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i’m a big fan of the royal family and i read most books about them so I saw this one on kindle and picked it up. Harry and Meghan seem to engender strong feelings on many sides and this book is no exception. I do think this one went too far, however. The author is not a fan of either Harry or Meghan, and I do agree with the premise the Meghan was unprepared for the service and duty required of royal family members, who are public servants not celebrities. However Campbell goes well beyond this and makes unfounded accusations about Megan’s pregnancies and births that seem so far fetched they undermine many of the other points she makes. She discounts anything about racism as applied to Meghan. Although the author appears to have many good sources within the royal family and aristocracy, she really dislikes Harry and Meghan and her enmity is so obvious that it makes the book as a biography or history without weight or merit. The book is poorly edited and repetitive and also disjointed. Why did I even finish it? I just read books about the royal family and am a completist so I finished but it was a slog.
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Just a slag fest, basically 🙄. Not a good word to say about anyone.
I really enjoy Lady C’s candid explanations. She is so well versed about the royal family that it is easy for her to understand the subtle effects taking place around the drama of Meghan and Harry and therefore explain it to the rest of us. I personally wish there had been even more comparison with Lady Montague, the American from the Midwest who has embraced her role as Viscountess Hitchingbrook (sp?). Let’s hope there will be a Meghan and Harry book sequel with reconciliations and stepping into the truly transformative role they could have had!
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I picked this one up from the library because it was available, and I was looking for some light hearted trash to read between more serious books that I'd been chewing on.
During the pandemic, I apparently picked up the habit of reading every bad tabloid article about every royal in existence (seriously, not just the Brits), and figured I'd try this out.
The writing was tortured at best (whether it's due to class or language/cultural differences, I dunno, but it was pretty awful), but I quit fairly quickly since Lady Colin went into some long screed about how there is no racism in Britain, and apparently only a few racists here and about, and I couldn't be bothered to finish reading.
I honestly only thought to throw this in my dnf list here because the library sent me an email reminding me my digital loan had expired.
During the pandemic, I apparently picked up the habit of reading every bad tabloid article about every royal in existence (seriously, not just the Brits), and figured I'd try this out.
The writing was tortured at best (whether it's due to class or language/cultural differences, I dunno, but it was pretty awful), but I quit fairly quickly since Lady Colin went into some long screed about how there is no racism in Britain, and apparently only a few racists here and about, and I couldn't be bothered to finish reading.
I honestly only thought to throw this in my dnf list here because the library sent me an email reminding me my digital loan had expired.
