Pour one out for Katie Nicholl at Vanity Fair, I’m sure she’s having a rough week with all of these Finding Freedom headlines. Nicholl has written popular books on the “younger royals,” her most famous being Kate: The Future Queen and The Making of a Royal Romance. Nicholl leaned heavily into her Middleton-family sources, and she’s been so sugary about Kate in particular for years now, I often refer to Nicholl as Kate’s hagiographer. Nicholl has shown that she doesn’t have any sources in Harry and Meghan’s camp now, but I’m still interested in what Nicholl has to say because she does have access to the Cambridges and the “official” line from the palaces. So here are some highlights from Nicholl’s new Vanity Fair piece:
The level of detail in the book has palace people worried: Scobie and Durand also present an incredible level of detail, from Meghan’s favorite breakfast— steel cut oats made with almond or soy milk, bananas, and agave syrup—to a description of the Queen’s private sitting room, with its “maroon-and-cream Aubusson carpet accented with a floral-and-scroll pattern…eggshell blue walls…with the most spectacular ornate crown moldings that Meghan had ever seen.” That has raised royal eyebrows over at the palace, where some courtiers have been nervously awaiting the publication of the book. One senior palace aide even called one of the book’s authors to find out what was in the manuscript.
Never complain, never explain JKJK: The future king and queen, William and Kate, come under fire more than other senior royals, with the Duchess of Cambridge portrayed as cold and aloof, William as snobbish and interfering. The Cambridges were so outraged by some of the claims in the book that they allowed friends to speak out on their behalf to reveal that they had gone out of their way to welcome Meghan.
Angela Kelly is big mad: The Queen’s most senior aide Angela Kelly is also named for the first time as playing a role in the tiara debacle, which has apparently upset her.
Buckingham Palace thinks there’s nothing to see here: Officials at Buckingham Palace are pointedly making “no comment” on the book. One household member I spoke with claimed not to have read it, while another said that all of the “fuss” was being generated by the tabloids and that it’s “business as usual” back at HQ. “I think most people feel it’s a shame that the book has come just as the dust was settling. It’s also overshadowing the good work the royals—including Harry and Meghan—are doing,” a source told Vanity Fair. “I think everyone just wants to move on and leave the past in the past.”
The comparisons to Diana: Her True Story: “The authors have reported on a seminal moment in the royal family,” said Andrew Morton, author of Diana: Her True Story, one of the most famous royal biographies of all time. “The fall out of the royal princes is biblical, like Cain and Abel. Is it the next Diana Her True Story? No. That book has a life of its own. Finding Freedom isn’t as baleful for the monarchy as Diana: Her True Story which was about the break-up of the future king and queen. This is Hansel and Gretel, two innocents at large in the big bad world.”
Harry is still close to Petty Betty? The book explores the close relationship between the monarch and her grandson and Harry is keen that the relationship remains close. He often speaks on the phone to his grandmother, who the book reveals was impressed by Meghan. Harry is also said to be keen that his relationship with his brother, which has improved in the past few months and continues to progress.
One of Nicholl’s final points is that it’s “ironic” that the Sussexes have less freedom now in LA, being in lockdown, than they would in Windsor. But… I disagree. Strongly. They do have more freedom now. Freedom to pursue their own charitable and humanitarian agendas at their own pace. Freedom to brief the media however they see fit and correct the record if they so choose. Freedom to wear shorts and cute necklaces and nail polish without the sound of a collective ass-puckering from the entire British establishment.
As for what Nicholl reveals… I love how the Sussexes so easily boxed in the Cambridges and the palace courtiers. Every time Will and Kate respond to this story or that story, they prove Harry and Meghan’s point – that they were held to different standards, that the courtiers were always highly selective with which stories got denied or pushed back.
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Of course the poor snowflakes are – it exposed them as the nasty pieces of work that they both are. They did not come out of it well.
Two-faced bullies are always furious when they are exposed. They put in an enormous amount of effort to conceal their true nature and can’t stand when the curtain is pulled back. Mental health advocates Will and Kate should be grateful that their more devious deeds were not revealed. This barely scratches the surface, yet they are pulling what’s left of their hair out over it. They are terrified of more coming out, because they know they have done much, much worse.
