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Tom Bower's book on Meghan Markle

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SmileyFaces12 · 13/07/2022 10:49

It's out next week, titled 'Revenge'. I've ordered it already!

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Meanderings · 23/07/2022 08:18

Readinginthesun · 23/07/2022 08:11

Does anyone actually believe Harry’s book will see the light of day whilst HM is still alive ?

Yup. According to Omid, it's written and passed legal checks. I'm expecting it to drop sometime in November.

Meanderings · 23/07/2022 08:19

LMAO, the NYPost????

Quote the Daily Mail while you're at it 😂

Meanderings · 23/07/2022 08:20

Roussette · 23/07/2022 07:51

Maybe the other book doing the rounds will counteract Tom Bower's book

It's trending on Twitter. #MeghanMisunderstood

It's a biography by an Author who has written very many books about very many famous people.

Described by the Independent as a 'fearless chronicler', he specialises in meticulous research, going 'on the road' to find the real person behind the star image.

Here is a comment from the author..
Sean Smith
@SeanSmithCeleb
Many thanks to everyone who has posted generous comments about #MeghanMisunderstood. I wish it had reached a wider audience but it did not follow the accepted media line. #Meghan was not and is not defined by the Royal Family.

This is an old book. Fans are trying to give it more publicity because they believe it paints a far more accurate [and of course positive] picture of Meghan.

Readinginthesun · 23/07/2022 08:24

@Meanderings

Yup. According to Omid, it's written and passed legal checks. I'm expecting it to drop sometime in November.

Oh well if Omid says ……..

Readinginthesun · 23/07/2022 08:25

And Maureen Callachan is a highly respected writer . Unlike Omid.

Roussette · 23/07/2022 08:27

Meanderings · 23/07/2022 08:20

This is an old book. Fans are trying to give it more publicity because they believe it paints a far more accurate [and of course positive] picture of Meghan.

Of course.
It was released in November 2020. It's trending on Twitter as I said, so perhaps people want to read it and see another side from Bower's book as also trending is #TomBowerisaLiar Grin

Meanderings · 23/07/2022 08:47

Readinginthesun · 23/07/2022 08:25

And Maureen Callachan is a highly respected writer . Unlike Omid.

I'll be sure to quote you again when the book comes out 😏

Meanderings · 23/07/2022 08:48

Roussette · 23/07/2022 08:27

Of course.
It was released in November 2020. It's trending on Twitter as I said, so perhaps people want to read it and see another side from Bower's book as also trending is #TomBowerisaLiar Grin

It's cute that they're trying but I doubt it will give Sean's book any legs.

Readinginthesun · 23/07/2022 09:10

I am amazed that no one here is discussing the bullying of Charlotte . A 3 year old child .

Samcro · 23/07/2022 09:12

BalloonSlayer · 22/07/2022 18:56

"One interesting comment in the book is from Thomas Markle, who says that Meghan is sweetness and light when Harry is in the room, but changes into an unpleasant control freak (to her father!) when he is not."

But Thomas Markle has never met Harry. How does he know when he has left the room?

that is interesting so the Book is made up then?

Readinginthesun · 23/07/2022 09:15

Apparently that comment was about when MM was on the phone to her Dad and was different towards him when H came into the room .

Roussette · 23/07/2022 09:20

Readinginthesun · 23/07/2022 09:10

I am amazed that no one here is discussing the bullying of Charlotte . A 3 year old child .

What bullying? Was that in the book (book with a small b)? Because so much has been debunked I doubt very much Meghan was bullying a little 3 year old.

@Samcro
that is interesting so the Book is made up then?

You are in for a roasting putting a capital 'B' on the word book!

MaulPerton · 23/07/2022 09:24

Trying to pin down 'The Truth' is an elusive business because, as the Queen so rightly stated - "recollections may vary".

The Book is an authoritative account not on that basis but because it offers the smallest credibility gap between current M and previous M. There is no surprise. This is is why, if she wants to challenge The Book's account of her, she needs to sue. Otherwise, it stands. As I understand, Bower hasn't lost a case yet?

Roussette · 23/07/2022 09:28

The Book is an authoritative account not on that basis but because it offers the smallest credibility gap between current M and previous M

I've never been a trendsetter but it looks like I've peaked on this now with the letter 'B' Grin

Yes it stands, but people have come out debunking some of what he has said.

Ohnonevermind · 23/07/2022 09:28

The Humprey Yogurt thing is interesting. Meghan said she was 13 working there while at school. No co-worker has come forward who remembers her, in fact the opposite, no one working there at the time remembers her. The store had an increase of 400% after she said she went there, so great positive publicity so they seem rather happy to go along with the story and get the extra sales but can’t find any records to say she was an employee.

