Omid Scobie’s Endgame has been dismissed as ”royal tittle-tattle nonsense” by a reporter who has spent 1 / 4 of a decade protecting the monarchy.
Nicholas Witchell joined the BBC as a trainee journalist in 1976, earlier than beginning to cowl the Royal Household 25 years in the past. He has now opened up about all issues royal as he prepares to retire subsequent 12 months.
In an article within the Sunday Instances, Witchell has dismissed Scobie’s bombshell guide Endgame. He additionally defined how he needed to cease watching Netflix’s The Crown – as a result of it deviated too removed from actuality.
Witchell says he felt it was ”completely flawed” to fictionalise occasions occurring to actual individuals. The broadcaster definitely will not be studying Endgame, a guide he branded ”basic royal nonsense”.
Referring to Endgame, Witchell wrote: “It appears to me he has woven collectively plenty of unsubstantiated tittle-tattle and rumour, spiced with snippets that may solely have come immediately or not directly from the Sussexes: basic royal nonsense.”
Scobie’s bombshell guide made a collection of allegations together with feedback concerning the Princess of Wales’ work load, two allegedly racist royals, and Prince Harry’s relationship along with his household. It’s the second guide the writer – recognized to many as Meghan’s cheerleader – has written concerning the Royal Household.
In 2020, he co-authored Discovering Freedom: Harry and Meghan and the Making of A Trendy Royal Household, which seemed on the Sussexes and their breakaway from The Agency.
“It appears to me he has w o ven collectively plenty of unsubstantiated tittle-tattle and rumour, spiced with snippets that may onl y have come directl y orindirectl y from the Susse xes: basic r o yal nonsense.”