“Scheming William,” “Infantilizing Kate”: Royal Author Launches New Book With Scathing Interview
deadline.comOmid Scobie has launched the publicity rounds for his new book about the royal family, Endgame, with provocative claims it is Prince William who has painted his younger brother Prince Harry as mentally fragile.
Scobie, the author of Finding Freedom, which documented Harry and Meghan’s ‘Mexit’ from the UK to Hollywood, writes in his new book: “The side of it that a lot of people don’t know, or within our industry have known but chosen not to report, is just how involved William has been in many of the things that have gone out about his own brother.” In an interview with The Times, he adds that William’s wife, the Princess of Wales, has always been favoured by the UK press.
Scobie says, “In the coverage of Kate we infantilize her massively so the bar is always lower. The small achievements that we’ve seen from the Princess of Wales wouldn’t perhaps be noticed if it was from another member of the royal family, but with Kate it’s like ‘wow!’” Scobie also makes the point that Andrew, Duke of York, remains in his royal residence in Windsor, despite his previous association with Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.
The journalist says: “It’s interesting what’s considered the final blow to see you ostracised from the family.” More widely, in his book he writes that the royal family is at a pivotal moment: “The future of the royal family as we know it is in a crisis.
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