Omid Scobie's new book

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Heads up, Omid is back on the PR trail...

https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/royals/harry-meghan-author-omid-scobie-31362434

BTW, can anyone explain why he's Harper's Royal reporter when he only seems to have access to or report on Harry and Meghan? It's a bit strange.

What are these “ darker truths “ anyway?
and I wonder what bridges are being burnt ( that have not already been burnt)

I happen to agree Kate's beautiful, sashagabadon, but it's just my personal view - "eye of the beholder" and all that, which is why I called it subjective

I also agree she's pretty good at some things apart from the actual role, but at the same time I'm mindful that all it takes is for any RF member to have a go at whatever-it-is for the more fervent admirers to go into overdrive, which all feeds into the image

Loved the "motherhood" thing though; it always reminds me of Kate's role as child-wrangler at Pippa's wedding where she made such a great job
Apologies for linking the Scum, but on googling I found some lovely images here:

“We’re in the endgame.”

Unfortunately for me, this phrase just makes me think of a be-goateed Benedict Cumberpatch portentously raising one finger to Robert Downey Jnr - I can’t take it seriously. 🤣

I do wonder if she's spending time with the children during their formative years in order to avoid problems later on. It does seem as if both she and William wisely want to focus on this while they can, to create a happy family life.
We don't know when they'll have to step up more, or when William's reign will begin, but until then, maybe it's wise to invest in a positive start for the children.

kate dos spend a lot of time in london area and Windsor presumably to be present for the children after school, maybe to pick them up etc and I think that is fair enough while they are little. She can still reach millions of people in this catchment as majority of the uk’s population lives in the south east with almost double the population of Scotland living in London alone!
but she will need to branch out abit more as they get into teens.

Even the title is stupid 'Endgame'. Firstly that's an American football term. Secondly and more importantly, we're talking about a thousand year old monarchy which has endured through many crises. H and M are not going to be the catalyst for the downfall of this institution.

This. Given the criticism of earlier generations for not focusing enough on the children and their needs it seems strange to criticise K&W for prioritising their children while young.

They have lumbered themselves with him.
If they ditch him, he will turn on them.

🤣
For me its always 'Thanos' and his bejewelled gauntlet😁

Well it’s more likely it’s referencing the final stage of a chess game than American football but I do agree it’s a bizarrely hyperbolic title.

I suspect part of the problem is that Scobie was assuming that the Monarchy was only being held up by affection for the Queen and that past poor public polling of Charles would mean the disintegration of the institution and a swiftly greater push to republicanism.

The problem is it took so long for his book to come out that we’ve seen how little push back to Charles there was, how his poll numbers and that of the royal family in general are still positive, and that the royal family have just continued doing their engagements and not courting any drama.

And he hasn’t really got any good insider gossip which would help the book sell. Well maybe he has as there have only been a few extracts so far.

But no one is buying this as some intellectual review of the role and future of the monarchy in the UK so he’d be better off marketing it as a fun, gossipy romp behind the scenes.

Scobie's writing is such a mix of the grandiose and banal. Very much like Meghan. Her fingerprints are all over this book and I suspect she will come to regret it.

Scobie is on Twitter complaining about being misquoted, mis translated etc
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He's ridiculous isn't it. What a totally cringeworthy thing to have done.

Far better if he'd fan girled Catherine a bit and stuck in some very sneaky pa comments etc but his obvious Harryesque bitterness and resentment makes him look as spiteful as the Sussexes. Don't these people have staff, people to advise them?

The quote I posted upthread (and have have reposted now) about Kate’s coverage being infantilised, and her not wanting to do anything but grinning photo ops comes from his interview in the Sunday Times today. I presume he’s not suggesting that has been misquoted?

Is the twitter post trying to say he didn’t write those things about Kate?

Redaing that extract that Mylovelygreendress posted above, I’m also wondering if this can really be the same Omid Scobie who extolled Meghan’s perfect packing skills, perfect warrior yoga pose and amazing willingness to wee in the bushes when on safari? And also wrote such gems as “Meghan’s willingness to help others and her drive to excel meant she often was deemed ‘fake’ by classmates at school who felt it was impossible for anyone to be that ‘perfect.”

Who’s marvelling at someone’s ability to perform the simplest task there…?

That quote is quite a gem. I wonder where he got that information' from.

Packing skills!!!

I wonder how he found out about that?

Gosh that quote is full of spite and venom isn’t it, someone is really jealous of Kate for sure.

WTAF

“Toni Morrison famously said, “If there's a book you really want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.” So I did! It’s been the toughest work of my career but, finally, in four weeks, ENDGAME will cover the royal story like NEVER before.”

This guy… no words.

It’s the End Game alright but not for the monarchy but H & M & OS. How can anyone ever take them seriously? They are a laughing stock and there credibility is at an all time low. How can they come back from this? I hope H&M find peace and happiness but I don’t think they ever will. It must be a very toxic environment for a family to live in.

Kate can sing @sashagabadon , there is a video out there of her playing Eliza Doolittle in a school production of My Fair Lady. She is about 11, looks exactly the same as she does now and is singing "Wouldn't it be lovely" in a very nice tuneful voice, very impressive.

This. The final nail in the coffin.

Scobie, H&M please take a bow .

Whoops - their credibility!