They purposefully chose not to put them in the procession and not to be welcoming. Harry, we learn, felt “unprotected” by his family, and “as though he and Meghan had long been sidelined by the institution and were not a fundamental part of its future.” Harry feels “that there were so many occasions when the institution and his family could have helped them, stood up for them, backed them up, and never did.” Harry likened the negotiations around his and Meghan’s royal exit to “standing in front of a firing squad.”Ī source close to Harry and Meghan told the authors how Harry and Meghan had felt about William and Kate cold-shouldering them in Westminster Abbey at the Sussexes’ final royal engagement, “It should have been the one public moment where the royal family put their arms around the couple for a show of support. It’s very sad… The powers are unfortunately greater than me.” This ease seems highly selective in light of their fury at other perceived media intrusions.įor example, the book includes Meghan reportedly tearfully telling a friend about royal life: “I gave up my entire life for this family. This carefully worded statement does not answer the central question of how Scobie and Durand got the granular detail of words and situations so spot-on if they were not briefed by Harry and Meghan, well-informed friends, or highly eloquent pieces of lint on their clothing.Īssociated’s lawyers are clearly pondering the same mystery just how will Meghan and Harry explain away not just the exactness of the detail and words, but also their apparent ease with the invasion of their privacy the book represents. This book is based on the authors’ own experiences as members of the royal press corps and their own independent reporting.” There have been no legal threats, yet Finding Freedom arguably invades their privacy much more than any newspaper article.Ī spokesperson for Harry and Meghan has claimed, “The Duke and Duchess of Sussex were not interviewed and did not contribute to Finding Freedom.

Finding Freedom, a biography that is incredibly sympathetic to the couple-painting the other royals (including William and Kate) as brutal, cold, and uncaring-is so intimate and invasive it reports speech as spoken and feelings as felt in the immediate moment in multiple situations.īut it has attracted not a word of criticism from the couple. Harry and Meghan are quick to say whenever they feel their privacy has been invaded by the media. Now Meghan and Harry have some time to figure out how to explain how the book’s authors, Omid Scobie and Carolyn Durand, got so much of the detail in the book so right, without their cooperation.

The judge in the Associated case has deemed the book admissible as evidence.

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