The Duchess of Sussex appeared on the cover of the magazine’s September 2017 issue with the headline ‘Wild About Harry’. Biographer Tom Bower reveals in his new book that Meghan Markle used it more or less subtly for her purposes. To the horror of Buckingham Palace at the time.
London – Author Tom Bower (75) brings new food for the smoldering conflict between Meghan Markle (40) and the British royal family in his biography: “Revenge: Meghan, Harry and the War between the Windsors” among the people. The Times magazine pre-print states: “The interview triggered sensational reactions: Meghan had used her relationship [with Prince Harry (37)] to promote herself”. The later Duchess would have dared to go it alone early on.
Meghan Markle gave the magazine a through ball: “We are a couple. We love each other”
Just hours after the copies of the magazine, titled Mad About Harry, were sent to Buckingham Palace ahead of publication, Meghan called her PR firm Sunshine Sachs and told her “hysterically” about the anger of the actor, according to Bower palace. According to Meghan, Sunshine Sachs should have had her comments about Harry removed. In the interview, when asked about Harry, despite his request “to remain silent about sensitive topics”, Meghan surprisingly chatted out of the box, even for interviewer Sam Kashner (68): “We are a couple. We’re in love”.
Both knew that a lot depended on the interview at the time. Harry and Meghan first met in July 2016. Both Kashner and Markle were aware that the critical issue Prince Harry had been vetoed, Bower writes in his new work, The Sun newspaper reports. Meghan was also angry because it wasn’t about her work as an actress, activist and philanthropist, but about her relationship with Harry.
Interviewer Kasher says Meghan knew she had hit the jackpot with Harry
Daily Mail writes of Bower’s tell-all book: Sam Kasher would have recognized Meghan speaking because she knew she had drawn the right lot, but she avoided giving the impression of triumph. According to Bower, the interviewer later recalled, “She complained because she wasn’t portrayed the way she wanted. She asked the media to do what she expected.” He would have felt manipulated. In any case, Bower’s view of the past does not leave the former actress with a good hair.
The Queen was relieved that Meghan did not come to Prince Philip’s funeral, it says elsewhere in the biography. Megehan’s “unparalleled audacity would have taken Buckingham Palace by surprise – and electrified the British media,” he says, adding scathingly “that Meghan only got the front page because she’s likely to get married and not on her own merits.” Sources used: dailymail.co.uk, YouTube, thesun.co.uk, express.co.uk
