Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s cheerleader Omid Scobie announced today that he will release a new book about the monarchy on November 21.
The author’s previous title, Finding Freedom, dealt with the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s decision to step down as senior royals.
Scobie announced the publication date today and said his new book would be a “probing investigation” into the royal family’s “struggle for survival”.
He tweeted: “Endgame, an incisive investigation into the future of the royal family, is released worldwide on November 21, 2023.
“I can’t wait for you all to read this.”
Omid Scobie announced the release of Endgame last year, but today announced the release date as November 21, 2023
Scobie (pictured in June this year in London) rose to prominence after writing Founding Freedom, a laudatory biography of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle
When announcing the book last year, he said Endgame would “draw the curtain on an institution in turmoil – exposing the chaos, family dysfunction, mistrust, and draconian practices that threaten the future.”
According to a statement from the publisher, “On September 8, 2022, the world came to a standstill when news broke that Queen Elizabeth II had passed away.
Her death dismantled the protective shield around the world’s most famous family and saw a long-simmering crisis of confidence in the British monarchy resurface.
Now, with unique insight, in-depth access and exclusive revelations, journalist Omid Scobie pulls back the curtain on an institution in turmoil – exposing the chaos, family dysfunction, mistrust and draconian practices that threaten the future. .
“This is the endgame of the monarchy. Do they have what it takes to make it?”
Mr Scobie, the royal editor of US website Harper’s Bazaar, has been a hearty cheerleader for Harry and Meghan in recent years, having co-authored a deeply sympathetic biography of the couple in 2020.
He is one of the closest journalists to Harry and Meghan since their move to America.
It comes at a difficult time for Harry and Meghan, with Spotify announcing earlier this month that it would be dropping the Duchess’s podcast, Archetypes.
Scobie says his new book Endgame (pictured) will ‘draw the curtain on an institution in turmoil’
Meanwhile, Netflix is reportedly planning to end their deal with the pair when it expires in 2025 – after rejecting several of their ideas for shows.
In an effort to revive their waning fortunes, Harry and Meghan are developing a Netflix show called “Bad Manners,” based on a feminist version of Miss Havisham from Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations – according to the Wall Street Journal.
The author’s previous title, Finding Freedom, covered the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s decision to step down as senior royals
Meanwhile, a YouTube star has threatened legal action against the couple after accusing them of “insulting” and “slandering” her in their awesome Netflix documentary.
California’s Shallon Lester came out with guns blazing against the Sussexes in a new video posted to her account on Tuesday in which she ranted at Harry, 38, and Meghan, 41, for allegedly “mischaracterizing” her in the six-part Netflix series.
In December, Lester labeled Harry & Megan “a festival of bulls**t” after a clip from her YouTube account was featured in their documentary suggesting she was part of a coordinated trolling campaign against the couple.
The outspoken influencer has now hinted she may take legal action against them – in her video she notes that her “lawyer will be mad” at her for saying so – and vows to “nail their a** to the wall about the allegations.
“Believe me when I say I’ll take every opportunity to nail their a** to the wall for this,” she ranted in the video. “It’s libel, it’s slander, it’s mischaracterization. And do you know what else it is? Disinformation.’