Harper Collins SLASHES the price of Meghan Markle’s friend Omid Scobie’s new book on the British monarchy – weeks before it’s due to hit the shelves
- The book has already been reduced to $25.60 on Harper Collin’s official website
- Endgame is described as a ‘explosive book and a penetrating investigation into the current state of the British monarchy’
- The book was meant to be priced at $32 and does not hit shelves until Nov 28
Harper Collins have already slashed the price of Meghan Markle‘s friend Omid Scobie’s new book on the British monarchy – weeks before it goes on sale.
Endgame, which promises to give readers an inside look at ‘the Royal Family and the monarchy’s fight for survival,’ has already been discounted on the publisher’s official website.
The book was meant to be priced at $32, but it is now $25.60.
This is despite it only being on preorder, and not hitting shelves until November 28.
Dey Street Books, an imprint of Harper Collins, has been contacted for comment.
Harper Collins have already slashed the price of Meghan Markle ‘s friend Omid Scobie’s new book on the British monarchy – weeks before it goes on sale
On the official website, Endgame, which is set to give readers an inside look at ‘the Royal Family and the monarchy’s fight for survival,’ has already been reduced
Endgame is described as a ‘explosive book and a penetrating investigation into the current state of the British monarchy—an unpopular king, a power-hungry heir to the throne, a queen willing to go to dangerous lengths to preserve her image, and a prince forced to start a new life after being betrayed by his own family.’
Scobie also penned Finding Freedom – about his friend Meghan and her husband Prince Harry’s step down from the Royal Family.
The description of the $25.60 book explains: ‘Queen Elizabeth II’s death ruptured the already-fractured foundations of the House of Windsor—and dismantled the protective shield around it.
‘With an institution long plagued by antiquated ideas around race, class and money, the monarchy and those who prop it up are now exposed and at odds with a rapidly modernizing world.
Omid Scobie, the author, also penned Finding Freedom – about his friend Meghan Markle and her husband Prince Harry’s step down from the Royal Family
‘Relying on his vast experience as a royal reporter and over a decade of conversations and interviews with current and former Palace staff, trusted friends of the royals and even the family members themselves, Scobie pulls back the curtain on an institution in turmoil to show what the monarchy must change in order to survive.’
One chapter of the book will be called ‘Race and the Royals: Institutional Bigotry and Denial’ and is likely to tackle claims of racism within the institution.
This comes as the royal family is facing new bombshell claims from Harry and Meghan’s biographer Scobie just hours after the Duke of Sussex reportedly had a ‘warm’ phone conversation with King Charles to mark his 75th birthday.
The Duke of Sussex is believed to have phoned his father on his special day yesterday to wish him Happy Birthday – in a call thought to be the estranged royals’ first phone chat in six months.
Meghan is also said to have spoken to her father-in-law to pass on her wishes from California. And the couple’s children Archie and Lilibet recorded a video of themselves singing happy birthday to their grandfather, the Telegraph newspaper reported.
The report claimed Charles and Harry will speak again next week after their call marked a ‘shift’ in tone and a ‘turning point’ between the pair.
But now, Mr Scobie has shared an extract of his new book, Endgame, leaking explosive claims including that Prince Harry was ‘kept in the dark’ about the Queen’s health in the hours before she died.
Harry and Meghan pictured attending the closing ceremony of the Invictus Games
The Sussex family together – Harry, Meghan, Archie, and Lilibet
Scobie said Harry and Meghan had ‘no idea’ the Royal Family were preparing for the Queen’s death last year.
The author also suggests William and Harry’s relationship is beyond repair because the Prince of Wales sees his brother as a ‘defector’.
And in the extract shared with People, he claims ‘there is no going back’ for the brothers and ‘absolutely nothing has changed’ since the Duke of Sussex released Spare earlier this year.
It is not known how the new book could affect any rapprochement. Buckingham Palace has refused to comment on the extract.
