‘Finding Freedom’: Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s book title revealed, as former Suits star teases blog reboot
It has been billed as the real story behind Megxit. Now, the title of an explosive biography about Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s departure from the royal family has been released.
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The title of an upcoming bombshell biography about Meghan Markle and Prince Harry has been unveiled as Finding Freedom.
Finding Freedom: Harry and Meghan and the Making of A Modern Royal Family will give an “up-close portrait” about the couple and tell the “true story” of their exit from the British royal family.
A digital version of the book will be available to buy worldwide on Amazon from August 11, with the physical copy on sale from August 20.
A description published on Amazon said it will offer an “honest, up-close, and disarming portrait” of the “confident, influential, forward” Prince Harry, 35, and Meghan Markle, 38.
It adds that “few know the true story of Harry and Meghan”, and the book will go “beyond the headlines to reveal unknown details of Harry and Meghan’s life together, dispelling the many rumours and misconceptions that plague the couple on both sides of the pond”.
The 320-page book has been written by royal journalists Omid Scobie and Catherine Durand, and will portray a positive image of the couple and their explosive decision to step down as senior royals, The Sun reports.
Omid is close to the couple and was one of the few journalists given details of their video call with Archie to the Queen on her 94th birthday.
“With unique access and written with the participation of those closest to the couple, Finding Freedom is an honest, up-close, and disarming portrait of a confident, influential, and forward-thinking couple who are unafraid to break with tradition, determined to create a new path away from the spotlight, and dedicated to building a humanitarian legacy that will make a profound difference in the world,” the description on Amazon states.
The front cover shows a beaming Prince Harry and Meghan as they visited their namesake country Sussex in October 2018.
MEGHAN’S BLOG REBOOT
A royal insider has claimed that Meghan is going to relaunch her formerly successful lifestyle blog The Tig, which will compete with Gwyneth Paltrow’s Goop.
“I think Meghan is going to have another Instagram,” royal expert Myka Meier told the Royally Obsessed podcast.
“I think she’s going to do a Goop, like a new version of The Tig … I really think that’s coming. I have a friend with a little bit of insider knowledge, and I think she’s already working on something.
“I think we will be seeing something very interesting and creative with masterminds from all over the world coming together to bring something inspiring soon.”
The Tig, which Markle shut down in 2017 before marrying Harry, covered all things fashion, beauty, food and travel — and was very similar to Goop.
Markle, like Paltrow, could rake in millions from the relaunched brand, which would help with her and Harry’s finances.
Since leaving the royal family on April 1, Markle and Harry have remained close-lipped about their plans to make money, the New York Post reports.
While they could conceivably earn some cash as officers of their new charity Archewell, it likely wouldn’t be enough to cover their hefty security bills or mortgage payments on the multimillion-dollar houses they’re looking at in Los Angeles.
Meanwhile, since leaving the royal family, Markle has narrated the Disney documentary Elephant and is said to be in talks for a tell-all interview.
MEGHAN LOSES FIRST BATTLE IN TABLOID WAR
Meghan has lost the first battle in her fight against a British newspaper over reports about a heartbreaking letter she sent to her estranged father.
The Duchess of Sussex and Prince Harry accused the Mail on Sunday of dishonest behaviour, but a judge ruled that part of her case should be struck out.
A High Court ruling dismissed claims that the newspaper had deliberately tried to “stir up” trouble between Meghan and her father.
The blow comes after Prince Harry earlier this week told friends that he was missing the army after he moved to Los Angeles with Meghan.
There are now claims that the Duke of Sussex may be regretting part of his decision to step away from the royal spotlight, which cost him his military roles.
“He is really missing the Army as well his military appointments. He misses the camaraderie of being in the forces,” a source told the UK Daily Telegraph.
“He has been telling friends that he still can’t believe this has happened. He can’t believe his life has been turned upside down.
“He was in a happy place when he was serving in the Army, then he met Meghan and since then life has been great. But I don’t think he foresaw things turning out quite as they did.”
The lawsuit against the Mail on Sunday has been seen as an own goal, along with an announcement last month that the couple would no longer co-operate with four of Britain’s biggest selling newspapers.
Some questioned the timing of the statement as the UK battled an ever increasing coronavirus death toll, which was now more than 26,000.
Anthony White, QC, had claimed that Meghan was unable to know whether her father was manipulated because she had not spoken to him since before her 2018 wedding.
In the High Court Ruling, Mr Justice Warby struck out parts of Meghan’s claim against Associated Newspapers, the publisher of the Mail on Sunday.
“Some of the allegations are struck out as irrelevant to the purpose for which they are pleaded,” he found.
“Some are struck out on the further or alternative ground that they are inadequately detailed.
“I have also acted so as to confine the case to what is reasonably necessary and proportionate for the purpose of doing justice between these parties.”
The case centres on five articles, two in the print edition of the Mail on Sunday and three on Mailonline.com, about a letter that Meghan sent to her father Thomas Markle, 75.
The letter was first referred to in an interview the Meghan’s friends gave to People magazine.
Mr Markle allegedly responded to the People article by releasing the contents of the letter to put his version of events.
Meghan has been suing for a breach of privacy, rather than defamation.
The claim was that as the author of the letter she maintained copyright.
Her law firm said after the ruling that it would continue to “move forward.”
“The duchess’ rights were violated; the legal boundaries around privacy were crossed,” the statement said.
“As part of this process, the extremes to which The Mail on Sunday used distortive, manipulative, and dishonest tactics to target The Duchess of Sussex have been put on full display.”
Schillings said it was surprised Justice Wigby did not find the Mail on Sunday engaged in dishonest behaviour.
“We feel honesty and integrity are at the core of what matters; or as it relates to the Mail on Sunday and Associated Newspapers, their lack thereof,” Meghan’s lawyers said.
“Nonetheless, we respect the judge’s decision as the strong case against Associated will continue to focus on the issue of a private, intimate and handwritten letter from a daughter to her father that was published by The Mail on Sunday.
“This gross violation of any person’s right to privacy is obvious and unlawful, and The Mail on Sunday should be held to account for their actions.”
stephen.drill@news.co.uk