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Harry and Meghan insist on privacy. Apart from when they’re the ones doing the dishing | Catherine Bennett

A new book will invite derision and give yet more ammunition to their detractors
Prince Harry and his then fiancée, Meghan Markle, pose for a photograph at Kensington Palace in west London in 2017. Photograph: Daniel Leal-Olivas/AFP/Getty Images

“As Meghan continued her morning yoga practice by the green riverbanks of the Zambezi River, it was difficult not to lose focus. She had never imagined she would be laying out her mat as wild Cape buffalo grazed across the water…”

“As she walked the lonely sands, Diana realised that any hopes she may have harboured over a reconciliation with her husband were over… Now was the moment to start believing in herself.”

Despite being exhaustively scraped, pre-publication, for the not already obvious, can still spring one surprise. As above, it turns out to be a sublime revival in 1992, when he needed to pretend hadn’t been dictated by the princess. “A sense of injustice burned deeply inside her. Every time she was spotted with an unattached man, however innocently, it made banner headlines, while her husband’s friendship with Camilla barely raised an eyebrow.”

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