Over the five years since Meghan Markle ascended from barely recognisable actress to Duchess of Sussex, you might have formed certain opinions about the Markle family — in particular, Meghan’s father, Thomas, and half-sibling, Samantha. You may, for example, think of them as the kind of trashy people who would sell staged paparazzi photos of themselves, pass private correspondence to newspapers and call Meghan “Princess Pushy” to journalists. She writes: ‘Our lives have not always been easy, and no one is perfect. We have, laughed, agreed, disagreed, and forgiven each other, which is what makes families so special’.

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The autobiography is expected to be critical of Meghan’s alleged treatment of her father, Thomas Markle, and other relatives. She continued: "Everything the public thought was going on behind the scenes, was a social construct taken from fragments of gossip." According to the description of the book in its press release, she claims that when it comes to Meghan ‘things are not always as they seem’ and sometimes the ‘truth is stranger than fiction’. Published by Barnes & Noble, Samantha Markle’s book about Meghan has the dishy title "The Diary of Princess Pushy's Sister Part 1". Trolls have seized the review section of the book’s online profile and thoroughly trashed the tome. This despite the fact that it has a publish date of February 1, so there’s little chance many of them have even read it. Meghan’s father participated in a documentary about his famous daughter last year, but hopes that this new effort will provide viewers a more “complete” picture.Promising readers that the ‘truth is stranger than fiction’ she also recounts their upbringing and the rivalries between the pair when their father was still married to Meghan’s mother Doria Ragland. Meghan Markle is famously estranged from her father, after he was highly indiscreet about her with the press during the lead-up to her wedding, and also from her book-writing half-sister Samantha. He continued: “We had a good life together, up through her first marriage and her move to Canada. Then a new story begins! It’s kind of like ‘What happened to my baby girl.’” In the dedication to the book, Samantha says that her family ‘collided with history in an unexpected but relatable way’. Their relationship was put under the spotlight around the time Meghan’s engagement to Harry was announced in 2017.

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Considering Samantha heard this “through the grapevine,” it should probably be taken with a massive grain of salt. Either way, Meghan clearly wants to keep her relationship with her father private, so moving on. Samantha Markle, who has multiple sclerosis, also explained why she had decided to write the memoir. ‘It was a “Catch 22” situation, and as we all had bills to pay, and I am living with disability, I decided that when it was appropriate, and what I had to say seemed to have social utility, why should I not be compensated? Markle is suing them for publishing the contents of an anguished letter she sent to her father after her wedding, before which he blabbed about her to the media and conspired with paparazzo to stage fake candids of himself. According to Us Weekly, Samantha accuses her half-sister of being “belittling and controlling” toward their father, Thomas Markle, while he was paying for her education. She also alleges that Meghan “changed” when she joined the royal family and their father told her “she’s not the same” anymore. Samantha Markle announced plans last year for a second book which will be called In the Shadows of the Duchess.Defending her book’s integrity to Newsweek, Meghan Markle’s half sister Samantha insisted, "The book is insightful and relatable and with so much going on in the world today I think there is something in the book for everyone who seeks truth and a sense of humanity.” It begins with my life, my family, my love of theatre and television and how I got there,” said Markle, father to Meghan and the book-writing Samantha. “Then my life with Meghan, growing up, her school days until she went off to college, and when her career began.” According to the Telegraph, the Duchess has previously described claims made by Ms Markle as ‘absurd’. Close friends of the Duchess reportedly told the Daily Mail that Meghan felt she was being ‘taken advantage of’ by her sister. Samantha Markle has been repeatedly critical of the Duchess, even though they are understood not to have spoken in years. Meghan Markle’s half-sister releases Samantha has released her long awaited ‘tell-all’ book (Picture: PA)