By Harriet Alexander and Martin Robinson Chief Reporter for Web 03:34 November 17, 2023, updated 04:05 November 17, 2023
- The Duchess of Sussex attended Variety magazine’s “Power of Women” gala in Los Angeles on Thursday evening
- The magazine gave awards to Margot Robie for producing Barbie, and also included actress Carey Mullins, Leonardo DiCaprio, Oprah Winfrey and Dua Lipa
- The soiree came as Meghan Markle and Prince Harry denied claims made by their former ally Omid Scobie in the new book
Meghan Markle attended a gala in Los Angeles on Thursday night as she and Prince Harry tried to distance themselves from her former ally Omid Scobie’s latest book.
Markle was among those who gathered for Variety magazine’s Power of Women gala. She was the cover star for her
This year’s honorees included Carey Mulligan, singer Fantasia Barrino, “Killers of the Flowers Moon” star Lily Gladstone and Billie Eilish – who performed “What Was I Made For” with her brother Finneas O’Connell.
The magazine gave the Producer of the Year award to Margot Robie, who produced Barbie, and an Alumni Award to Emily Blunt.
Other attendees included Leonardo DiCaprio, Dua Lipa, Emerald Fennell, Oprah Winfrey and Riley Keough, according to Variety.
Prince Harry did not appear to be present.
The soiree came as the Sussexes sought to refute Scobie’s claim in his new book that Markle and Prince Harry were kept in the dark about the queen’s impending death.
The 42-year-old appeared to attend the event in Los Angeles without her husband, Prince Harry. The mother of two is reportedly looking to move closer to Hollywood as she and her husband look to expand their brand and media careers
In an excerpt from his latest book, Endgame, Scobie claims that Prince Harry was “kept in the dark” about the Queen’s health in the hours before her death and that Prince William feels he has “lost Harry and doesn’t want it.” .” I know this version of him.
Scobie, who previously published a biography of the Sussexes called “Finding Freedom,” said Harry, 39, and his wife Meghan, 42, had “no idea” that the royal family was preparing for the queen’s death last year prepared.
Nevertheless, Web understands that Meghan and Harry are categorically denying any claims that they are “connected” to the book.
They also deny that Scobie – who was friends with the Duke and Duchess of Sussex and co-wrote their biography “Finding Freedom” – is part of the “Sussex Camp”.
Experts said the new book by the Sussexes’ most popular royal reporter threatens a possible thaw in relations between the king and his youngest son.
The rejection came after Harry and Meghan presented the king with an olive branch on his 75th birthday.
Harry is believed to have called his father on Tuesday – and they have reportedly agreed to chat again next week.
The Duchess of Sussex was also said to have spoken to her father-in-law from their home in California, while the couple’s children Archie, four, and Lilibet, two, recorded a video singing happy birthday to their grandfather.
Royal courtiers are said to be furious at claims from Harry and Meghan’s biographer Omid Scobie, who claims the Prince of Wales ignored the Duke of Sussex’s calls as he ran to the Queen’s bed (pictured) in Scotland last September Last year, Mr Scobie said there was “no evidence” that King Charles called his youngest son during the Queen’s death, according to the Mirror
In “Endgame,” Mr. Scobie recounts how the Sussexes had visited the United Kingdom for a series of engagements in September 2022 when the palace announced that Queen Elizabeth had been ordered by her doctors to rest.
He writes: “The next morning, the Sussexes had no idea that Buckingham Palace was already planning 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 them.”
Meghan told her husband to pick up the phone, and he answered the call “just before it ended,” the author wrote.
He continues: “Harry hadn’t spoken to his father much that year, but this was not the time for tension between father and son.” Charles told him that he and Camilla were leaving Dumfries House for Balmoral, where Princess Anne was already was at the queen’s side. He told Harry to set off for Scotland immediately.’
Harry texted his brother William asking how he and Kate were planning their trip to Scotland and whether they could travel together, but received no response, Mr Scobie claims.
He was later told that Harry had managed to secure a flight with his uncles Prince Andrew and Prince Edward.
Prince Harry, Meghan Markle with King Charles and Queen Camilla at the late queen’s funeral last year. Harry reportedly hadn’t spoken to his father for a long time. Omid Scobie will use his new book to launch a volley of attacks on the royal family. An emotional Harry travels to Balmoral in a official car after the Queen’s death was announced to the nation The Prince and Princess of Wales accompany the Duke and Duchess of Sussex on a walkabout in Windsor to mourn mourners following the Queen’s death in September to meet in 2022
“It was disturbing to witness,” a source close to the Sussexes claimed, Mr Scobie said. ‘[Harry] was completely on his own.’
Mr Scobie claims that palace “sources” informed certain newspapers that Charles had personally broken the news of the Queen’s illness to his son. He quoted a friend of the Duke’s as saying that Harry was “devastated” by this.
Journalists make new claims about William and Harry’s damaged relationship.
The author also points out that the relationship between William and Harry is beyond repair as the Prince of Wales sees his brother as a “turncoat.”
And in the excerpt shared with People, he claims “there is no turning back” for the brothers and “absolutely nothing has changed” since the Duke of Sussex released Spare earlier this year.
A Buckingham Palace spokesman declined to comment on Endgame, due out on November 28, when contacted by Web.