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Harry Potter fans are finally finding out their hero’s fate, after the seventh and final book in the popular series went on sale.
The first copies of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows were snapped up across the world.

UK book chain Waterstones said more than 250,000 fans turned up at midnight to its shops across the UK.
Author JK Rowling had admitted to “excitement, nerves and relief” as the launch approached.

WH Smith said it had sold a total of 15 of the books per second at 400 of its shops since they opened just after midnight on Saturday.
And supermarket chain Asda said it had sold 250,000 copies between midnight and 0900 BST, half of its entire Deathly Hallows stock.

The anticipation of the final instalment has been growing for months.
JK Rowling held a moonlight reading of the book at midnight
“All the secrets I have been carrying around for so long will be yours, too,” she wrote to fans on her website.

“Within hours you will know what happens to Harry, Ron, Hermione and the rest in their final adventure.
“Those who guessed correctly will be vindicated, and those who guessed wrongly will not, I hope, be too disappointed!”
Speed reader and Potter fan Anne Jones was one of the first to finish the book, reading more than 4,000 words a minute