Finding Freedom: My Thoughts on the Latest Book about Harry and Meghan

Y’all know how much I love the royal family. I remember my mom explaining to me when Princess Diana was killed, but my true love came when William and Kate got engaged and I eagerly awaited their royal wedding. Fast forward when Harry first announced his engagement to Meghan and my obsession really began 🙂

Finding Freedom was just released last week by two British royal reporters–Omid Scobie, who I already subscribe and listen to his podcast weekly, and Carolyn Durand, who I’ve never even heard of.

First, I want to begin by saying that I absolutely LOVED this book. Because I listen to a few different royals-based podcasts, I’ve learned how the royal media works (the Royal Rota)…and it’s crazy. I realized a while ago that Omid Scobie is a trusted reporter who sticks to the facts and is one of the reasons why he’s been allowed to get the inside scoop on some of H & M’s news. I really appreciated the note in the back of this book from the authors explaining that they made sure each fact in this book had two sources so it could be verified as the truth.

I loved the details the authors included in this book. I enjoyed getting to read about H & M’s pre-engagement days and how they were able to take a few trips without the media ever finding out or about how they actually were engaged before he proposed in the kitchen at Nottingham Cottage while she was roasting chicken (you need to read to find out the whole story!).

I loved reading about the details of their wedding and reception since their reception was kept private. When I read what their first dance song was, I immediately had to look it up on Apple music to hear it, and I have to say, it really sounds like the perfect song for them. Oh, and I can’t forget the morning of the wedding and reading about how calm and relaxed Meghan was listening to a playlist she made on Spotify.

Here’s what I found to be the most interesting (and also infuriating): we all know the British royal family has a “never complain, never explain” policy….which is fine because it seems to keep them out of the drama and above the fold. Except when it came to the outrageous stories being printed about Meghan, H & M were never allowed to release any statements refuting the claims while Kensington Place was able to immediately release a statement refuting the claim that Kate got baby botox???? I remember reading about Meghan being upset the Queen wouldn’t allow her to borrow a certain tiara for her wedding, but when I read what actually happened, it couldn’t be farther from the truth–and I’m actually not a fan of the Queen’s personal dresser now, Angela Kelly.

The authors said they wrote this book because so many false and untrue stories were being published about H & M and they wanted the truth to be out there. They knew of certain events that had happened and then when stories were published about them, things were made up or fabricated.

I HIGHLY RECOMMEND Finding Freedom because I think you’ll find it as fascinating as I did! And when you read it, please come back and tell me your thoughts! I tried talking to Dustin about it, but he’s about as interested in it as I am in his hunting shows lol!