Text messages from Meghan Markle to a former aide have revealed that Prince Harry was subjected to ‘constant berating’ from the royal family over Meghan’s estranged relationship with her father.
Mr Knauf, the former communications secretary to the Sussexes, claimed the duchess wrote the letter with the understanding it may be leaked. She wrote in her evidence: "It was only when my father began criticising the royal family...that senior members of the family and their advisers expressed their concern over the public attacks, and expressed their desire to have them stopped.”
"They fundamentally don't understand, so at least by writing H will be able to say to his family 'she wrote him a letter and he's still doing it'. Andrew Caldecott QC, representing ANL, said that the article falsely presented Mr Markle as giving "a cynical and self-interested response ignoring her pleas for reconciliation in a loving letter".
In his witness statement, Mr Knauf said the book was "discussed on a routine basis", which was "discussed directly with the duchess multiple times in person and over email".