The plane stunt revealed exactly who these two are. There’s no walking that back.
That instance and the CW ceremony were such landmark moments in this and it really showed us who they were.
Even if we imagine that Kate had nothing to do with the smears and it was all KP and Willie, her face at the CW ceremony shows she clearly has no empathy for a woman who has been dragged to hell and back for no reason. Did she ever feel an ounce of sympathy that Meghan has been receiving racist all over the world? Nah.
That plane stunt was awful.
What was the plane stunt?
Cambridge Outrage — boo hoo hoo. There’s very little truly bad about Cambridges in FF, other than they didn’t welcome Meghan with open arms. I bet there is a lot worse there.
I think they need to “check their privilege;” their insistence on never being criticized for anything.
LOL!
Agreed!! I’m only on chapter 4 or something, but I just read the part about when Meghan went with Harry to meet Will for the first time (Kate was not present, she was at Amner with the kids, interestingly) and the book says how she was nervous at first but Will opened the door and was like “I’ve been looking forward to meeting the girl who put that silly smile on m brother’s face!” or something like that. Making him seem friendly and welcoming. Maybe it gets less pragmatic as the book goes on, but so far there is NOTHING that makes the Cambridges seem bad IMO. Omid and Durand seem to be pretty calm and even-handed so far (maybe too much so when it comes to W&K).
Will and Kate were never going to look hardcore bad in the book. One of the authors, Carolyn, is a Cambridge and a BRF stan. Her role was to gatekeep the rest of the royal family, which she succeeded doing. That’s why she’s hardly doing the work to promoting the book. I don’t believe that she contributed equally as Omid to the book.
And, Omid was not going to go hard on the royals either. I think he still wants to cover and report their lives and engagements as a royal reporter/correspondent. Instead he had chosen to red arrows the palace staff/ the courtiers working in the different palaces/households.
I just finished the book and it is way tamer than the tabloids make it out to be. It’s fairly soft on the royals. It leaves out a lot of their pettiness and jealousies. I was hoping for more shop talk about the Rota and how they personally viewed the couple. Also, I wish they’d delved more into some aspects, like the pregnancy and the craziness about it, such as the conspiracy theories there. Also, what regular Brits thought about all this, or how the American press viewed the tabloid hysteria. Also more about their work, how they approached projects I’d goals. It touched on a lot of it but was not hard hitting at all and I prefer more analytical styles of writing, with outside perspectives added in. I wanted a deeper dive but it gave some intimate glimpses and set the record straight on some of the ridiculous rumors.
I think they all knew there was a lot of dirt that could have been exposed and they were scared. We all know more went on behind the scenes but Omid and especially Carolyn know that they’re going to have to work with the royal rats again
I am operating on a theory that they have a LOT more in their notes and have an unedited version with a LOT MORE nasty stuff in it. Carolyn and Scobie can hold that over a few royal heads now with the threat to publish the X rated version.
(Note that I don’t buy that the Sussexes had zip to do with the book-they may not have been interviewed, but they surely gave the green light for others to talk on their behalf, like kids playing telephone. Scobie is a little too close to Mark Dyer for them to be totally out of it.).
I definitely think a lot was left out so the reaction certainly says a lot, and to be fair, maybe it was to avoid the he said/they said back and forth. Omid has been giving some great interviews regarding the book. I actually felt more after reading the book that he didn’t interview them directly. He humanized them more, and gave more
perspective, but he definitely is not speaking in their voice. Also, he listed a lot of their friends so it’s not like everything was a big secret about who they talked to, and I think a lot of staff also talked. I think he talked to some of Kate’s friends who was quoted in the Tatler article, something about being loyal to he family sounds like similar quotes. A lot of conversations are from previously published articles. Book definitely left me wanting more but also glad it’s all behind them, with hopefully no more repeats of the whole absurdity and meanness of it all.
Katie Nicholl gets on my nerves with her constant peddling of speculation as official access.
Apparently Omid feels similarly, because he’s just called her out on Twitter.
