Lawsuits, axed $20m dollar deals and a frostbitten penis: was 2023 an all-time low for Harry and Meghan?
As we hurtle towards Christmas, one thing is clear: 2023 has been a real stinker for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex.
The negative headlines have been coming thick and fast ever since January when Harry released his bombshell autobiography, Spare, in which he told the world about his frostbitten penis. Things went from bad to worse when the pair were slammed for exaggerating a car chase in New York and unceremoniously dropped from their multi-million-pound Spotify deal.
Now, the release of their pal Omid Scobie’s latest book has truly set the cat among the pigeons once again, sensationally naming the alleged 'royal racists’. If the couple were ever to have their own ‘annus horribilis’ — to borrow a phrase from the late Queen — this would surely be it.
In the past week, Harry and Meghan have dominated headlines for all the wrong reasons yet again, thanks to the release of Omid Scobie’s latest book, Endgame. Known for being the Sussexes' favoured royal reporter after it was revealed Meghan collaborated with him on his first book, Finding Freedom, the royal family have been left reeling after the Dutch version of the book named the King and the Princess of Wales as the two family members who were alleged to have made remarks about the colour of their unborn child’s skin. Though the books were hastily pulled from the shelves as soon as the error was discovered — in the UK version of the book, the two people were not named for legal reasons — the damage had already been done.
The book has been slammed by critics, who say as well as being incredibly damaging to the monarchy, it’s
