Why Meghan Markle's Memoir May Struggle to Earn Readers' Respect

Meghan Markle is said to be working on a memoir, but experts predict major obstacles she may confront along the way. There has been much talk that Meghan Markle is considering writing a memoir to complement her husband, Prince Harry's, Spare. The allegations are fueled by the Duke and Duchess of Sussex's four-book arrangement with Penguin Random House. As part of the agreement, Prince Harry has written his memoir Spare, which will be followed by Meghan's The Bench. Their third book is likely to be a fitness book, while the fourth is rumored to be Meghan, Duchess of Sussex's tell-all memoir.

A royal author, however, believes the Duchess would face a significant difficulty in producing a genuine account of her life. In an interview with Newsweek, Omid Scobie, who co-wrote 2020's Finding Freedom about the Sussexes' departure from royal duties, assessed what would be required for Meghan to write a successful biography. Scobie believes that in order to "gain the reader's respect," an author must provide a "completely human" and "transparent" image of themselves.

He stated that memoirs require candor, including possibly "embarrassing" aspects, rather than a "varnished image" that the subject seeks to convey. Scobie feels Harry's book will be more intriguing because he "has always been a very candid man, candid man."

Scobie, on the other hand, referred to Meghan's "more curated take on what her image is and how it should be." This indicates at the difficulty she may encounter in accurately recalling her experiences inside the royal family in a future book, if she decides to write one.