I wish Katie Nichols would be gone. I roll my eyes everytime I go to VF a d realize she still has a job even though she is terrible at it. Her writing style is cheesy…she has no real sources other than Kate’ s minions and her stories are boring.
Hahahahaha!
But are they… incandescent with outrage???
I notice these sources are emphasizing how “keen” Harry is to maintain good relations with his Gran and his brother (no mention of Charles, which I suspect points the finger at the Cambridges). I think if communication between the brothers was at all regular it would have been leaked.
The information in the book has provided enough to show the following:
1. BRF is not fit for 21st century.
2. British institutions are primitive AF.
3. Monarchy and media are dysfunctional and disconnected from good emotional health.
Cambridges need to not do mental health talks, initiatives for anyone but themselves.
They need all the therapy.
They have less freedom in CA than they did in Windsor because there’s a global pandemic and CA is still in lockdown, IIRC. Thats not an indicator of what the rest of their lives will be like…….
I always thought LA was a good move, Meghan’s connections aside. Yes, they will still generate buzz and interest and there are obviously tons of paparazzi, but there are also tons of famous people. I think H&M could fly under the radar if they so choose, heck they moved 100 miles away and no one knew. They’re going to be fine. Besides, despite what twitter says, they never demanded privacy for themselves. They demanded respect.
As for KN – of course the Cambridge’s are mad. They come off looking petty and mean and like they just wanted to keep Harry as their sidekick for the rest of their lives.
That’s the thing Becks, i read the book and it wasn’t that bad , omid didn’t say anything bad about them . In fact I was expecting much worse and I think the royals were too. That was the reason for all the noise they have been making 3 months earlier . So I don’t know why the perfect cambs will be outraged over this unless they are just using it to save face for over reacting
Living in Santa Barbara and putting down roots for their family vs. being constantly harassed by the tabs and cold-shouldered by Kate and Wills? I’m ecstatic for H&M&A (plus baby-to-be?). Yes, there is a lot of detail in FF but why the pearl-clutching now over the interior colors? I imagine it sucks for W&K that the book portrays Harry & his Granny as close friends. Because if the Queen is okay with Harry & Meghan, then the Bad Harry Blindsided His Poor Granny narrative goes nowhere.
Eh, if the queen were that close with Harry she would’ve never stripped him of his honorary military appointments. Thanks, Gran….
The book does really portray them as close–it’s quite heart-warming.
I really hope she’s pregnant and we don’t know about it until after the baby is born and they release an announcement. The British press would flip their sh*t!!
This!!!!! Yes!!
All I can do is cackle in karma. They deserve ALL of the bad press this brings. All of it.
GOOD.
I hope Kate is pawing through her wiglet closet in preparation for another diversionary Zoom call and Penis with Teeth has found the Rose Garden barred to him. Let them seethe. I’d pay good money to watch it.
Wiglet closet! 🤣🤣
Oh my! I truly hope that they do!! I am so happy for them to have moved into their new home so that they can settle down some roots. I would imagine it was quite uncomfortable to be living in someone else’s house for so long and not being able to feel truly at home. But kudos to Tyler Perry for being so gracious and allowing them to crash at his place!
But I am so happy for them!!
Don’t forget her mason jars of buttons that she must furiously having her staff sow onto her clothes at lightening speed to soothe her poor precious ego. As she tries to put Limp Willy in his place as she is desperately making calls to set up some zoom calls and pap pictures of her at the market!! My god, I need more buttons, more BUTTONS I say!!
Katie Nicholl is a liar and a speculator, with zero source in Sussex camp she is just bluffing and blagging to earn her coins
What are they really outraged about, cos i have read parts of the book n so far it doesn’t really make anyone look bad . The book was just a glue that pieced all the tabloids nonsense we have read and was leaked or made up by the palace to the media to smear Meghan.
They are just saying this now cos they know their ridiculous noise they made about a book they haven’t read thinking it will make them look bad wasn’t necessary n they r now trying to save face .
The ridiculous sanctions they gave their cheerleaders to defend them on what they tot would be in the book is making pple realise so much happened that’s why they were afraid that it will come out
It’s obvious so much was left unsaid in the book. Omid and Carolyn still have to work with the Royals so they weren’t going to burn any bridges. But based on what we all saw and heard if you carefully read between then you know W&K were world class assholes and caused a lot of pain and drama. The Future Future Monarchs wanted H&M under foot at all times.
