JForrest English : Prince harry's memoir, 'spare,' which captures the ugly sides of royal life, hits bookshelves

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Prince harry's memoir, 'spare,' which captures the ugly sides of royal life, hits bookshelves 

spare - adj - extra/additional that's not in use 

Do you have a spare umbrella?

Do you have a spare pen?

hits - when a product hits a location, it becomes available

Prince harry's memoir was released Tuesday, not only offering new details on the british royal family's bitter internal feud after days of bombshell revelations and promotional interviews but also describing how he fell headlong in love with future wife, Meghan Markle. 

The book not only talks about the royal family, but also talks about relationship with Meghan markie

bitter - adj - angry/unset about a past event

feud - fight

bombshell revelations - information being shared that has a big impact 

While many of the details from the book. titled "Spare," have already been reported, its release at midnight Monday local time will allow the public to get their hands on a copy of a memoir filled with glimpses into a rarified family riven by disagreement and distrust.

Thankfully I was able to get my hands on the new iPhone

to get their hands on a - to obtain (something special/significant)

to glimpse at something - to look at something quickly

rarified - adj - not ordinary

riven by - divided

Some britons flocked to book shops overnight to be among the first to buy a copy of "Spare."

flocked to - People flocked to the apple store when the new iPhone hit the shelves

Some of the book's most eye-catching passages include allegations that Harry's brother and heir to the throne, Prince william, physically attacked him during a dispute; that his stepmother, Camilla, the queen consort, leaked private conservations to bolster her reputation; and that his father, King Charles III, had pleaded with his sons to not make his final years "a misery" with their arguing.

eye-catching - most interesting

dispute - fight/argument/feud

leaked - to leak - to make information available when it shouldn't be

bolster - improve/increased

arguing - feuding

The publication of such a frank and revealing account is near-unprecedented event in the centuries-old history of Britain's royals, who as Harry has pointed out double as both a family and national institution. The book has led to questions over whether it could deal lasting damage to the monarchy, even asking whether its future existence is now less certain.

frank - honest

revealing - to share a lot of details/information

unprecedented - that has never happened, been done or been known before

Harry has said that he still wants a reconciliation with his family and believes one is possible but asked whether he had burned his bridges with his father and brother.

to reconcile - to become friendly again after a dispute.

to burned one's bridges - idiom - you destroy all possible ways of going back to that situation. Don't burn your bridges when you quit. You may need a reference from your company.