As such, this book and the projected others which are part of their multi-book publishing contract are not only vital to launching this next phase of their careers, but is also financially important. They announced at the outset that they wanted to be financially independent (except, apparently, for security costs and the other financial support which they told Oprah the now-King has heartlessly withheld), and they have also bemoaned publicly since moving to California their apparent poverty. Understandably so: Living on a large estate in Montecito and maintaining the lifestyle they seem to be living is not cheap.
There is no rule to follow, but I can't think of many royals who've published their life-stories before their fortieth birthday. The last King and Queen of Yugoslavia produced such works with the help of ghost writers when they were younger than Prince Harry, but at least the troubled couple's reign (if one can even call it a reign) was already a completed chapter and, unlike Harry, they saw their situation as teetering toward financial ruin. “A King's Heritage” by King Peter II of Yugoslavia (1954, the year he turned 31) “For a King's love” (also published as “For love of a King”) by Alexandra Queen of Yugoslavia (1956, the year she turned 35)
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