——The book was just a glue that pieced all the tabloids nonsense we have read and was leaked or made up by the palace to the media to smear Meghan.——
That’s the point, I think. Neither the BRF nor the Cambridges were outraged about any specific mentions in the book. They were upset b/c the book a counter-narrative to their own, one that may become the definitive story about the Sussexes.
The BRF had their smears out there in tabloids, creating a hazy image of how “bad” Meghan was. Countless stories from different outlets all created a specific image of someone. After that, they were done.
A rebuttal that collected all the stories and told the truth about them is horrific. They don’t WANT a complete narrative, the smears depend on hazy recollections, a vague image, nothing concrete.
Some if the tabloids actually revealed a lot more behind the scenes scheming while trying to counter the book, like Angela and Wills behind banning Meg from the royal jewels. Also, now they look like fools still trying to sell the Kate crying myth. Now the tabloids seem upset the Sussexes aren’t responding to anything in the book, which is hilarious to me.
I immediately chuckled reading “outraged,” because I instantly pictured a toddler in my family and their “outrage” in picking up a ball, for example. It’s warranted in their perspective, but also not in the big picture and easily fixed. The big difference is, I love this toddler and will fix whatever I can in an instant and I feel infinite patience and love for her – not for grown azz, over-priviledged people at all.
What I’m getting from the a Cambridge’s book is that they are guilty as fuck and acting like sensitive bunnies about EVERYTHING. Something they have been accusing Harry and Meghan of being.
Clarence House and Buckingham Palace are business as usual. Which is “no comment.”
I’m fairly certain Meghan had revealed her favorite breakfast either in one of her Tig articles, on her IG (when she had her own personal account), or one of her many cooking segments on NBC’s Today Show.
That’s hardly a secret or private.
As far as the Queen’s private sitting room
decor goes? The number of biographies written about her have added those bits of detail, even down to what the Queen herself likes to eat and where she eats it. The former palace chefs and current have mentioned these type things in documentaries. So, again…this isn’t exactly secret or private.
She’s got a gold piano guys…. but shhh it’s a secret! Only Meghan and Harry know about this.
There’s been so much revealed about these palace interiors from so many sources. Doubt they noticed the wallpaper when meeting the Queen. It’s like going to the principals office. I mean, some of these passages read like a foodie blog. Definitely very Tig like. So much food details. I hope Meghan does something in the food and wine sphere eventually.
If you’ve followed H&M’s story closely, there’s really nothing new in the book. Harry’s IG name was posted on the royal forums back in 2015. A lot of stuff in the book are from interviews from friends (like Janina gave an interview the day of the wedding and I remember her talking about H&M going camping and she said Harry really loved that Meghan was so down-to-earth and how they took many selfies, etc..), posts on IG/the TIG, old interviews, etc…he just pieced a lot of stuff together.
How does a person being a senior member of the Royal Family and living in the UK have more freedom than a person living independently in California, with no obligations to the Royal Family or the Royal Rota? Furthermore, how are Cambridges outraged by the book when they were source for most of the stories put out about Harry and Meghan for the last 2 years?
Oh boo hoo! I’ll be honest: this book doesn’t seem as bad as the Cambridges think it is. William comes off as a snob and Kate as cold. Not the nicest descriptions to have but not the worst.
If I were them, I would be breathing a huge sigh of relief that it wasn’t worse
They overreacted to the Tatler article too. They’re very thin skinned and can’t handle the smallest hint of criticism.
It sure won’t all be sunshine and roses for the next 50 years so they should stop and get some perspective to see how spoiled and lucky they are in the grand scheme of things, before they really overstep and do something more disastrous than they’ve already done. The older I get, the more I realize how true the old saying is about pride going before the fall.
I doubt they are upset. Wills is portrayed as the sensible, mature heir who had to ‘parent’ over sensitive Harry. William&Charles actions are rationalised whereas Harry& Meghan are all about ‘feelings’ with little explanation as to their feelings so comes across as being paranoid.
