Endgame 'does Harry and Meghan no favours' as reviews slam new royal book

27 November 2023 , 17:55

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Omid Scobie's Endgame hasn't been too well received by critics

Omid Scobie is set to release further alleged home truths regarding the Royal Family as Endgame hits the shelves on Tuesday, November 28.

However, the author's efforts have received rather mediocre reviews from those among the first to read it. Scobie has been labelled a "sympathiser" of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, with past links claiming he was their pal and their mouthpiece- allegations the duo and Scobie have been reportedly trying to distance themselves from.

But his words haven't been totally well received - even by the usually Sussex-sympathising New York Times. In their less-than-favourable review, their critique labelled a chapter of Endgame as if it was a "press release cooked up by ChatGPT".

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Endgame is set for release on November 28

Omid Scobie reportedly does Meghan and Harry no favours with the book (Getty Images for the Invictus Games Foundation)

The publication's writer Eva Wolchover indicated the work wasn't much different to Prince Harry's memoir titled Spare, in which the prince tore into the royals on a number of issues, including their actions towards his wife, Meghan Markle. They further said fans will be left disappointed if they had been expecting to read anything they hadn't already heard, brutally penning: "However, readers hoping for a final death blow of gossip will be disappointed. We've heard much of it before. From Fergie, from Diana, from Charles, from Harry, from Harry, from Harry again."

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Describing how a bulk of the book is devoted to "setting the record straight" regarding Harry and Meghan's squabbles with the Firm, Wolchover admitted other members of the family certainly didn't receive the same endearing tone as the Sussexes. And she said despite his best efforts to seemingly paint them in a positive light, he "does them no favours".

It's an opinion that appears to have been mirrored in the Independent, with writer Anna Pasternak giving the book an average three out of five stars. In her review she labels Scobie's words as "unfailingly sympathetic to the Sussexes" while portraying William as the "real royal villain".

She criticises his inability to hold the duo accountable for any wrongdoing and later states it's clear Scobie "fully anticipates that he and his book will be discredited in the British media".

"He is probably right," Pasternak adds. "And he will certainly not be helped by the fact that he paints Meghan and Harry in a relentless saintly light. Harry is very much presented as the happy prince in his happy place "biking and hiking and taking ice-baths"; mornings are "for family only - no staff" and the hands-on parents "take turns in school drop-offs and pick-ups every day".

Jamie Roberts