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2.94 AVERAGE
2.94 AVERAGE
informative
fast-paced
Some interesting facts if they are true but very, very poisonous and hardly dispassionate. She is clearly a right wing Brexiteer who loves the royal family! Most of her sources are not named but she loves to mention cousins, princes and so on.
Мучила эту книгу ровно месяц, как оказалось. На самом деле, написана (или переведена) она плохо, но ставлю 4 звёзды за содержание. Автор старается быть беспристрастной, но ее связи с БКС и с Британией в целом- все равно выдают позицию. Эта книга даже не про Меган и Гарри, она про попытки манипулирования прессой и общественным мнением. Что касается личности самой герцогини, то думаю такая она и есть - избалованная посредственная актриса, которой всю жизнь не хватает внимания.
Кстати, книга была написана до интервью Опре, так что большой кусок очередного выпада этих двоих туда не попал.
Кстати, книга была написана до интервью Опре, так что большой кусок очередного выпада этих двоих туда не попал.
I really have no words for this very eloquently written nonsense. She has never met Meghan and her material relies on "sources" and "well-regarded" aristocrats. The woman got her title through a marriage that lasted 10 months. 1 star because zero is not available. The best bit about that book was when I couldn't sleep, reading a sentence would knock me out cold.
Some really interesting insight and a lot of stuff I hadn't paid attention to / pulled together.
That said, some huge segments that were just word-for-word repeats of other sections, and a lot of typo's (is this just a kindle edition problem?)
That said, some huge segments that were just word-for-word repeats of other sections, and a lot of typo's (is this just a kindle edition problem?)
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I haven’t seen a People magazine in months since I can’t sit in the waiting room of my son’s Autism social skills class like I normally do. I needed a fix on the British royal family and Meghan and Harry: The Real Story was on sale on Kindle a while back, so I decided to give it a try, even though I’d already read the most assuredly approved by Meghan and Harry book, Finding Freedom.
As I listened to the audio version of Meghan and Harry: The Real Story, I couldn’t decide what on earth Lady Colin Campbell was trying to accomplish. One moment she portrays Meghan as a scheming, back-stabbing shrew, and the next she’s complimenting her for being a strong woman who always speaks out when she sees injustice. One thing’s for sure: Lady Colin does not like Harry because she has very little good to say about him.
Meghan and Harry: The Real Story is rather disjointed, considering the fact that Lady Colin has written many books on the royal family. You’d think the editors would have found a way to reign her in. The book jumps around so it’s not chronological nor thematic, unless the theme is that Harry and Meghan are awful, selfish people who don’t deserve any happiness now that they’ve left the royal family.
Even though her title is Lady, the author is nothing of the sort with the sort of bile she espouses in this book. She seems to side with Donald Trump a lot when mentioning the times Meghan has spoken out against him. And she also seems to heap praise on Meghan’s white family, claiming they’ve just been misunderstood in the press, sort of a reverse racism, she says. Lady Colin’s description of Meghan never experiencing racism growing up smacks of racism itself.
Lady Colin also seems to spend a lot of time disparaging Harry’s mother, the late Princess Diana. As she recounts it, it was she, Lady Colin, who first worked with Diana to get her side of her story out in the press, but when she wouldn’t write the most flattering book, Diana cut her off. Lady Colin’s book came out without much fuss (and she’s updated it several times since Diana’s death), and several months later Diana: Her True Story by Andrew Morton came out and became a blockbuster bestseller. So she’s got a serious case of sour grapes against Diana.
While I generally enjoy any sort of gossip about the royal family, this was just a trashy, salacious romp into the lives of Meghan and Harry. If you’re desperate for something that smacks of the Daily Mail, this book is for you.
I haven’t seen a People magazine in months since I can’t sit in the waiting room of my son’s Autism social skills class like I normally do. I needed a fix on the British royal family and Meghan and Harry: The Real Story was on sale on Kindle a while back, so I decided to give it a try, even though I’d already read the most assuredly approved by Meghan and Harry book, Finding Freedom.
As I listened to the audio version of Meghan and Harry: The Real Story, I couldn’t decide what on earth Lady Colin Campbell was trying to accomplish. One moment she portrays Meghan as a scheming, back-stabbing shrew, and the next she’s complimenting her for being a strong woman who always speaks out when she sees injustice. One thing’s for sure: Lady Colin does not like Harry because she has very little good to say about him.