Kate probably takes the bigger hits as coming across standoffish but that Tatler piece already set out that she kept her distance and it can be excused as her being a busy mum with her own thing going on.
May be years before we get the real BTS drama.
The Guardian – not a tabloid, and a fairly pro-republican paper – did a read-through of the book and said the big surprise was that Kate took most of the hits in the book. I’m not a Kate fan but being standoffish and cool are not crimes, considering how bad it seems William’s behavior was. And of all the other royals, Kate has the least amount of power.
Kate will always be tossed to the tabloids before William ever gets blamed for anything. Same with Meghan, Harry was the one who wanted to leave the BRF but Meghan is being blamed. Harry had issues with Angela but Meghan was blamed. The establishment will always protect Will and Harry. Kate to and extent and Meghan are dispensable.
Aw. The Keenbridges are bigly mad. Stay salty, racists.
Lmao the Cambridges & the courtiers seem pissed off about this book based on the media reports.
Imagine the outrage if Harry or Meghan actually made a public statement that explicitly referenced the misogynoir directed at her in the UK and how it impacted their life choices. I just find wildly entertaining imagining the PR nightmare that would ensure. The BRF is so not equipped for anyone standing up to them.
I assume Fergie is tolerated because she’s complicit in Andrews crimes and therefore will never publicly shame him. (She’s financially complicit… I don’t want want to imply she’s a a sex offender like he is).
How much do you think she knows about Andrew’s illegal trafficking and raping of very young girls? What exactly did she turn a blind eye to, while raising their own young girls? Horrific people and they became parents.
dont forget that she BROUGHT HER KIDS TO VACATION WITH EPSTEIN!! She knows everything
This is what I think they’re angry about too. Not just the royals, courtiers, but the British press as well.
The entire book is based on their previous reporting except correcting the record. There’s nothing new here, it’s all already known. The media printed all this stuff to draw out a response in which they hoped they’d get additional new info from H&M and they didn’t. They got their words right back to them but the non-skewed versions or with more depth of explanations.
That’s why they’re angry. They got no new, real ammunition to use against H&M from FF.
Loool. Stay mad you freaks, the Sussexes are freeeeeee from your bizarre petty willy-waving contests.
Angela Kelly is a docker’s daughter so why she thought she had the authority to mistreat a future Duchess is beyond me. Obviously she’s a) enabled by her employers and b) mad about her common roots.
what was her name?, Dolores Umbridge from the Potter books, ashamed of being a cleaning person’s daughter. (sorry for bringing JKR here)
Was she?! I didn’t know that. That’s interesting.
It goes without saying that working class roots aren’t anything to be ashamed of, but when those people swing too far the other way (COUGH Carole Middleton COUGH) and start trying to put other (and in Meg’s case, frankly nicer) people in their place – that’s hypocrisy and nastiness.
The impropriety of Angela Kelly’s behavior has nothing to do with what her parents did for a living.
Ms Nicholl lives in a dream world. She had that article a few months back where she went on and on that she thought her and Harry were friends. She’s just upset that she can’t gossip about them the way she was used to (i.e taking something from a source and adding a bit of drama to it as now there aren’t any sources for her)
I hope the Keenbridges and their Mean Girl/Boy ways are outraged. Maybe we’d actually see them be useful.
Will and Kate have been together so long,he was barely out of his teens. William was the big teen brother, then he was the big brother with a serious girlfriend while Harry was ‘all over the place’ and/or a third wheel. William never got to respect his brother as an equal man or adult,i think this was a big shock to him and Kate he finally cut away from them.
Harry was in the Army learning to pilot helicopters while William was falling drunk out of clubs with Kate for years. While William was cheating repeatedly on Kate and she stood by and accepted it.
Harry was busy getting his act together, founding his first charity at 19, and prepping to serve in war zones. William was still dithering about whether or not to give up and marry his stalker.
Harry is the one who has matured, while W&K are frozen in the adolescent phase when they met. They haven’t matured, they have no concept of how it is to function as adults in the world. And in their adolescent-level rage and jealousy, W&K keep lashing out against the sane adults (Harry and Meghan) who refuse to accept the abuse any longer.
