Prince Harry says he deleted details from ‘Sparen’ because he was afraid the royal family would never forgive him: ‘It could have been two books’

Prince Harry said he shortened his revealing memoir Reservations and chose not to reveal certain details, knowing that if they were revealed, his family would never forgive him.

In a new interview, the Duke of Sussex told British newspaper The Daily Telegraph that the original first transcript for Reservations was twice as long as the final draft and he had enough material to complete two books about his life and family.

“The first draft was different,” he told the newspaper. “It was 800 pages and now it’s only 400. It could have been two books, so to speak. And the hardest part was getting the stuff out.

Prince Harry added that things happened between him and his father and brother that he “didn’t want the world to know about”.

“I don’t think they will ever forgive me,” he said.

Prince Harry’s Reservations was published on Tuesday after several days of newspaper leaks and headlines about its contents. The book also went on sale early in Spain.

This was reported by the Guinness World Records on Friday Reservations became the fastest selling non-fiction book of all time, selling 1.43 million copies on its first day of sale in the UK, US and Canada. The record was previously held by Barack Obama’s fourth book, A promised landwhich sold 887,000 copies on the day of publication.

In the tell-all book, Prince Harry discusses in detail everything from his unresolved trauma to the death of his mother, his mental health struggles and the breakdown in his family relationships.

Later during the interview with The Telegraph, Prince Harry said he does not write Reservations attacking the British monarchy but helping to develop the institution.

“It’s not about overthrowing the monarchy, it’s about saving it from itself,” he said