The main revelations from the scandalous book about Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have been revealed

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In the Netherlands, copies of “Endgame” were suddenly taken off the shelves of bookstores, under the pretext that an “error” had crept into the Dutch translation.

The new scandal brought its participants back to the spring of 2021 and the consequences of Prince Harry and Meghan’s interview with Oprah Winfrey, notes Sky News. Let us remember that then Meghan told the whole world about the “concerns and conversations” of members of the British royal family about the skin color of her unborn child (Prince Archie). However, the daughter-in-law of the current king of Great Britain did not name names, but provoked a lot of speculation on this topic.

That explosive interview sparked controversy and created a crisis at Buckingham Palace.

So, the Dutch version of a new book about the royal family reveals which member of the royal family the conversation took place with.

The controversial bestselling author, Omid Scobie, denies releasing the book with the names in it – but did he write an early draft that did so? We just don’t know, says Sky News. (But on our own behalf, based on the results of studying the British media, we can add that the names of Charles III and Kate Middleton were mentioned in this context.)

Perhaps, as a Dutch journalist who noted this detail suggests, this was “overlooked” when it came to final legal approval. The words may have been lost in translation, but some are suspect. Especially because Omid Scobie, although he insists he is not a friend of the Sussexes, has certainly been briefed by their team in the past.

When his book reveals the “private letters” exchanged between Meghan and the King, one can’t help but wonder who gave him the letters.

Be that as it may, Sky News emphasizes that what is being said now will do little to restore the broken relationship between Harry and the rest of his family. And cynics might say it will boost sales of a book that hasn’t received the warmest reviews.

Either way, the story once again shows that while Meghan and Harry may have left their royal roles, they can still make headlines and cause difficulties for the royal family.

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“Endgame” author Omid Scobie hastened to distance himself from claims that he is a “buddy” of Meghan Markle and Prince Harry. But who is this royal biographer – and where does he get his information?

Omid Scobie is called the “mouthpiece” of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, but he himself assures that he is just a journalist “trying to do his job.” This royal correspondent previously co-authored the biography Finding Freedom, about the Sussexes and their break with the royal family.

Now his latest book, Endgame, has sparked controversy as Dutch copies were pulled after the translation reportedly named a royal who “questioned” Archie’s skin color.

Omid Scobie was born in Wales and grew up in Oxford, where he attended most of his education at a private school until he entered the state sixth form.

His father’s family is Scottish, and his mother’s is of Persian blood. He told Tatler that he especially likes to say “Persian” rather than “Iranian” “because for Persians it makes a big difference.” “My mom’s family is not Muslim and has no affiliation with the Islamic Republic of Iran,” Scobie explained.

He studied journalism at the London College of Communication and then worked as a celebrity reporter for Heat magazine. He then joined the entertainment magazine US Weekly, working there for ten years and establishing a London bureau before becoming editor-in-chief of Harper Bazaar, an American women’s fashion magazine.

How well does Omid Scobie know the royals? Scobie had been covering royal life for five years when Prince Harry began dating Meghan, then best known for her role in the Netflix drama Suits.

Scobie told The Times that he was determined to get to know the couple better: “I was going to work damn hard to make sure I was close to every person in their lives, and become someone that at least people looked up to.” the palace feel that they can come when they need to correct something in history.”

In 2020, Omid Scobie was one of three journalists invited to cover Meghan’s final event as a member of the royal family, hours before she flew to Canada to begin a new chapter of her life in North America.

The couple “hugged goodbye,” he wrote in Harper’s Bazaar, as the “emotions” of their imminent departure had “finally subsided.” But Scobie was also keen to distance himself from claims that he was a friend of the Sussexes.

“I’m not Meg’s buddy,” the royal correspondent wrote on platform X (formerly Twitter) ahead of the release of Endgame.

“I’m not their friend and never have been,” Oimd Scobie repeated in an interview with Paris Match.

He claims he did not interview Meghan for any of his books, but contacting her through mutual friends helped gain information. Scobie also credits the lip-reading skill he learned at US Weekly for picking up some juicy details, as well as his knack for asking employees for inside information.

During the controversial phone hacking trial against Mirror Group Newspapers (MGN), Omid Scobie claimed he was taught how to access celebrity voicemails while working for the Sunday People. He told the court he was given “a list of mobile numbers followed by a detailed verbal description of how to listen to voicemails as if it were a normal method of news gathering.”

In his witness statement, the journalist stated: “I was stunned by what seemed completely immoral, and I never carried out this task.”

Asked if he had a “personal interest” in helping Prince Harry, Scobie replied: “No. What I’m doing right now is giving the tabloids a reason to keep calling me his friend.”

Amidst the media clamor following the release of Finding Freedom (170 articles in the first five days), Omid Scobie received insults and threats.

“Should I have called the police because of racist comments and threats to burn my house down? Of course,” he told Tatler. “The publisher offered security for my parents because we had a couple of unwanted visitors.” I think things have gotten out of hand.”

Asked if the experience had made him more empathetic towards the Sussexes, the journalist said they “absolutely” understood that he had now “experienced some of what they face”.

This was not the first time Scobie had been subjected to abuse related to his reporting on the royal family. Megan personally called him in 2018 after learning he was receiving threats on social media, he said in Endgame.

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Omid Scobie, who says he has mutual friends with Meghan, quotes sources as making several claims about the royal family, including that Kate ignored the Duchess of Sussex’s cries for help and that the future of the monarchy is in a “fight for survival” “.

Sky News presents a number of revelations from Endgame.

The best-selling book claims Kate Middleton “ignored Meghan’s cries for help.” A “source” says Kate can be “cold if she doesn’t like someone,” and the writer adds: “This is a side of Kate that rarely gets written about. To advocate for mental health—maternal mental health, for that matter—but ignore his own daughter-in-law’s cries for help seems out of character for someone the public knew to be sweet and easy to get along with.”

The book contains a number of allegations regarding the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, including that William and other family members “secretly authorized” leaks to the press about Harry. Prince William is alleged to have ignored messages from Harry as the family headed to Balmoral before the late queen’s death last year, while Meghan and current King Charles III – then the Prince of Wales – reportedly exchanged letters following her interview with Oprah Winfrey.

According to the book, the letters reveal the identities of two people who the duchess claims raised “concerns” about the color of the then-unborn Prince Archie’s skin.

In Endgame, Omid Scobie also states that the king is “still dealing with the consequences of his failure to gather and command his own family.”

“His ineptitude surrounding the Harry and Meghan saga has effectively turned the couple into the disruptors they feared they would become in the first place,” the author adds.

The king was “cold and curt,” Endgame quotes a source as saying, rather than “open to proper dialogue” when speaking to his son.

The writer also claims the King missed an opportunity to put “bygones in the past” and start a new chapter in his relationship with Harry when the Duke of Sussex contacted his father following the release of his memoir Spare, which contained several serious allegations against him. royal family.

Scobie suggests that the king’s relationship with William appears to be equally strained. “The mistrust and simmering hostility between father and son is nothing new in their working relationship,” he writes.

But Queen Camilla told others that she was “very sympathetic” to what Meghan went through, Omid Scobie writes in his book. However, according to a royal source quoted in the book, she has “no respect” for the way the Duke and Duchess of Sussex have behaved.

Harry has previously attacked his stepmother’s reputation, calling her “dangerous” and criticizing her attempts to restore her “image” at his expense.