MEGHAN Markle “doesn’t want to be told” what to do amid an “extraordinary” court row that could see her credibility “suffer”, an expert says.
Prince Harry’s official biographer Angela Levin hit out at the duchess following a series of astonishing revelations in her fight with a British newspaper.
The mum-of-two is currently in the final throes of a three-year court battle with Mail on Sunday publisher Associated Newspapers Ltd (ANL).
It comes after the newspaper published extracts of a five-page private letter she’d written to her dad begging him not to speak to the media about her.
Meghan won her case at the High Court in February – but the publisher appealed.
And a series of bombshell details have since emerged that the Mail’s lawyers have claimed could overturn her victory.
The duchess yesterday apologised to the court for not telling a judge about emails showing her attempts to influence a biography about her and Harry.
Emails were released by the Court of Appeal showing how she and her husband had heavily briefed their press spokesman Jason Knauf before he met writers Omid Scobie and Carolyn Durand two years ago.
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Mr Knauf also revealed email exchanges over a letter Meghan wrote to estranged father Thomas, 77, after her wedding.
He claimed Meghan said she would refer to him as “daddy” because it would “pull at the heartstrings” if leaked.
The Duchess of Sussex, 40, has always vehemently denied helping the authors of the controversial Finding Freedom biography
But Mr Knauf’s 23-page statement to the court revealed the Sussexes had told him what to say to the authors.
Ms Levin, who spent a year with Harry as she wrote his biography, told GB News that Palace aides are finally hitting back against the Sussexes.
“I think the whole thing is absolutely extraordinary,” she said.
It comes as:
- Meghan Markle’s ‘credibility’ questioned in final stages of court battle
- And there are seven claims that lawyers say may threaten her case
- But she told interviewers she’s “standing up for what’s right”
- It also emerged that she and Harry give employees five MONTHS off a year
- She also addressed reports that she cold-called Republican senators to lobby them over parental leave in the US
“What is astonishing is that the Palace aides are now talking and saying what they think has really happened.
“Before, they followed the Queen’s motto – which is to never complain and never explain, and staff did this too.
“But Meghan and Harry are a different breed now and [their comments are] thought to be so unfair and wrong that aides now going to speak about their views.”
She said Meghan had attempted to brush off Mr Knauf’s evidence “as if it’s nothing” – but added: “Here, it is very serious.
“What she said in court was not true and I think her credibility will suffer for this in a significant way.”
And she said the duchess doesn’t want to lose.
“She doesn’t like to be beaten – she wants to win, and sometimes she goes overboard,” she said.
“She doesn’t listen to detail, she doesn’t want to be told, she just wants to forge ahead.”
Ms Levin warned Harry “looks so stressed, tired and worn” as he tries to “protect” his wife.
The duke spoke at a tech conference earlier this week – and claimed he warned Twitter CEO of the US Capitol riots before they happened.
He also blasted journalists as “pirates with press cards” in a furious diatribe about press “misinformation”.
But Ms Levin said: “I think it’s ironic he’s standing up against media misinformation while his wife has apologised to the Court of Appeal that she’s been inaccurate.”
Meghan also gave an interview on Tuesday as part of the New York Times’ DealBook summit.
During a wide-ranging half-hour discussion, she spoke of cutting out coupons as a child, working as a waitress – and lobbying Republican senators for parental leave.
