where he ate “[magic] mushroom chocolates”.