Royal staff thought Meghan 'deserved' cruel nicknames, explosive book claims
Explosive claims about Meghan Markle's relationship with the royals have been levied a dramatic new royal book.
Omid Scobie's highly anticipated offering, Endgame, has hit the shelves in the UK today, and the royal biographer makes damming accusations about fractured family dynamics, including reports of Prince William deeming Harry 'an outsider' and 'disliking Meghan from the start'.
One of the writers who penned Meghan and Harry's biography Finding Freedom, Scobie did not hold back on claims surrounding an allegedly toxic culture inside the Palace, with his sources alleging that some royal staff members believed Meghan 'deserved' the cruel name-calling she reportedly took the brunt of during her stint as a working royal.
Scobie claims that the Palace had "every opportunity" to mitigate the onslaught of vitriol Meghan was receiving on social media and in the press, but instead they "stayed silent". In a further shocking allegation, he writes that some aides even found some of the nicknames Meghan was given "funny".
According to the book, some of the name-calling included "Duchess Difficult", "Me-gain" and "Degree wife" - the latter reportedly coined by a senior royal because they believed her marriage would only last the length of a British uni degree, three years.
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Omid writes: "Some aides and staff found the name-calling funny - a few even believed Meghan got what was coming for her. One former aide share with me that a colleague told them Meghan 'kind of deserved it... for making our lives hell' during the wedding planning."
He also clarifies that by "hell", staffers meant that Meghan "had opinions" and "people didn't like that". Meghan and Kate famously had a row about bridesmaids dresses in the lead up to the Duke of Sussexes wedding, with Meghan left "sobbing on the floor" over the stress of the planning and tense relations with her father Thomas Markle.
Scobie shares reported insight from Meghan's pals in the book, who also lament an alleged culture of silence from the Palace. An unnamed friend of the Duchess is reported to have said: "They didn't see Meghan as important enough to care for - simple as that... she was just expected to shut up and deal with it quietly."
In his latest book, 42-year-old journalist and writer Scobie, "pulls back the curtain on an institution in turmoil" in a bid to "show what the monarchy must change in order to survive". Endgame, which was published today, after being pushed back from August to include events leading surrounding the King's Coronation, is subtitled "Inside the Royal Family and the Monarchy's Fight for Survival".
The headings of chapters include: 'Shaky Ground: The Queen is Dead, the Monarchy Faces Trouble', 'The Fall of Prince Andrew: Scandal, Shame and Silencing Jane Doe'. 'Race and the Royals: Institutional Bigotry and Denial', 'Gloves On: Prince William, Heir to the Throne', and 'Gloves Off: Prince Harry, Man on a Mission'.
New explosive allegations in the book include Meghan "never" wanting to "set foot again in England again" as she has no wish to "dive back into the soap opera of the court". It also claims Kate and Meghan's soured relationship is damaged beyond repair, as Omid's sources claim that "every time she hears about Meghan, Kate shudders and giggles."
There are bombshells about Harry and William's fractured relationship too with the Prince of Wales now considering the Duke of Sussex an "outsider" after he published his controversial memoir Spare in which he alleged his older brother physically attacked him. It also claims King Charles dismissed a desperate plea from Harry for an urgent meeting because he was "overworked" and instead "ordered an assistant to get rid of him with the excuse".
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