United Kingdom: "Finding Freedom" sheds light on royal family dissension

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. DANIEL LEAL-OLIVAS / AFP

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Fans of the royal family have been eagerly awaiting it, the book Finding Freedom comes out this Tuesday, August 11. Written by Omid Scobie and Carolyn Durand, two royal reporters, the book aims to show the vision of the royal family on the Sussex side.

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From our correspondent in London, Élodie Goulesque

The first extracts made the front page of The Times and The Sunday Times at the end of July and for good reason, Finding Freedom  is considered to be behind the scenes of the British royal family version of Harry and Meghan . We learn in particular that William would have told his younger brother to "  get to know Meghan well  " before going any further.

A not so trivial outing

This thought would have upset Prince Harry, who was already in love with the American actress at the time. Staff were said to have been dismissive of the Prince's companion and the growing distance between Kate and Meghan. Very  insignificant “  scoops ” in the current context of a global pandemic according to Richard Fitzwilliams.

"A  lot of things in this book and in the excerpts that we have seen seem to refer to relatively trivial problems  ," notes this expert on the royal family for more than 30 years.

Ex-royals a little disconnected from reality. And although this book is not officially endorsed by Harry and Meghan, its release is not trivial. "  Harry and Meghan like to do things their own way and although they have not personally participated in this book, there is no doubt that they could have stopped its publication if they had wanted to  " .

On the Buckingham Palace side, the same policy is the same as usual. No comment on the subject.

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