Meghan Markle's 'othering' made Prince Harry become woke about racism, claim 'Finding Freedom' writers
The authors of ‘Finding Freedom’ have claimed that Meghan Markle played a major role in her husband’s very public “woke” journey. Writers Omid Scobie and Carolyn Durand said that the 39-year-old former actress is the one who helped Prince Harry in becoming more aware of racism. Scobie told the National Public Radio in the United States, “Harry's journey to wokeness has been very public. We've seen him learning and educating himself along the way, but this experience of witnessing Meghan face racist remarks and commentary would have been the first time he'd seen someone in his life or someone he was particularly close to affected by it in a certain way. We talk about some of the more obvious examples in some of the media coverage but I think that the things that have flown under the radar are some of the othering of Meghan we've seen.
“We've sort of seen it repeatedly that she's not one of us. And now, what do they mean by not one of us? And I think there are things like that which Harry's really had to become more attuned to and learn to see when it happens in front of him. And Meghan would have been the person that guided him on that journey.”
During their conversation, the duo also spoke about the events that prompted Megxit. Durand said: “Harry really was looking out for his family. His wife felt aggrieved, and they thought that the best decision that they could make was to step back, have a little bit more privacy but still be in a situation where they could carry on their mission, devote themselves to the causes that were so important to them.”
Discussing the alleged tension between Harry and Prince William, Scobie told the media organization that “I think it's one of the early stories you saw come out of this book was this conversation that took place between Harry and William where William seemingly gives sort of brotherly advice to Harry about sort of perhaps watching the speed at which his relationship with Meghan was progressing. And I think there've been some people have commented that that might have been a moment where Harry was too sensitive. But I think we need to really look at the overall picture here and what led up to that moment. Harry was already aware of some of the murmurings that were taking place behind his back within the royal household about Meghan.”
He added: “He'd also experienced some of his own friends speaking about Meghan or making negative remarks behind her back that word had traveled back to him about. So when William sat down and had that conversation with him, that was the starting point.”
‘Finding Freedom’ is a biography of Meghan and Harry that has already created controversy even before its scheduled release on August 11. It has reportedly shared intimate details about the royal household. The Sussexes have, however, said they were not directly involved in the book. But royal biographer, Lady Colin Campbell, has refuted their claim and said: “I call the book Funding Freedom and Finding Freebies. I feel they have been so disingenuous. For me, they are insulting the public’s intelligence by saying they had nothing to do with it. It would be career suicide for them to admit they had anything to do with the book. I think it shows that Harry and Meghan don’t play cricket with a straight bat. The book, to me, read like a howl of anger.”