Colin Sheridan: Spare a thought for the brother

SPARE: Britain's Duke of Sussex at the Invictus Games closing ceremony at the Zuiderpark, in The Hague, Netherlands. Picture date: Friday April 22, 2022.

Not for the first time in my life, I have a problem with Harry/Prince Harry/Harry Wales/Harry Winsor/Spare Harry. Having just pitched my memoir Fifth of Six to publishers last week, I expected my inbox to crash with offers of wild advances and serialisation in the New Yorkerbecause my story - that of being the second youngest in a family of half a dozen kids - was one worth telling, so universal was its theme, so biblical was its significance. 

Yes, Fifth of Six would tell the story of a boy who grew up in the shadow of a star that - in my limited worldview then - shone brighter than the sun itself.