PRINCE William’s pals have slammed “outrageous” claims made in a new bombshell book.
Omid Scobie’s book – ‘Endgame: Inside the Royal Family and the Monarchy’s Fight for Survival’ – says the Prince of Wales tried to undermine Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.
Royal biographer Scobie, dubbed “Meghan’s mouthpiece”, claimed Wills “prioritised his loyalty to the monarchy” over his brother and leaked stories about the Sussexes to the press.
But friends of William last night blasted the “outrageous suggestions” ahead of the books release tomorrow.
One pal told MailOnline: “He has always been very tight-lipped when it comes to his family and made clear to anyone within his orbit that he would not do ‘deals’ with the media
“Like Harry, he is scarred by his childhood experiences, seeing his mother and father engaged in what was dubbed ‘the war of the Waleses’.That was something that he and Harry were meant to be united on.’”
MORE ON ENDGAME
Another added: “The suggestion that [royal aides] were briefing negative stories [about Harry and Meghan] is totally fabricated. It just didn’t happen.
“The truth is that everyone was walking on eggshells practically from the engagement trying to keep them happy.”
It comes as the book is being criticised for its long list of discrepancies.
Chief among them is its claim Princess Diana died in a car crash in Paris in 1997 because her driver was blinded by a “major white flash” from a chasing photographer’s camera.
Most read in Royals
The book states that Diana’s chauffeur Henri Paul was blinded by a “major white flash” from a paparazzi photographer on an overtaking motorbike.
It then goes on to say he lost control at sixty-five miles per hour and collided with a concrete pillar.
This theory was a key part of Mohamed Fayed’s conspiracy claims that Diana and his son Dodi were murdered as part of an Establishment plot ordered by Prince Philip.
Al Fayed said secret service agents blinded the Mercedes’s driver, Paul, with a flash gun and it was part of the conspiracy to make the crash look like an accident.
French authorities and former Met Police chief Lord Stevens dismissed the suggestion.
The new book goes on to claim that both William and Harry believe the police inquest into their mother’s death – which puts much blame on Henri Paul for drunk driving – was a “joke.”
Endgame also claims the Palace lied by saying Camilla would not be Queen – despite Queen Elizabeth II saying it was her “sincere wish” in 2020.
Scobie also states the Royal Household’s diversity drive is a PR stunt.
But Prince Charles hired Colleen Harris, whose family are from Guyana, as press secretary in 1998 and British-Nigerian Eva Omaghomi as community engagement chief in 2021.
The book also says Charles did not try to fix his relationship with Harry after Megxit — even though Harry was invited to his Coronation.
Harry also turned down an offer to spend the anniversary of the Queen‘s death at Balmoral with his dad earlier this year.
https://www.thesun.co.uk/feed/
Sarah Grealish
