Royal author Tom Bower has fired back at Prince Harry and Meghan Markle after they slammed his upcoming book as a “deranged conspiracy and melodrama”.
Bower’s latest investigative biography, Betrayal, centres on the ongoing rift between the Sussexes and the British Royal Family, with an extract published in The Times ahead of its March 26 release.
The book follows his earlier work, Revenge, which famously described Meghan as “Duchess Difficult”.
Betrayal alleges Queen Camilla told a friend that Meghan was “brainwashing” Harry.
It also claims the Duchess of Sussex turned a 2022 speech at the One Young World conference into something largely focused on herself.
Bower said Prince William and his wife, Princess Catherine, viewed Meghan as a “divisive agent”, alleging Harry’s behaviour changed after their relationship began.
The Sussexes were quick to respond, issuing a strongly worded statement on Saturday, dismissing the book as a “deranged conspiracy and melodrama”.
But Bower has now escalated the feud, accusing the pair of “suffocating self-importance”, pointing to a recent Variety article examining their strained relationship with Netflix.
The Variety report, published on Tuesday, cited six “well-placed individuals with knowledge of Netflix and the Sussexes”, who claimed the couple’s partnership with the streaming giant fell well short of expectations.
“The Variety article endorses what I described in my book, Betrayal. The Sussexes are reaching the end of the road in Hollywood,” Bower told Express UK.
“Their behaviour, lack of original talent and suffocating self-importance has made it even more important for them to return to Britain in July, meet the King and be revalidated as royals.”
Bower added: “That option, I believe, will be denied to them. They face an increasingly tough future. That’s the price of betraying the Royal Family since Megxit.”
While the Sussexes are yet to respond further, their initial statement took direct aim at the author’s credibility.
“This is someone who has publicly stated, ‘the monarchy in fact depends on actually obliterating the Sussexes from our state of life,’ language that speaks for itself,” they said.
“Those interested in facts will look elsewhere; those seeking deranged conspiracy and melodrama know exactly where to find him.”
Amid the escalating media storm, the couple appear to be pressing on with business as usual from their Montecito mansion.
They have recently announced an upcoming visit to Australia in April, where Meghan is set to speak at a luxury Sydney retreat, with tickets priced at up to $3,300.
The mother of two is continuing to promote her lifestyle brand, As Ever, by sharing carefully curated glimpses of her seemingly perfect life on social media, despite the recent setback of Netflix pulling its funding.
However, Bower claims the couple are facing mounting financial pressure after the end of their major media deals.
“In autumn 2025, the Sussexes faced a harsh reality. The foreign tours and the Invictus competition had been lucrative, yet they were fast running out of money,” he wrote in Betrayal.
“With high security costs, they needed every year at least $3 million (£2.25 million) after paying tax to survive.”
Bower added: “The Netflix and Spotify contracts had come to an end. Both Sussexes relied on a dribble of money from Harry’s occasional speeches and Meghan’s endorsement of fashion brands.”
Bower also cast doubt over the success of Meghan’s business ventures, claiming reported figures did not stack up.
While no official sales data has been released for As Ever, he said “profits were assumed to be dire” despite claims Meghan had sold nearly one million jars of jam and generated “profits of $30 million” last year.
“Few thought that was credible,” he claimed.
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