In a witness statement, Mr. Knauf revealed that Meghan had provided briefing points she wanted him to share with the authors, Omid Scobie and Carolyn Durand. This included the fact that her contact with her half-siblings was “very minimal" while she was growing up. The claim comes as part of Associated Newspapers Limited appeal against last February’s ruling that the Mail on Sunday’s decision to publish a private letter from Meghan to her father Thomas Markle was unlawful. Mr. Kanuf said that the book was “discussed directly with the duchess multiple times in person and over email.” He also claims to have emailed Meghan’s husband Harry with regard to the book, who said that they should be careful to distance themselves from the biography while perhaps being able to use it to their advantage. “I totally agree that we have to be able to say we didn’t have anything to do with it,” the Duke of Sussex said. “Equally, you giving the right context and background to them would help get some truths out there.” In a witness statement, Meghan said, “I accept that Mr. Knauf did provide some information to the authors for the book and that he did so with my knowledge, for a meeting that he planned for with the authors in his capacity as communications secretary. The extent of the information he shared is unknown to me. “When I approved the passage … I did not have the benefit of seeing these emails and I apologise to the court for the fact that I had not remembered these exchanges at the time. I had absolutely no wish or intention to mislead the defendant or the court.” The Sussexes have always claimed that they did not cooperate with the authors of Finding Freedom. These revelations may compromise Meghan’s claim that the publication of her letter to her father violated her expectation of privacy. Text messages from Meghan to Mr. Knauf show her awareness that Thomas Markle could potentially leak the letter. “Obviously everything I have drafted is with the understanding that it could be leaked, so I have been meticulous in my word choice,” she told Mr. Knauf. She also mentioned that the language she used, including the use of the word “Daddy”, had the potential to “pull at the heartstrings” in the event that her father leaked the letter, as it would not cast him in a good light. Next up, Look at Elizabeth Debicki Wearing Princess Diana’s Infamous ‘Revenge Dress’ In Season 5 of The Crown!
