Brits Not Excited About Prince Harry Memoir, 'Sick Of Hearing Complaints,' Royal Expert Claims

The majority of Brits aren't excited about Prince Harry's upcoming memoir, a royal expert has claimed.

Jonathan Sacerdoti, a journalist based in Britain who regularly covers the British royal family, weighed in on the Duke of Sussex's book during a recent appearance on E! News' "Daily Pop." The London correspondent claimed that Prince Harry's announcement that he is writing a memoir wasn't well-received in the U.K.

"Plenty of people are fed up with hearing Meghan and Harry say that they are life's eternal victims. They live in a $14 million mansion in Montecito albeit with the rescue chicken coop, but they haven't got much to complain about compared to most people," Sacerdoti said.

The royal expert acknowledged that Prince Harry did have a rough time growing up following the death of his mother, Princess Diana, but he suggested that the interviews he and his wife have done so far were more than enough.

"I'm not meaning to be too unsympathetic. Prince Harry did have a difficult upbringing, and it may make for interesting reading in that biography that he is going to write," he explained, adding, "But people are sick of hearing complaints from them. They've been dubbed ginge and whinge here in the U.K."

Sacerdoti added that while the Sussexes said they wanted to live a more private life, they appeared to be the opposite of low-key when they aired their family issues on national TV with Oprah Winfrey.

"I think there are obviously problems going on within the family like there are in anyone's family, but they're putting it out there so publicly," he said. "They said they wanted a quieter life with less press and media intrusion, and then they went and told Oprah everything."

He continued, "So you do have to ask yourself if actually what they're after is more and more attention, and anything the royal family does to combat that is only going to backfire on the royal family too and give them that increased attention."

Another royal expert, Nick Bullen, who was supposedly dubbed the "King of Royal TV" for his broadcast relationship with the British royal family, previously said Prince Harry's announcement "undoubtedly sent shockwaves around the place, both at the highest levels of society and just with the average amount on the streets."

He told Us Weekly that it "upset people" because the release date would clash with the Queen's Platinum Jubilee celebration. The move "could be seen as disrespectful" on Prince Harry's part, he added.

Prince Harry announced that he is working on an "accurate and wholly truthful" memoir last week. It will be released by Penguin Random House in late 2022.

"I’m writing this not as the prince I was born but as the man I have become," Prince Harry said in a statement after the news broke. "I’ve worn many hats over the years, both literally and figuratively, and my hope is that in telling my story— the highs and lows, the mistakes, the lessons learned — I can help show that no matter where we come from, we have more in common than we think."

He continued, "I’m deeply grateful for the opportunity to share what I’ve learned over the course of my life so far and excited for people to read a firsthand account of my life that’s accurate and wholly truthful."

Publisher Penguin Random House said in its own statement that the memoir will cover Prince Harry's "lifetime in the public eye from childhood to the present day, including his dedication to service, the military duty that twice took him to the frontlines of Afghanistan, and the joy he has found in being a husband and father."