The ‘Disturbing Drama’ of the Duchess of Sussex

An old friend, Sean Smith, former gossip columnist of London’s Sunday People newspaper and now a successful celebrity author, has sent me his latest book, Meghan Misunderstood, on the Duchess of Sussex.

Sean, who has also penned bestselling tomes on singer Adele, George Michael, Tom Jones, Ed Sheeran, Kate Middleton, Kim Kardashian, Justin Timberlake, Britney Spears,and Jennifer Aniston, describes the marriage to Queen Elizabeth’s grandson as “a rom-com fantasy that soon turned into a disturbing drama with every expectation of a life happily-ever-after cruelly dashed by bullying tabloid newspapers and their allies.”

The writer, whose biography of Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling was used as the basis for the film Magic Beyond Words, says the former Suits actress was targeted for her gender, her race, her nationality, and her profession.

The abuse became so bad that 72 female Members of Parliament in the U.K. signed a letter of solidarity against the “often distasteful and misleading press,” calling out the “outdated colonial undertones” of the stories.

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