

"Media onslaught, cyber bullying on a different scale, puppeteering Thomas Markle etc etc etc. Harry had written: "Also, are u planning on giving them a rough idea of what she’s been through over the last 2yrs? Knauf confirmed Meghan had sent him briefing notes on topics she suggested be discussed with the authors, including her father, and her half-siblings, as well as an infamous row over the tiara she would wear when she married Prince Harry in May 2018. "Equally, you giving the right context and background to them would help get some truths out there."Īnd in a witness statement to the court, Mr. Harry responded: "I totally agree that we have to be able to say we didn’t have anything to do with it. He added: "Being able to say hand on heart that we did not facilitate access will be important."

Knauf said Meghan and Harry, 37, "authorised specific cooperation in writing" in December 2018.Įmails showed he felt putting the authors in touch with the former 'Suits' star's friends was "not a good idea". In a witness statement to the Court of Appeal, Mr. The former actress and Harry had previously insisted they "did not collaborate.nor were they interviewed" for Omid Scobie and Carolyn Durand's 'Finding Freedom', but emails between Meghan, 40, and her then-press secretary Jason about a meeting with the authors have now emerged. It comes after Meghan apologised to the Court of Appeal for failing to remember she told Jason to brief the authors of her biography. "He’s certainly putting things in the right perspective." "Thank God for Jason Knauf, I’d be happy to invite him over here and take him to Sizzler - we’ll enjoy a steak and a nice little dinner together. He added to GB News: "Finally the truth is coming out. Thomas said he would like to take his daughter's former press secretary, Jason Knauf, out for a steak meal, after an email exchange revealed the duchess had briefed Jason before sending Thomas a letter involved in her High Court privacy case. "I’m very disappointed that Harry, wanting to marry my daughter, wouldn’t have had the good sense to come down here and ask for her hand." He said: "I invited them down several times. Thomas also admitted he was "disappointed" that Harry and Meghan didn't visit him in Mexico before they got engaged, claiming he invited them "several times". "He rides a bicycle around where he lives, every day, and I understand they're going to take the training wheels off soon." "It gets me in trouble with them, of course, but it's true. We will give it the minimum attention necessary, which is all it deserves."But the bottom line is that everything that comes out of his mouth is always kind of stupid. Michael Kump said: "This baseless and absurd lawsuit is just a continuation of a pattern of disturbing behavior. Samantha has claimed her estranged relative's comments have damaged sales of her autobiography, 'The Diary of Princess Pushy's Sister', prevented her from getting work, and caused emotional and mental distress.Ī lawyer acting on behalf of the duchess - who has children Archie, two, and Lili, eight months, with Harry - branded the lawsuit "baseless and absurd". Samantha accused Meghan of lying about her and her childhood as part of a calculated effort so they "could not interfere with or contradict the false narrative and fairytale life story concocted by" the duchess. Samantha claimed Meghan has fabricated stories of growing up in "virtual poverty" because her dad paid for her to attend dance and acting classes, and "elite and expensive private schools".Īnd despite the duchess' claims to Oprah and talk show host Ellen DeGeneres that she worked hard to put herself through university, Samantha insisted their father covered the costs of Meghan's tuition and living expenses at Northwestern University. The writer also disputed Meghan's claim in the interview that she'd last seen her half-sister "at least 18, 19 years ago and before that, 10 years before that", and that Samantha only changed her own surname back to Markle when the former actress began generating headlines for her relationship with Harry. In documents from the defamation lawsuit obtained by TMZ, Samantha accused Meghan of spreading lies in order to promote the idea she's overcome a difficult family situation, and highlighted the fact the former 'Suits' star told Oprah she was an "only child", despite sharing the same father in Thomas Markle as Samantha and her brother, Thomas Markly Jr. The 40-year-old royal and her husband, Prince Harry, sat down for a tell-all interview with Oprah Winfrey last year and Samantha Markle has been left unimpressed by the "rags to royalty" narrative detailed by the duchess, which she claims is false.


Meghan, Duchess of Sussex is being sued by her half-sister.
