Prince Harry has not only undertaken to write a souvenir tape: According to newspaper reports, he is said to have signed a contract for four titles.

This includes a wellness book by his wife Meghan.

However, the couple denied releasing any of these titles until after the queen's death.

It had reports through its lawyers labeled as "false and defamatory".

The Daily Mail reported over the weekend, citing an "impeccable" source in the publishing industry, that Prince Harry had received two publishers in California and personally traded them up to £ 35 million to £ 40 million.

Gina Thomas

Features correspondent based in London.

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Meanwhile, Jonathan Dimbleby, Prince Charles' biographer, has criticized the March couple of Sussex's conversation with American talk show host Oprah Winfrey as "malicious, cruel and terribly selfish". It harmed the queen and her family in an undeserved way. The author and presenter who conducted the 1994 television interview with Prince Charles in which the heir to the throne confessed to having been unfaithful to Princess Diana after the incurable breakdown of his marriage, expressed the view that Prince Harry was under the thumb of his wife.

In general, the British media deal extensively with the possible effects of the revelation on the royal family. Patrick Jephson, who as Princess Diana's long-time private secretary is familiar with the inner realms of the royal palace, warned in a long newspaper comment that the planned book and the speculations about its content could harm not only individual members of the royal family, but the institution itself.

The royal family must not make the same mistake as in the publication of Andrew Morton's revelations about Princess Diana, which the palace had called a "treacherous fantasy" at the time, instead of reflecting on the grievances that would have motivated Diana to work with the author. Jephson argues that Prince Harry and his wife Meghan created an alternative royal brand that gives the monarchy an opportunity to rediscover why it is the better option. In his view, it is because it reflects on the people it serves and places the value of sacrifice above convenience. The future, Jephson writes with a swipe at Prince Charles, lies with Prince William and his wife Kate.