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Finding Freedom: Harry and Meghan and the Making of a Modern Royal Family
Bottom of the pile
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Readers
2/100Critics
1/100Scholars
Author:
Omid Scobie, Carolyn Durand
Publisher:
Dey Street Books
Date:
August 11, 2020
The story of the Duke and Duchess of Sussexâs life together, revealing why they chose to pursue a more independent path and the reasons behind their unprecedented decision to step away from their royal lives.
What The Reviewers Say
... did not deliver.
For admirers of Harry and Meghan, Finding Freedom is 354 pages of sorbet: a dishy narrative that pushes back against media attacks while tracing the couple’s connection.
Just as 1992’s Diana: Her True Story in Her Own Words, by Andrew Morton, gave readers an intimate look at the royal family from the perspective of a disgruntled member of the firm, so this book repeats the trick with Diana’s younger son and his wife, Meghan Markle. What this semi-sequel lacks in novelty, it makes up for in cattiness (aimed largely – and this is the only real surprise of the book – at the woman born Kate Middleton, now known as Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge.
... we get the pure, undiluted voice of H and M (as their staff call them). That makes this book an important contribution to the understanding of the biggest crisis in the royal family for more than 20 years. However, it is not necessarily an edifying experience, or indeed a reliable narrative. The main complaints, as far as one can tell, is that the Sussexes sometimes had to take a back seat in the royal pecking order when their proposals clashed with initiatives from Prince Charles or Prince William.
