Meghan Misunderstood

Written by Sean Smith

Narrated by Jessica Hayles

Meghan Misunderstood is a pioneering book that sets the record straight on the most talked about, unfairly vilified and misrepresented woman in the world.

Meghan Markle was eleven when she first advocated for women’s rights; a teenager when she worked in a soup kitchen feeding the homeless; a popular actress when she campaigned for clean water in Africa and passionately championed gender equality in a speech to a United Nations Women’s Conference. Even before she met Prince Harry, hers was an extraordinarily accomplished life.

Meghan’s wedding to Harry was a joyful occasion, marking happiness at last for the Queen’s grandson who had captured our hearts twenty years earlier when he bravely walked behind his mother Diana’s coffin. Theirs was a story that the screenwriters of Hollywood – where Meghan had made her name – could scarcely have imagined.

The rom-com fantasy, however, soon turned into disturbing drama: any expectation of a life happily-ever-after was cruelly dashed by bullying tabloid newspapers and their allies, both on social media and within the walls of the Palace itself.

Meghan was targeted for her gender, her race, her nationality and her profession. The abuse became so bad that seventy-two female MPs signed a letter of solidarity against the ‘often distasteful and misleading press’, calling out the ‘outdated colonial undertones’ of the stories.

Now, Sean Smith, the UK’s leading celebrity biographer, pulls no punches as he reveals the remarkable and powerful story of this self-made, intelligent American woman with a strong social conscience who has made such an impact on our lives.

• Language: English
• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Release date: Nov 12, 2020
• ISBN: 9780008359614

Sean Smith

Sean Smith is the UK’s leading celebrity biographer and the author of the number one bestseller Cheryl, the definitive biography of Cheryl Fernandez-Versini, as well as bestselling books about Tom Jones, Robbie Williams, and Kate Middleton. His books about the most famous people of our time have been translated throughout the world. His subjects include Gary Barlow, Kylie Minogue, Justin Timberlake, Britney Spears, Victoria Beckham, Jennifer Aniston, Alesha Dixon, and J. K. Rowling. Described by the Independent (UK) as a “fearless chronicler,” he specializes in meticulous research, going “on the road” to find the real person behind the star image.

Reviews for Meghan Misunderstood

[Tony Washington · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

An absolute treasure of a book. Unbiased and truthful account of the life of the new minted duchess and her life.