Prince Harry’s autobiography is the fastest selling non-fiction book in Ireland in 20 years. Pathetic.

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1. It’s probably just cause it’s cheaper than the alternative: https://www.amazon.co.uk/WINMAU-WIN400-Winmau-Diamond-Dartboard/dp/B0018D69TE/ref=asc_df_B0018D69TE/

2. Who’s pathetic?

   The countries horn for royalty is regularly on show

3. https://twitter.com/DavidBrentMovie/status/709795137380085760?t=VZ8GYcGIWQGDTXXmP9WuTg&s=19

4. It depends what’s counted as a sale. I suspect they are counting bookshop orders as sales.

5. I hate the British monarchy, that’s why this is one book I’m very interested in. I am not interested enough to buy it but I don’t blame anyone who is.

6. My mam liked Diana so keeps up with the news/nonsense around them so I bought her a copy for her birthday.

7. It may go down as the most impactful hit piece on the royals ever.

8. A few years ago Harry was saying how he was only going to have two children for environmental reasons. Then he was going to live between two countries, when not flying to visit the rest of the commonwealth. Now his green credential have slipped further and he is taking out forrests, and getting well paid for it. If he wanted to disappoint his green fingered father, raising private family matters in print was probably the way to do it.

   Feel a bit sorry for Harry; not because of what happened to him (which I don’t know much about) but because of what he has done to himself without realising. Should talk to his therapist not the world. Not interested in his book myself, but clearly others are.

9. The entire UK media club (largely pro monarchy Conservative party aligned, to put it mildly) were screeching and fuming via rolling emergency breaking news coverage for days before and after. It was everywhere, non-stop panic.

   It – and that shit documentary – were *bound* to be huge successes because of that. Good.

   For a lot of us, this isn’t about them, it’s about the response from our cancerous, invasive and reality-distorting press. Our communications ecosystem over here is sick and we’re pumped full of it – all unionist, all royalist, all Tory – all the time.

   ‘Yo’ from Scotland btw.

10. Lad who complains about lack of privacy reveals his family’s private interactions. What an absolute fucking melt!

11. We’ll get the real number in a few weeks, when charity shops become inundated with donations.
    Remember the da Vinci code 🤣

12. Imagine how many copies would’ve been sold if he was the son of a king

13. Any Irish person who sides with the royal family over Harry needs to have their name taken down on a piece of paper.

14. Why do records only begin in 2003?!

15. Most are oblivious to their post-colonial mindset.. and the power of the media.

16. Actually the second fastest after How to Kill Your Family

17. *(shakes head in Ulster)*

18. A book that’s critical of the royal family selling well in Ireland. Colour me shocked.

19. Auld ones mad for royal scandal.

    Been that way here since the Diana days, if not earlier.

20. I hate the royals, that’s why I’m giving the prince money