Seven glaring Endgame errors from ‘lazy’ Kate to Queen’s death and Camilla phone call

The explosive new royal book that promises to detail moments that the Firm “should be ashamed of” has finally been released.[1] Endgame by royal biographer Omid Scobie[2] finally hit shelves today with a raft of bombshells about the likes of Prince Harry[3], Meghan Markle[4], King Charles and the Prince and Princess of Wales[5]. But those who have seen the book have been left scratching their heads at some of the content.

In fact, some experts and even TV host Piers Morgan have come out to dispute claims contained in Endgame, while others have pointed out inaccuracies that feature in it. Here we look at some of the errors and the disputed claims so far…

Queen death error

In the first part of the book, Mr Scobie charts the late Queen’s final days at Balmoral before her death on September 8, 2022. He writes about how family members raced to the Scottish estate in the monarch’s final hours and spent time with her after her passing.

Explosive new royal bombshells – ‘cold Kate, two racists, Charles’ Lilibet snub and Sophie screw-up’[6]The late Queen at her Platinum Jubilee celebrations (Getty Images)

He then states: “Each family member was given time alone with the Queen as she rested in peace.

A final moment in private before the world – which was informed of the sovereign’s passing at 6:10pm – was invited to join the royal family in grief.” However, as those that remember that day well will know, there was no announcement at 6.10pm. The announcement that confirmed the Queen’s death and Charles’ accession actually came at 6.30pm.

Kate’s staff claim

In the section of the book about the Princess of Wales, it states that she has had “five private secretaries” in six years and it’s something “you’d be unlikely to read about it in any British newspaper”. However, this claim has now been disputed.

According to the Telegraph[7], Kate has only had three private secretaries in that time and is currently in the process of appointing a new one. Meanwhile the publication also points out just this week, it ran a story reporting on Kate’s staff issuing – despite the claim otherwise.

Kate ‘lazy claims’

One royal who comes in for major criticism in the book is the Princess of Wales. In it, Mr Scobie paints an unflattering picture of Kate[8], who he claims works ‘part time’ and has earned herself the nickname ‘Katie Keen’ because the palace press office hides her reportedly lower workload by saying she is ‘keen to learn’.

Implying that she does less than other senior, working royals, he says her position is one other parents could ‘only dream of’, and insists she ‘does not plan to increase her workload for 10-15 years’ until her children are grown. Drawing comparisons between Kate and Meghan, he says Kate isn’t known for her ‘leadership and outgoing nature’, unlike Meghan. Furthermore, he claims Kate ‘often stumbles on her words’ when speaking in public and that she desperately didn’t want to appear on Blue Peter in 2019, describing her as a ‘bag of nerves’ who was ‘well out of her comfort zone’.

Kate with husband Prince William (PA)

However, according to royal expert Richard Kay, the description of Kate is “at odds with the facts”.

Writing in the Daily Mail,[9] he said of Kate : “Here is a woman who, in fact, behaves like a textbook royal. She does not show off, she is discreet, she does not complain. When she performs often tedious public engagements she does so with poise and a dazzling smile that gives every appearance of enthusiasm.

She is also, thanks to her upbringing, relatable. “Kate instinctively understands that image and image-making is crucially important in the business of defining monarchy and spreading it around the world as an ideal.”

Piers Morgan’s Camilla claim dispute

One figure mention in the book who has gone public with his dispute of the content in it is Talk TV host Piers Morgan. The book alleges Queen Camilla shares a close relationship with former Good Morning Britain[10] host Piers Morgan and that she “quietly thanked him for defending the Firm” in the wake of Harry and Meghan’s explosive Oprah interview.

Piers quit the ITV[11] breakfast show saying he refused to apologise for his comments about Meghan, where he nicknamed her ‘Princess Pinnochio”.

Piers Morgan denied having phone calls with Queen Camilla (Mark Thomas/REX/Shutterstock)

But on his Talk TV show last night[12], Piers said: “On one occasion he states as a fact that I had regular phone conversations with Queen Camilla. For the record, I have never had a single phone conversation with Queen Camilla. Now he says as a fact in this book, that we had regular phone conversations, that, I personally know, is an absolute lie.

“He also says that when I said on Good Morning Britain that Meghan Markle[13] was Princess Pinocchio on air, that apparently she reached out to me – Queen Camilla – to thank me for standing up for The Firm. I had zero with Queen Camilla around that time at all… Nothing.

Nothing. I did however, as I said publicly at the time, have conversations with several other members of the royal family and it wasn’t Queen Camilla.”

Princess Diana conspiracy

In one part of the book, Mr Scobie write about how Princess Diana died following in a car crash in Paris in August 1997 alongside Dodi Al-Fayed as well as their driver, Henri Paul. It claims the the accident happened[14] after Mr Paul was blinded by a “major white flash” from a camera.

Endgame alleges Henri then lost control of the car at 65mph before crashing into a concrete pillar. The theory was part of Mohamed Al-Fayed’s[15], Dodi’s father, claims that the accident was part of a Royal Family plot. He claimed it was actually secret service agents who blinded the driver in a bid to make the crash look like an accident.

However, both French authorities and former Met Police chief Lord Stevens dismissed the suggestion after a thorough investigation.

Prince William ‘distanced’ himself from his brother

Princes William and Harry have become estranged in recent years, with the Duke of Sussex making some serious allegations against his brother. In his Netflix[16] show, Harry claimed he was left “terrified” when William “screamed and shouted” at him during a meeting to discuss his royal future and in his memoir Spare, Harry recounts a physical altercation with his brother. And in Endgame, it is claimed that William distanced himself from Harry following the latter’s wedding to Meghan in 2018.

However, the once ‘Fab Four’ were seen attending a number of events together after this, including Christmas[17] in 2018.

Estranged brothers Prince William and Prince Harry (POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

Their rift became apparent a year after Harry and Meghan’s wedding. In October 2019, Harry spoke about growing apart from his brother during ITV[18]‘s documentary Harry & Meghan: An African Journey. “Look, we’re brothers, we’ll always be brothers. And we’re certainly on different paths at the moment, but I’ll always be there for him, as I know he’ll always be there for me,” he said.

‘Charles ruined his marriage single-handedly’

Meanwhile the new book paints Charles as a cheating husband who “ruined Princess Diana’s life”.

While the monarch admitted to cheating on his wife during their marriage, she also admitted to having affairs. Diana admitted to being in love with her bodyguard Barry Mannakee. In private recordings with her voice coach, which were released after Diana’s death, she described him as her “greatest love”.

She also said she would have been “quite happy to give all this up and to just go off and live with him. And he kept saying he thought it was a good idea too.” James Hewitt also claimed to have had a relationship with Diana from 1986 to 1991. Charles had previously had a relationship with Camilla in the early 70s and the pair remained close, despite both marrying other people.

According to People[19], the former couple resumed their physical relationship in 1986 during their marriages.

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