Prince Harry

Why are the Irish so obsessed with the royal saga? Because we can identify with the family drama

Catherine, Princess of Wales, seems to live in a state of perpetual waiting. What does that do to a woman?

Spare sold more than 20,000 copies in its first week, beating the record previously held by Paul O’Connell

Harry has been standing up for Meghan's right to speak, to lead her life without being traduced at every hand’s turn

Commoditising your personal life like some royals and chefs is all very well until you run out of material

This Royal loathes being hunted by what he terms the tabloid ‘sadists’, just as his mother was

Planet Business: Virgin Orbit space flop, Sicilian screen tourism and the world’s most ‘powerful’ passports

After more than 400 pages of his memoir, is it any clearer to anybody why the prince felt he had to do this, or what he ultimately hopes to get from it?

Just when you thought there was nothing new to learn about Britain's Prince Harry's explosive memoir, it manages to generate even more headlines upon its release this week. 'Spare' is now the fastest ever selling non-fiction book in the English language. Even the Irish public is divided on whether the prince is a tragic, deluded character or an earnest rebel with a genuine public interest story to expose. Media columnist, Laura Slattery, and columnist, Finn McRedmond in London, join Aideen Finnegan to discuss the book, its revelations and the global reaction to it.

Tell-all memoir on course to have the highest first week sales of any non-fiction title in Ireland over the last two decades

British royal claims ‘very dangerous’ spin about his memoir Spare during US TV appearance

Spares spares no one. What save it from being an entitled whingefest are moments of genuine poignancy and insights into an irretrievably weird family

British press and Spare author should agree on one thing: ‘never complain, never explain’ doesn’t work

Harry offers insight into British royal family’s discord and conflict within ahead of release of memoir, Spare

Television: There are no bombshells in the 90-minute broadcast, which veers from fascinating to indulgent and interminably dull

The Duke says in his first interview on his memoirs that he is publishing them because ‘how staying silent is ever going to make things better’

Memoir recounts tours of Afghanistan and describes those killed as ‘chess pieces removed from the board'

In leaked extracts from his autobiography, the prince alleges he was assaulted over his marriage to Meghan Markle

Duke of Sussex criticises Buckingham Palace over an alleged failure to defend him and his wife

The most exciting Irish and international fiction and nonfiction titles of the year ahead

It’s time we had a long think about what we have done

Television: Forget Harry & Meghan Volume I. Volume II of the Netflix documentary series delivers raw, headline-generating punch

For a documentary series that is sugary enough in spots to rot the teeth out of your head, it is also surprisingly revealing

Television: Amid the archive dross of the new Netflix documentary only an occasional nugget glimmers

Accusations that a trailer for the Netflix series uses misleading editing are latest salvo in bitter war between the royal couple and UK print media

Two trailers for its Harry & Meghan docu-series have won easy publicity for the US platform

The trailer’s arrival is so impeccably timed it’s hard to believe it’s not the ultimate mic drop

The book is expected to be a bestseller, but after Queen Elizabeth’s death some royal experts say it has become risky for him

Oprah special with couple on track to be in top 20 biggest shows on Irish TV this year

Big names including Elton John and Deepak Chopra feature in the debut episode of Archewell Audio podcast

‘I knew, as I clutched my firstborn child, that I was losing my second,’ duchess of Sussex writes

Dominic Cummings has taken flak for his unconventional attire – but maybe he’s right

Prince argued report was inaccurate because it indicated he intentionally misled the public

Duke and Duchess of Sussex rule out immediate photo call of newborn

Duke and duchess of Sussex break record for gaining 1m followers in the shortest time

Rebel county dusts off its royal pretensions to enjoy occasion ‘part history and part fantasy’

Will you watch it on the telly, bake a cake, go to a street party? What’s the atmosphere like?

Lifetime channel’s TV movie about the soon-to-wed couple is disappointingly enjoyable

Tidy up your B&B for Daniel and Majella, then settle in for four nights of Innocent

Planet Business: Black Friday gun sales, the ‘Pink Promise’ and the Koch brothers linked to ‘Time’