From the biography of Prince Harry to that of Blanca de Bourbon: the ‘bomb books’ of the royal family

Prince Harry has decided to overlap the Netflix series with his book ‘In the Shadow’, which will go on sale in Spanish on January 10 at a price of around 22 euros. In the synopsis you can read: “It was one of the most heartbreaking images of the 20th century: two children, two princes, walking behind their mother’s coffin as the world watched the scene with sadness… and horror. When Diana, Princess of Wales, was buried, billions of people wondered what these princes must be thinking and feeling and what direction their lives would take next. In Harry’s case, this is finally that story. With its direct and uncompromising frankness, En la sombra is a seminal publication, full of clarity, revelation, introspection and wisdom, acquired at great cost, about the eternal power of love. Buckingham Palace is getting used to the bombs from the Dukes of Sussex and they try to keep their cool in their public appearances. Some former Palace staff are clear that Harry and Meghan want to provoke the rest of the British royal family, who currently know how to stay put and avoid another controversy. The Netflix series and Harry’s new book have become the bitter point of Christmas in Buckingham. He’s not the only royal who has dared to reveal royal secrets through a book.

The daughter of Leandro de Borbón and granddaughter of Alfonso XIII wrote a book entitled ‘My father, Leandro de Borbón, the great riddle’. Blanca said her father had been unfaithful to her mother on several occasions, and until the age of 14, Leandro only visited his children on Sundays. The author makes it clear that she was always very respectful when speaking of Don Juan Carlos and Doña Sofía, and she believes it was the Queen who advised her husband not to have many meetings with Leandro because they were not suited to him.

The royal family wrote a book inspired by her husband and their son Archie. The story told in it is the relationship between Prince Harry and his son, seen through his own eyes. “Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, emotionally captures the special bond between parent and child through the eyes of a mother, giving us magical moments of intimacy and tenderness. A mother, wife, feminist and activist, she and her husband, Harry, founded the Archewell Foundation, which promotes social change through the “power of compassion” and helps people in difficult situations,” the prologue explains.

The Duchess of Cambridge launched a book prompted by the pandemic. A photo book with a hundred portraits that somehow immortalize the confinement caused by Covid-19. A charity with an emotional introduction: “The loved ones we have lost, the long-term isolation from our families and friends and the pressures placed on our most important employees.”

‘From Bastardo to Infante de España’ is one of the books written by the king. “On May 29, 2003, sensational news broke through the media: the Spanish judiciary declared the legal descent of an illegitimate son born to King Alfonso XIII. The fact, which subsequently established jurisprudence, was the culmination of a lifelong struggle of Leandro Alfonso Ruiz Moragas, in pursuit of the recognition of his true legal personality,” explains the work of the late Leandro de Borbón.

The wife of Queen Elizabeth II’s cousin has a long career as a writer, but her most famous book is ‘A Cheetah’s Tale’. An autobiography in which he talks about his childhood in Mozambique, where his father had a farm, and the bond that can exist between humans and animals. One of the happiest moments of her life was when she adopted a cheetah cub, which she named Tess and successfully raised and then released into the wild after training it to hunt and survive on its own.