Prince Harry’s memoir Spare became the fastest-selling non-fiction book in the UK since records began after its release in January. The publishers had promised “raw, unflinching honesty”, it certainly delivered that. The Times helped dissect some of those salacious revelations.
This photograph was taken in 1999 at Highgrove where the press had been invited to capture the moment of Prince William learning to drive, just two years after the death of their mother, Diana, Princess of Wales. The Times photographer Peter Nicholls was there. It is one of the few images we have from that time of King Charles III with his sons. During their school years after an agreement between the palace and the press they were largely left alone, except during these
