Omid Scobie’s Endgame has been dismissed as “royal tittle-tattle nonsense” by a reporter who has spent a quarter of a decade covering the monarchy.
Nicholas Witchell joined the BBC as a trainee journalist in 1976, before starting to cover the Royal Family 25 years ago. He has now opened up about all things royal as he prepares to retire next year.
In an article in the Sunday Times, Witchell has dismissed Scobie’s bombshell book Endgame. He also explained how he had to stop watching Netflix’s The Crown – because it deviated too far from reality.
Witchell says he felt it was “absolutely wrong” to fictionalise events happening to real people. The broadcaster certainly won’t be reading Endgame, a book he branded “classic royal nonsense”.
Referring to Endgame, Witchell wrote: “It seems to me he has woven together a lot of unsubstantiated tittle-tattle and hearsay, spiced with snippets that can only have come directly or indirectly from the Sussexes: classic royal nonsense.”
Scobie’s bombshell book made a series of allegations including comments about the Princess of Wales’ work load, two allegedly racist royals, and Prince Harry’s relationship with his family. It is the second book the author – known to many as Meghan’s cheerleader – has written about the Royal Family.
In 2020, he co-authored Finding Freedom: Harry and Meghan and the Making of A Modern Royal Family, which looked at the Sussexes and their breakaway from The Firm.
“It seems to me he has w o ven together a lot of unsubstantiated tittle-tattle and hearsay, spiced with snippets that can onl y have come directl y orindirectl y from the Susse xes: classic r o yal nonsense.”
