Prince William ‘blindsided’ by Harry’s ‘California importance’ after royal split

The Royal Family were reportedly “blindsided” by Harry and Meghan publicly bemoaning “their ‘oh so California’ self-importance”. The Sussexes biographer Omid Scobie makes the allegations in his new book Endgame.

In the book he also alleges that Prince William believes his younger brother has been “brainwashed by an army of therapists”.

The Welsh biographer makes a slew of claims, including that the Prince of Wales blanked Prince Harry’s phone calls prior as the Queen lay dying in Balmoral.

Royal insiders have poured cold water on the allegations however, with one telling the Mirror: “It appears no matter what happens behind closed doors, even in a time of such pain and grief, that where the Royal Family are concerned it will one day emerge.

“Nothing is off limits with William and Kate appearing to be this author’s number one target. It only takes a few months for the knives to come out again and the wounds to be opened up”.

Mr Scobie alleges that Harry had to “operate in the dark” when trying to make it to Scotland to be with his dying grandmother, as his brother refused to respond when he asked how he and Kate were making it Scotland.

The royal expert lays out how the US-based royals travelled to Britain for a number of engagements in September last year, after the Queen had been advised by her doctors to rest.

He alleged: “By the next morning, the Sussexes had no idea that Buckingham Palace was already planning for the Queen’s final hours and the first days of the monarchy’s new era — until the duke’s phone started ringing. An unknown number. He usually ignored those.”

The 42-year-old biographer went on: “Harry hadn’t spoken to his father much that year, but this was not the time for any father-and-son tension. Charles told him he and Camilla were about to leave Dumfries House for Balmoral, where Princess Anne was already by the Queen’s side. He told Harry to make his way to Scotland immediately.”

Mr Scobie took to X, formerly Twitter, to discuss his new book, which comes out later this month.

He said: “And let’s get this nonsense out the way – #ENDGAME is about the current state of the British Royal Family.

“It’s not “Harry and Meghan’s book”, I’m not “Meg’s pal”, the Sussexes have nothing to do with it, their story is a small part of a much bigger one you can read in 12 days.”