Meghan and Harry: The Real Story

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3.9
28 reviews
Ebook
432
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**A Wall Street Journal bestseller**

This blockbuster narrative provides the first behind-the-scenes, authoritative account of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s marriage, by the New York Times bestselling author of Diana in Private.

The fall from popular grace of Prince Harry, the previously adulated brother of the heir to the British throne, as a consequence of his marriage to the beautiful and dynamic Hollywood actress and "Suits star" Meghan Markle, makes for fascinating reading in this groundbreaking book from Lady Colin Campbell, who is the New York Times bestselling biographer of books on Princess Diana, the Queen Mother, and Queen Elizabeth’s marriage.

With a unique breadth of insight, Lady Colin Campbell goes behind the scenes, speaking to friends, relations, courtiers, and colleagues on both sides of the Atlantic to reveal the most unexpected royal story since King Edward VIII's abdication. She highlights the dilemmas involved and the issues that lurk beneath the surface, revealing why the couple decided to step down as senior royals. She analyses the implications of the actions of a young and ambitious Duke and Duchess of Sussex, in love with each other and with the empowering lure of fame and fortune, and leads the reader through the maze of contradictions Meghan and Harry have created—while also evoking the Californian culture that has influenced the couple's conduct.

Meghan and Harry: The Real Story exposes how the royal couple tried and failed to change the royal system—by adapting it to their own needs and ambitions—and, upon failing, how they decided to create a new system—and life—for themselves.

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3.9
28 reviews
kaye k
March 29, 2021
While I did learn a few things I didn't know before, there were several items which were blatantly incorrect (as evidenced by many other authors). That's not even to mention that the author could have used a decent editor; in many places, she simply repeats the same information in an only slightly different way, not once or twice but several times. She makes good points, but you have to slog through a great deal of repetitiveness to get to them. It's still worth a read, but only once.
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S Gilbert
March 11, 2021
A brilliant tour de force au courant biography with unprecedent breadth and depth of scope that clears the veil of mist over the Atlantic Ocean that has obscured the view of what has been going on across the Pond that will explain why Meghan Markel is back with Harry in tow. This is a serious biography by a brilliantly intelligent and most articulate of non-fiction authors.
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Lise Larocque
August 5, 2020
A lot of "ifs" and assumptions from two-faced "Lady" Colin Campbell. I have bought a lot -- a LOT -- of books in my life, and I've read them all from start to finish, but there is so much venom toward Meghan in this one with the very clear, malicious intention of painting her in the most horrible way, that I stopped midway. I had more than enough. Too bad I could not rate it as "minus 5 stars" and that I can't get a refund!! This is junk!!
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Lady Colin Campbell is the New York Times bestselling author of Diana in Private and The Queen Mother. She divides her time between London and Castle Goring.

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