Representatives for the Sussexes declined to comment to The Daily Beast when asked directly if the couple had authorized friends to speak to the writers of Finding Freedom. Scobie subsequently tweeted that he meant they had encountered them as part of their royal reporting work. That message appeared to be undermined by a footnote in the back of the book in which the authors explain their processes, saying: “We have spoken with close friends of Harry and Meghan, royal aides and palace staff (past and present), the charities and organizations they have built long-lasting relationships with and, when appropriate, the couple themselves.” This has led to many commentators openly suggesting that Harry and Meghan are being somewhat evasive when they imply they didn’t brief (or cause to be briefed) the authors, Omid Scobie and Carolyn Durand, by declaring that they “were not interviewed and did not contribute” to Finding Freedom and that the book is the work of the authors’ “own independent reporting.”
Given that the granular level of detail on specific resentments and he-said-she-saids has not prompted any complaints from the increasingly litigious couple, we have to assume they see these accounts as accurate.
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