Meghan and Harry: The Real Story is rather disjointed, considering the fact that Lady Colin has written many books on the royal family. You’d think the editors would have found a way to reign her in. The book jumps around so it’s not chronological nor thematic, unless the theme is that Harry and Meghan are awful, selfish people who don’t deserve any happiness now that they’ve left the royal family.
Even though her title is Lady, the author is nothing of the sort with the sort of bile she espouses in this book. She seems to side with Donald Trump a lot when mentioning the times Meghan has spoken out against him. And she also seems to heap praise on Meghan’s white family, claiming they’ve just been misunderstood in the press, sort of a reverse racism, she says. Lady Colin’s description of Meghan never experiencing racism growing up smacks of racism itself.
Lady Colin also seems to spend a lot of time disparaging Harry’s mother, the late Princess Diana. As she recounts it, it was she, Lady Colin, who first worked with Diana to get her side of her story out in the press, but when she wouldn’t write the most flattering book, Diana cut her off. Lady Colin’s book came out without much fuss (and she’s updated it several times since Diana’s death), and several months later Diana: Her True Story by Andrew Morton came out and became a blockbuster bestseller. So she’s got a serious case of sour grapes against Diana.
While I generally enjoy any sort of gossip about the royal family, this was just a trashy, salacious romp into the lives of Meghan and Harry. If you’re desperate for something that smacks of the Daily Mail, this book is for you.
Just unsubstantiated gossip. Not written in a way that makes it particularly interesting. Clearly written with an agenda against two people that I don't believe the author actually knows. Not worth wasting more time on.
It was a good and interesting book!
Did I learn a lot of new information ? Not really.
But it explained a lot about the cultural differences between the British and US populations and how their perception of this couple can be so different.
Did I learn a lot of new information ? Not really.
But it explained a lot about the cultural differences between the British and US populations and how their perception of this couple can be so different.
If I could give this book a negative 10 stars I would because it was horrible. Here are the quick takeaways you need to know:
1. Everything in this book is hearsay and opinion. She always says a royal source inside the palace, or my friend so and so was at an event and overheard.
2. It's clear that the author does not want the way the monarchy works to change or how titles are changed, because if it did there's the slightest possibility that she would not have the clout she does or thinks she does now.
3. She feels that Harry is absolutely stupid and will just do whatever Meghan wants him to and that he'll just follow along.
4. Americans are stupid and the British are by far more superior in their intelligence and understanding.
5. Tony Blair is the devil.
6. For whatever reason this woman has an ax to grind with anyone who rocks the royal boat. I can only suspect that the book she wrote about Diana is the same as this.
The truth of the matter is what Lady (this term should be used loosely) Campbell doesn't understand that just because the monarchy and the family functions for generations doesn't mean that it has to continue to do so. It's clear that it is dysfunctional. It took a lot of courage for Harry to say I'm done with the dysfunction and for my children it stops now. When we say that's just the way our family is we're saying the generational dysfunction is fine. It's not and it takes a strong person to say the generational dysfunction stops with me. Unfortunately that is something that Lady Campbell cannot wrap her head around.
1. Everything in this book is hearsay and opinion. She always says a royal source inside the palace, or my friend so and so was at an event and overheard.
2. It's clear that the author does not want the way the monarchy works to change or how titles are changed, because if it did there's the slightest possibility that she would not have the clout she does or thinks she does now.
3. She feels that Harry is absolutely stupid and will just do whatever Meghan wants him to and that he'll just follow along.
4. Americans are stupid and the British are by far more superior in their intelligence and understanding.
5. Tony Blair is the devil.
6. For whatever reason this woman has an ax to grind with anyone who rocks the royal boat. I can only suspect that the book she wrote about Diana is the same as this.
The truth of the matter is what Lady (this term should be used loosely) Campbell doesn't understand that just because the monarchy and the family functions for generations doesn't mean that it has to continue to do so. It's clear that it is dysfunctional. It took a lot of courage for Harry to say I'm done with the dysfunction and for my children it stops now. When we say that's just the way our family is we're saying the generational dysfunction is fine. It's not and it takes a strong person to say the generational dysfunction stops with me. Unfortunately that is something that Lady Campbell cannot wrap her head around.
Read in post M&H leaving the royal family, Lady C hits the nail on the head about 90%, or better, of the time. Post publishing date it's interesting how many items have come to be true. Of course there's a lot of guess work that sometimes lead nowhere. May interesting historical facts about old British figures and British law. An enjoyable read.