By Cynthia Akande
The Duke of Sussex’s autobiography has recorded sales figures of 400,000 copies so far across hardback, ebook and audio formats on its first day of publication, its publishers have claimed.
Larry Finlay, Managing Director of Transworld Penguin Random House, said: ‘We always knew this book would fly but it is exceeding even our most bullish expectations.
“As far as we know, the only books to have sold more in their first day are those starring the other Harry (Potter).”
The memoir had been leaked to the world five days early in Spain and was extensively quoted in the Duke’s jaw-dropping glut of TV interviews.
The eagerly-anticipated 416-page memoir certainly hasn’t disappointed with its spicy revelations of life within the Royal Family.
Queues of fans developed before shops opened at 12am Tuesday morning for the official release of the controversial memoir.
A handful of people waited outside the doors of WH Smith in London’s Victoria station to be one of the first to buy a copy of the book – which has made headlines across the world with bombshell revelations about the Royal Family.
Crowds of photographers, camera operators and reporters captured the moment that the first customers were handed copies of the memoir.
Sarah Nakana, 46, was first to the till to buy her copy at just gone midnight, describing Prince Harry’s decision to write the book and tell his story as “incredibly courageous and brave”.
She said: “I’m excited to hear from Prince Harry about his life in his words.
“He has created a historical record of his life. He lived it. Only he knows what he endured and went through.”
