Not one word of Prince Harry’s memoir has been published or released. The book won’t come out until next year, and it’s not even scheduled to come out at the same time as the Queen’s Fakakta Platinum Jubilee. It will likely come out after the jubilee! But that hasn’t stopped Salt island from throwing tantrums about the memoir ever since it was first revealed. It’s so much like Finding Freedom and the Oprah interview – the royal establishment goes into Freakout Mode in advance and ends up making asses out of themselves because they’re trying to predict Harry and Meghan’s words or moves. Speaking of: the Queen is apparently preparing a “legal fightback” to Harry’s memoir. For the love of God.
The Queen has ordered senior Palace aides to plan a legal fightback amid hurtful attacks by Harry and Meghan — declaring: “Enough is enough.” The monarchy’s legal team is consulting libel experts after a barrage of criticism from the US-based couple.
Last night a well-placed source revealed the Queen, 95, has become “exasperated with repeated attacks”. They said: “The feeling, coming right from the top, is that enough is enough. There is a limit to how much will be accepted and the Queen and Royal Family can only be pushed so far. They are getting lawyered up. Harry and Meghan will be made aware and know repeated attacks will not be tolerated.”
The Royal Family was rocked last month by Harry’s revelation he was writing a tell-all memoir to be released next year — the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. A legal warning to publishers Penguin Random House is now being considered.
Our source went on: “The royals’ legal team are speaking to firms with expertise in libel and privacy. If someone were named in the book and accused of something directly that could be a libel and also infringe their rights to a private family life. It would be ironic if Harry and Meghan were accused of breaching privacy given their pronouncements on the subject. The legal team could also contact publishers of the book to ask for advance warning of its contents and a right to reply. There are concerns that the American public are falling for what Harry and Meghan say.”
That last quote is the most important: “There are concerns that the American public are falling for what Harry and Meghan say.” That is one of the biggest concerns of the British monarchy, which “sells” itself to American royal-watchers, Commonwealth royal-watchers and other international markets. The biggest market for the royals, as a brand, has always been America. And Americans have been paying attention to how Meghan and Harry have been treated and what they’re saying. The palace is deeply concerned – as they should be – that Americans see the Windsors as little more than a racist, sexist, dysfunctional, overpriced soap opera.
As for sending legal notices to Harry or the publisher… I have no idea what the legal standing would be or any of that, but I’m sure Penguin Random House has an army of lawyers at the ready to figure it all out. And it’s pretty rich for the Windsors to be super-concerned about being smeared by Harry considering the past three years of smearing they’ve done on H&M.
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