There are very strict labour laws for 13 year olds. You have to be signed off by a parent and the school district, she wouldn’t be allowed to use food preparation equipment to prepare the yogurt. You can work on school days and then for very limited hours and the roles are very limited too as you’re prohibited from using moving equipment.

Is the story true, it’s hard to say as there is no evidence. It comes down to whether you believe Meghan or not.

heres a link to the labour laws. As you see she would be prohibited from using the machinery (drills) to extract the yogurt.

are.berkeley.edu/~howardrr/pubs/lmd/html/fallwinter_94/caltoughch.html

Ohnonevermind · 23/07/2022 09:31

@BalloonSlayer

if you’d read the book, you’d know that Thomas Markle is talking about the conversations he was having with the couple on the phone in the lead up to the wedding. sometimes Harry was in the room participating in the conversation and sometimes he wasn’t.

Readinginthesun · 23/07/2022 09:33

The bullying claims emerged at the time of the M made Kate cry allegations. It was said that MM didn’t want George and Charlotte in the bridal party but Charles insisted. It was then alleged that MM said Ivy was a proper flower girl and that Charlotte was chubby . Jessica what’shername was also there .
When M denied the making K cry story surely she should have clarified the Charlotte story ? If someone accused me of bullying a 3 year old I would be denying it from the hilltops !
If you look back at the wedding , K and W kept George and Charlotte close by them as soon as the service was over .
Like everyone else on here I wasn’t there but I sure as hell would be determined to clear my name about that allegation!

MaulPerton · 23/07/2022 09:42

Roussette · 23/07/2022 09:28

The Book is an authoritative account not on that basis but because it offers the smallest credibility gap between current M and previous M

I've never been a trendsetter but it looks like I've peaked on this now with the letter 'B' Grin

Yes it stands, but people have come out debunking some of what he has said.

I think you have, Roussette. It will henceforth remain as the definitive differentiator between The Book and the books on this subject 😀

Roussette · 23/07/2022 09:43

Ohnonevermind

The book said 14.

And Humphrey Yogart, official account, has tweeted that she did work there in 1995 when she was 14.

It's not about whether you believe Meghan or not. It's about whether you believe a Company called Humphrey Yogart.
Blimey on your research and info about labor laws, I am sure the Company were not breaking the law Confused

Roussette · 23/07/2022 09:45

MaulPerton · 23/07/2022 09:42

I think you have, Roussette. It will henceforth remain as the definitive differentiator between The Book and the books on this subject 😀

I am going to be extremely careful differentiating, I can tell you Grin

LondonWolf · 23/07/2022 09:55

I am going to be extremely careful differentiating, I can tell you

That's great to hear. I am sure it's never nice to come across as disingenuous and sneery when you didn't mean to be 😊

Roussette · 23/07/2022 10:00

LondonWolf · 23/07/2022 09:55

I am going to be extremely careful differentiating, I can tell you

That's great to hear. I am sure it's never nice to come across as disingenuous and sneery when you didn't mean to be 😊

Oh do stop with the insults please. You're making yourself look daft calling me sneery and disingenuous for using a capital letter.
I could be rude to you too with your continual harping on about this. But I won't.

Have a nice day.

Passedmybedtime · 23/07/2022 10:01

As far as we are all arare meghan did say from her own mouth that Kate was upset about something, could that upset be meghan and her friend saying Charlotte was chubby?
Look at the pictures of the kids, charlotte's dress looks wonky and not sitting right, whereas her friends kids dress is sitting how it should. That's not nice to do that to kids or have them in bare feet in new shoes where they will rub at their heels. So I'm thinking it is true, sorry guys. Dunno bout rest of book or anything else as don't care much for the woman or what she does but ganging up on someone else and hurting little kiddies feet then yeah I've an opinion

LondonWolf · 23/07/2022 10:02

Readinginthesun · 23/07/2022 09:10

I am amazed that no one here is discussing the bullying of Charlotte . A 3 year old child .

I'm not sure what to think about this. I'm reading she called her "chubby" - not in the book but on SM so who knows. I imagine the coldness between the two women may have filtered down to Charlotte but although I have a very low opinion of M, it's a huge thing and a sign of really low character to take your jealousy and dislike of their parent out on a very small child. It sounds like a hostile situation all round really - the fitting. Meghan there with her best and supportive friend, calling all the shots as it's her wedding. Can't have been easy for Kate.

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