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Prince Harry’s<\/a> feelings about his treatment as the second-born son have always been clear – and they became even more so after he chose to name his bombshell memoir Spare<\/a>.<\/p>\n The spare to the heir is a well-known royal phrase. It means that any child born after their sibling, the heir, is a second to them if something should happen. While there have been many famous spares throughout history, including the late Queen’s<\/a> father, King George VI<\/a>, the word is now largely tied to Harry’s controversial memoir.<\/p>\n The nickname appears to have always been a sticking point for the Duke<\/a>, so much so that he used his tell-all book to reveal which member of his family first called him it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n He disclosed that it was actually his father, King Charles<\/a>, who used the nickname, in response to Diana, Princess of Wales<\/a>, giving birth to a second son. Harry claimed that his father’s reaction was: “Wonderful! Now you’ve given me an heir and a spare – my work is done.”<\/p>\n Writing further about his feelings of being the ‘spare’, Harry explained: “They would say it without a spirit of judgement, but straight out. I was the shadow, the supporting actor, the plan B. I was brought into this world in case something happened to Willy.”<\/p>\n Elsewhere in his explosive book, Prince Harry<\/a> recalled other memories of his life growing up in the Royal Family, including one Christmas when he received a “cold-blooded” gift from Princess Margaret<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Harry wrote about being given a pen with a small rubber fish wrapped around it and described the gesture as “cold-blooded”. Writing about his grandmother’s beloved sister, Harry said he felt: “nothing for her, except a bit of pity and a lot of jumpiness.”<\/p>\n