Omid Scobie's royal book is a real turkey and he can't write for nuts
28 Nov 2023
Evening Standard

Is this it? Seriously? Omid Scobie’s Endgame promises to show us the dark side of the royals, to sacrifice the insider status which you can only get “by continuing to ignore the ongoing constitutional corruption in the Palace’s inner sanctum”. “
Actually, there is one useful insight in this guff, about the Sussexes’ financial situation – he says he wasn’t briefed by Meghan – and it’s as bad as we might have thought. Spotify dropped them after signing them up; one executive called them “grifters”. They don’t want to go in for fundraising. Meghan may launch “something more accessible, something rooted in her love of details, curating, hosting, life’s simple pleasures and family”. But, not being Gwyneth Paltrow, I’m not sure that’ll keep them in their preferred style.