Marry his stalker. Laughing for days! That is what he did!😂😂😂😂
The book has several tatleresque comments about Kate e.g “Kate was never interested in having a career……. ” there’s a lot behind that. (page 127) It comes in a section comparing Harry’s 10 year military career with William’s 7 years of training courses, short term secondments and toe-dipping (a whole 2 months in the Royal Navy then a break of about 6 months before a substantive role as an Air and Sea Rescue Pilot. ) When Harry was on the frontline in Afghanistan, William was falling out of nightclubs with the always available Kate Middleton.
It’s a well known fact that William was ‘worse’ than Harry. I also remember reading years ago one of the press saying the public would be shocked if they published all they had on the brothers.
The stupidest thing Harry did though was to leave the Army. Why? He enjoyed it and it gave him a purpose in life and was nothing to do with William. I did read it was because he did not get on with his Commanding Officer. I hope he was not that silly.
As for Angela Kelly, going on about her background is snobbish and irrelevant. She is very, very far in with the Queen though. If Harry went up against her he was mad. I have a book by Kelly about fashion approved by the Queen and in the book is a photo of HM posing on a chaise longue. Kelly worked for diplomats or something abroad whom Philip and HM were staying with. They asked Kelly who the next visitors were going to be. She refused to say because it was confidential. The royals then head hunted her. She was asked to go for a job interview not knowing who it was for.
What do spoiled little kids do when they get reprimanded for doing something bad? They lie, cry, stamp their feet, throw their toys, say things like “I don’t like you anymore!” and blame everyone else for what they did.
Sound familiar?
^ This.
They are outraged people see them for the petty, backstabbing, racist couple they are. They got shown up by the black duchess and they couldn’t stand it. They are lazy and coasted on their mediocrity and along comes Meghan and she’s earnest and hardworking and beautiful inside and out.
Oh Will it and Cannot… cry more. Thoughts and prayers.
There’s nothing in this book for them to really be outraged about. It’s all pretty tame. Kate comes off less than rosy (which was to be expected, she’s the spare to be thrown to the wolves for William) but all in all nothing completely incriminating. This book was never gonna blow the roof off of the BRF as both authors still have to work for the royals (cause lbr RRs work for the royals and don’t challenge them on anything they should.) unless they’re upset that H&M (ESPECIALLY Meghan) look like actual people, they’re overreacting. This is nothing compared to Meghan’s 4 years.
Anyways, they glossed over A LOT and didn’t dive nearly as deep as they could’ve but they still need jobs so oh well. I think this is a very VERY watered down version of what really happened. It did confirm to me that Harry was really the one driving the split form William and eventually the firm all together. I think Meghan would’ve hunkered down and endured but Harry said absolutely not. I think he’d been frustrated for YEARS and Meghan was simply the final straw. He wasn’t sacrificing her or their son.
Something interesting about this book is that Kate is the main target of their grievances instead of the people with the actual power like the queen and Charles. Then again Kate doesn’t control the purse strings. But I don’t know why meghan and harry felt so entitled to Kate’s time and friendship.
I see no entitlement from Harry and Meghan here. Once William finally gave in and married Kate, Harry was said to welcome her. At least he didn’t openly ignore her as her husband does. Is it asking too much that William and Kate not mistreat Harry’s wife, not attack her in the press to cover up William’s affair? Apparently that was asking too much, according to you.
If Meghan hoped to have a collegial relationship with a woman in the family who would understand their weird roles as married-ins? Shows she knew nothing about the royals ahead of time. Anyone watching these people knew Kate was never going to be a girl’s girl. Kate was always going to hate whomever Harry married, for so many disturbed and disturbing reasons.
Kate Middleton’s has always been a very mean spirited bitchy woman to anyone she see as competition. I don’t think it’s too much for Harry to expect for his sister in law who only a royal by marriage to treat his wife with the same respect he treated her with . How dare Meghan be so entitled to want to treated like a human being I mean that show you right there how much of diva boss person Meghan because she wanted to treat like human being and actually become friendly with her sister in law. Didn’t she and Harry know kate the great was super busy being the most important hand on Mary poppies mother to three perfection of kids . She didn’t not have the time to be a decent human being and be friendly with Meghan she was busy also throwing Meghan under the bus with her husband and mother to press .
