Prince Harry’s ghostwriter addresses the differences between ‘remembrance and fact’ as the ‘Spare’ memoir’s mistakes make headlines.
JR Moehringer went to twitter on Wednesday to brush off “unintentional mistakes” with a quote from Mary Karr’s “The Art of Memoir.”
“The line between memory and fact is blurred, interpretation and fact,” the excerpt reads.
“There are unintentional errors of this nature in the Wazoo.”
The tweet came a day after the 38-year-old Duke of Sussex’s memoir hit US bookshelves.
Harry didn’t hold back and even accused Prince William of physically assaulting him in 2019.
Prince Harry’s ghostwriter defended ‘accidental errors’ in ‘Spare’ Getty Images
The author noted the “fuzzy” line between fact and memory.Pacific Press/LightRocket via Ge
Keen-eyed readers have accused the former military pilot of making “factual errors” in the memoir.
The Duke, for example, claimed he was at boarding school when he learned of the Queen Mother’s death in March 2002, with multiple reports setting the record straight.
Harry’s memoir hit bookshelves on Tuesday. Getty Images
The then-teen was reportedly on a ski trip to Switzerland with William and King Charles III at the time.
Harry also wrote that he was the “great-great-great-great-great-great-grandfather” of King Henry VI by his own.
The Duke of Sussex dubbed the book the correct “story”. CBS via Getty Images
“Prince Harry can’t even fact-check his own family tree as he feels King Henry VI. descended from whose son died childless at 17,” one person wrote. “Sure thing, we all think.”
Additionally, Air New Zealand clarified to the New Zealand Herald that they “never operated flights” between Mexico and the UK after Harry recalled buying a “first class ticket” for Meghan Markle’s father Thomas Markle.
The prince has yet to address the inaccuracies, telling Stephen Colbert on Tuesday his book was “history [getting] it right.”
Harry was accused of “factual errors”. Getty Images
Twitter user made fun of this statement in their responses to Moehringer’s tweet.
“The problem with his incorrect facts is that he’s writing this for ‘History,'” wrote one, while another called the excuse “gaslighting”.
Others however praised the “Tender Bar” writer for helping Harry “speak his truth so clearly”.
Buckingham Palace told Page Six last week that it would not comment on allegations in Spare.