MEGHAN & KATE’S BOOK BATTLE
TENSIONS ARE HIGH AS THE DUCHESSES GO HEAD-TO-HEAD IN A LITERARY SHOWDOWN
Last week, Duchess Meghan unveiled a secret project she’d been working on – a children’s book called The Bench, about the sweet relationship between father and son, which she dedicated to her husband.
In a statement, Meghan revealed that the concept for the book was inspired by a poem she wrote for Prince Harry on his first Father’s Day.
The book is set to be released next month, but insiders couldn’t help pointing out the curious timing of Meghan’s announcement, which came just days before her sister-in-law, Duchess Kate, released her own book project, Hold Still, a photo series of Brits during the pandemic.
“There was some tea spat at Kensington Palace when Meghan came out with this book, that’s for sure,” a source tells New Idea.
“Not only is she writing about relationships with dads – which is ironic given she’s iced out her own dad and played a huge part in the destruction of Harry’s relationship with Prince Charles – but it also looks a lot like she’s attempting to steal Kate’s thunder.”
What’s more, online commentators have also blasted Meghan’s foray into the literary world on social media, claiming that the book appears to be very similar to another children’s book, The Boy on the Bench, which is also about a little kid on a bench with his dad.
That book’s author, Corrinne Averiss, dismissed the claims on Twitter, insisting: “This is not the same story or same theme.”
It wouldn’t be the first time Meghan has come under fire for plagiarism, with the Duchess of Sussex also being accused of copying the British Vogue cover she guest edited back in 2016.