Entitled? No. Hopeful that Kate would be a decent person and help the newbie navigate the treacherous waters of being a member of the Royal family? Absolutely!
They didn’t have to be besties but it’s clear Kate barely lifted a finger and Meghan was left to sink or swim on her own.
Look up the Midds connections to the British media rags – no, Kate doesn’t control the purse strings, but she and her mummy have their grasping hands in multiple other pies and had other ways to make Meghan’s life here hard… “crying Kate” and “poisoning Charlotte” headlines didn’t escape your notice, surely??
Being decent to your in laws is basic common courtesy which I guess you are saying Kate shouldn’t bother with. But what the hell else is she busy with that she can’t be decent? She’s sure as hell not working.
“The Cambridge’s were so outraged by some of the claims in the book that they allowed friends to speak out on their behalf”. Thanks for the quote Katie nicholl I’ll use that any time someone mentions Meghans 5 friends speaking to people magazine to defend her.
It’s been said that a lot was left out of the book for legal reasons. If the authors couldn’t get independent verification of something, I’m sure it was left out as well.
Now the question is what happens next? Do Cain and Keen get over themselves and realize that it could have been and can be a lot worse?
The lawsuits with depositions are still out there. And what really happened around the wedding that everybody “knows” but can’t say?
Even Nicholl said in an earlier article the book could have been much worse.
So what is it?
Royals and their lack of PR skills + receipts on all the change of tactics by the RR= they need to stop talking.
Take the hit and move on. Keep this up and the Wales War continues. That is not good for the monarchy.
Kate is getting slammed because she was the designated mean girl of the House of Windsor before Meghan arrived. Harry provided cover for Kate and she didn’t return the favor. The queen is not shutting down the book in the UK because I think she and Charles feel or know the Cambridges are responsible for Sussexit and are them twist in the wind as punishment. Notice the Cambridges haven’t threaten to sue.
The Cambridge’s and the courtiers reaction to this book is over the top you would think they were the ones who were targeted of smeared campaign. My god the Cambridge’s can’t handle a little bit of criticism but Meghan has had her once good reputation before marrying Harry destroy completely by the press with the help of the Cambridge’s . William and Kate loves to call Harry and Meghan fragile and snowflakes but Meghan took a three years Racist campaign while pregnant with nothing but a smile on her smile and dignity. But these two asshole who are the most entitled out touch mean spirited racist people can’t handle a little criticism without calling up their lackeys to defend them their honor. I thought for years the Cambridge’s and their stans were all like they don’t explained or complain about anything they take the bad press on the chin . The Cambridge’s do a lot of explaining when the wanted to throw Meghan under the bus when they wanted to look good when William affair came out before the media black out . William and Kate had no problem throwing Meghan under the bus and blaming everything on her . I’m glad that kate is being dragged in the book it’s karma her and her social climbing mother we’re all too smudge and too please with themselves during the Meghan smearing campaign . I hope kate continue to being called out for tacky behavior it’s what she deserves she got too comfortable with the press hyping her up she started to believe her own press.
I guess Katie didn’t know they moved. They were free to move house without anyone knowing for six week….
@Aquarius64, I agree with you. The Cambridges are responsible for the exit of the Sussexes. They and the British media descended on the Sussexes and bullied them out of thwe U.K. They all are jealous and bitches.
And if it wasn’t true that William was not a bully, he even forced PHarry, before he left the U.K., to issue a joint statement to say otherwise. Again to protect just himself and his saintly image. Up to the very end he bullied his brother.
What this tells me is that none of these people have actually read the book. Or even excerpts from the book. Because William and Kate don’t come off as cold and aloof in it at all. In fact, they get a great deal of excuses made for their behaviour. The authors take a lot of pains to explain that William is just looking out for his younger brother, that Kate is just shy and somewhat reserved.
There is nothing here overtly unflattering towards the Cambridges. At least nothing that hasn’t already been beaten to death in previous reports of them. If Kate doesn’t want to come off as rude and cold, maybe she should make the effort to be kinder to others? That’s an idea too.