Prince Harry’s explosive memoir Spare may not have even been fact-checked, according to a ghost writer who has commented on the Prince’s visa lawsuit in the US.
Following its publication in January 2023, Spare made headlines through its attacks on various senior members of the Royal Family, especially Queen Camilla, Prince William and Princess Kate.
However Joshua Lisec, a ghost writer of more than 80 books and author of So Good They Call You a Fake, said that a US government lawyer was correct to say that part of the autobiography could be inaccurate.
He said: “In the case of Prince Harry’s visa, the government’s position is that they don’t accept every word of his memoir to be true, so they aren’t going to use it against him.
“Whatever you think of their decision on this case, they are not wrong about the inaccuracy of memoirs. While readers often think they are definitive, many memoirs are not fact-checked in detail. Often, ghostwriters and publishers only check closely when a section might be potentially libelous about someone else. But no law says the stories you tell about yourself have to be true.”
Nile Gardiner, director of the Margaret Thatcher Centre For Freedom at The Heritage Foundation, told MailOnline: “A judge has the final say on whether the American public has the right to see whether the DHS afforded Prince Harry special treatment. He can no longer hide behind his liberal elite allies in the Biden administration.”
The DHS has argued back that releasing the Duke’s immigration records would be an invasion of his privacy, with lawyer John Bardo saying that no “publicly available information shows that Prince Harry was ever convicted for a drug-related offence”.
The DHS also wrote: “Courts hold that a person’s visa or immigration status is private, personal information exempt from disclosure.”
In his recent interview with Good Morning America Harry admitted that he had considered becoming a US citizen, although it is not a priority for him right now.
But one expert believes that the drug fallout could put these plans in jeopardy, as an immigration lawyer told MailOnline: “This could be very serious for Prince Harry.
“If he didn’t tick the ‘yes’ box when he entered the States then his visa will be reviewed and it is possible it could be revoked. If he is thinking of applying for citizenship, then having his visa revoked would be a disaster.”
