Prince Harry's autobiography, Reserve, caused a stir before it was released on January 10 - and it continues to do so.
Now with a world record.
It's not entirely unexpected: Prince Harry's autobiography "Reserve" sold more than 3.2 million copies worldwide within a week - setting a new record.
According to the Guinness World Records, “Reserve” is the fastest-selling non-fiction book of all time, according to Penguin Verlag.
Released worldwide on January 10, 2023, "Reserve" went straight to number one on the national bestseller lists in numerous countries including the US, UK, Canada, Australia, Germany, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Brazil, Denmark, Chile, Colombia and Peru.
The book was published simultaneously in 16 languages - publications in another 10 languages are coming soon.
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Prince Harry's autobiography "Reserve"
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Even before the publication, Prince Harry and his wife Meghan had caused a stir.
For example, with the Netflix documentary "Harry & Meghan", which in turn brings Netflix success: Not least thanks to the documentary series "Harry & Meghan", Netflix grew significantly faster than expected with an increase of 7.7 million users.
Overall, Netflix had 230.75 million user accounts by the end of the year.
In addition to "Harry & Meghan", the video service was also able to score with the series "Wednesday" and the films "Troll" and "Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery".
Harry and Meghan's deal with the Netflix streaming service alone is said to have been around 100 million US dollars (about 92.4 million euros).
In addition, there is the money for the memoirs. Harry is said to have received an advance of 20 million US dollars as an advance for his autobiography.
Whether this is true is unclear.
For comparison: Ex-President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle are said to have received $60 million for a similar agreement.
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