While royal watchers frequently praise Princess Kate for her dedication to the monarchy, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's longstanding advocate Omid Scobie criticized the Princess of Wales in his biography “Endgame.”
"She was wrongly dubbed a 'Stepford Wife' in the past, which was really wrong because she's able to do so many things. She's focusing so hard on the things that she does for young kids and the work supporting the king and Prince William but also she's a young woman," Robert Jobson said, as per Newsweek.
Princess Kate and Prince William devote the most of their time to their three children, Prince George, Princess Charlotte, and Prince Louis. As a result, they frequently take the summer off in order to spend time with their children.
"She's got a young family. She wants to spend a lot of time devoted to them with the three young children as well as supporting William, so I think she's a great role model in the way she does what she does. She is not I think someone who wants to cause dramas, she gets on with the job in hand. She's a solution finder really, rather than someone that creates problems,” Robert shared.
Omid clarified his comments on U.K. show "This Morning." "It said 'Stepford Wife-like.’ I think that the whole section of the book, if you read it in detail talks about that A) she's never puts a step wrong, but also that the role does require that kind of stately detachment and, and it compared her to the queen in a very favorable way, actually. But of course, if you compare that to say, everyday folk, there is a very reserved, almost Stepford-like approach to the position," he stated.
Aside from his commentary about Princess Kate's approach to duty, “Endgame” rehashed the infamous royal racists scandal. OK! Magazine previously reported Dutch copies of the book claimed Princess Kate and King Charles were the unnamed royals who gossiped about Prince Archie's complexion.
A source who did not wish to be identified stated that Meghan "never intended" for the information to be made public, and that the titles were "not leaked to Mr. [Omid] Scobie by anyone in her camp." In the event that the disaster took place, Omid stated that it was due to a "translation error," while Saskia Peeters, who was the translator, provided a different assessment.
"As a translator, I translate what is in front of me. The names of the royals were there in black and white. I did not add them. I just did what I was paid to do and that was translate the book from English into Dutch,” Saskia said.
Even though Omid portrayed the Princess of Wales in a negative light, the continued health struggles that Princess Kate and King Charles are experiencing have made them more approachable to the general population.
"This unfortunate health battle has not only brought the king and his daughter-in-law closer, but it’s also endeared them to millions of people around the world who have dealt with a scary cancer diagnosis themselves or that of a loved one," Shannon Felton Spence, former British public affairs official, explained.
Business Times has reached out to Princess Kate for comments.
