Meghan Markle personally rang Omid Scobie after the journalist suffered harassment online.
The Duchess of Sussex unexpectedly called Scobie on his mobile phone after a member of her team told her he had been dealing with threats on social media.
Scobie claims in his new royal book Endgame, according to Telegraph.
Extracts of the book that have been published online contain multiple attacks on the Prince and Princess of Wales.
Extracts of the book that have been published online contain multiple attacks on the Prince and Princess of Wales.
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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have distanced themselves from the book.
Omid Scobie has also claimed that he and the Duchess of Sussex are not friends.
This month he wrote on social media: “Endgame is about the current state of the British Royal Family.
“It’s not ‘Harry and Meghan’s book’, I’m not ‘Meg’s pal’, the Sussexes have nothing to do with it, their story is a small part of a much bigger one.”
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have distanced themselves from the book.
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Scobie co-wrote Finding Freedom, a biography of Meghan Markle and Prince Harry.
In 2021, Meghan apologised in court for failing to remember authorising a senior aide to brief Scobie and his co-author Carolyn Durand when they were working on Finding Freedom.
The Duchess of Sussex submitted a statement saying she could not remember emails she had sent to her press secretary, Jason Knauf, about the unauthorised book.
In 2021, Meghan apologised in court for failing to remember authorising a senior aide to brief Scobie.
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Meghan’s statement said: “I accept that Mr Knauf did provide some information to the authors for the book and that he did so with my knowledge, for a meeting that he planned for with the authors in his capacity as communications secretary.
“The extent of the information he shared is unknown to me.
“When I approved the passage … I did not have the benefit of seeing these emails and I apologise to the court for the fact that I had not remembered these exchanges at the time.
“I had absolutely no wish or intention to mislead the defendant or the court.”
