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"Prince Harry Reveals" Parodies refer to memes and jokes made about various anecdotes from Prince Harry's 2023 memoir Spare. British daily newspaper The Guardian first broke the news of Harry recounting a physical altercation between him and his older brother Prince William on January 4th, 2023, a few days ahead of the book's official release. After the headlines spread to Twitter, various commentators began making parodies based on official news headlines, often using the phrasal template "Prince Harry reveals X" with an associated image.

Origin

On January 4th, 2023, the Twitter^[1] account @PopBase shared a headline previously published by The Guardian, stating "Prince Harry reveals he was physically attacked and knocked to the floor by his brother Prince William during a confrontation in 2019. The confrontation escalated because William called Meghan Markle “difficult, rude, and abrasive.” The post gathered over 190,000 likes in nearly two days (seen below, left). On January 5th, 2023, PopBase posted another tweet about the memoir, reading "Prince Harry says that his brother Prince William and Kate Middleton told him to wear the Nazi costume in 2005."^[2] The post gathered over 45,000 likes in a day (seen below, right).

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On January 5th, 2023, parodies of the aforementioned headlines began circulating on Twitter, with Twitter^[3] user @skinnylilbih posting a tweet that day which read, "Prince Harry revealed an incident where Megan and Kate were arguing to which Prince William purportedly replied, 'Squirt contest, let’s see who pussy the best.'" The tweet gathered over 20,000 likes in a day (seen below, left). Also on January 5th, Twitter^[4] user @westerosies posted a version of the meme, gathering over 20,000 likes in a day (seen below, right).

On January 5th, Twitter^[5] user @WrittenByHanna then posted a parody of the original PopBase headlines, gathering over 29,000 likes in a day (seen below, left). On January 5th, Twitter^[6] user @thereturnofBWA posted a version of the meme that read, "In the times I felt alone and separated from my family, I always took time to myself to sit back and listen to Shenseea. Her lyrics resonated with me and got me through a lot," gathering over 35,000 likes in a day (seen below, right).

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Prince Harry Penis Frostbite Story

The Prince Harry Penis Frostbite Story or My Penis Was Oscillating Between Extremely Sensitive and Borderline Traumatized refers to a story told in chapter 43 of Prince Harry's 2023 memoir Spare about getting frostbite on his penis after a 2011 North Pole expedition and applying Elizabeth Arden cream to it to try and heal it — the smell of the cream reminding him of his mother who used to use the cream on her lips. A clip from the audiobook version of Spare went viral on social media in mid-January 2023 shortly after the book's release, including on TikTok where it became a prominent original sound.

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