Finding Freedom Quotes

“Racism in the UK takes a different form than it does in the United States, but there is no mistaking its existence and how engrained it is. A major theme of racism in the UK centers on the question of who is authentically “British.” It can come through in subtle acts of bias, micro-aggressions such as the Palace staffer who told the biracial co-author of this book, “I never expected you to speak the way you do,” or the Daily Mail headline, “Memo to Meghan: We Brits Prefer True Royalty to Fashion Royalty.” While their columnist was criticizing Meghan for her Vogue editorials, there was another way to read it, and that was that to be British meant to be born and bred in the UK—and be white.”
― Omid Scobie, Finding Freedom: Harry, Meghan, and the Making of a Modern Royal Family

“If he worried that he was bringing along a high-maintenance Hollywood actress on safari, Harry was delightfully surprised by Meghan’s down-to-earth attitude. While camping, she cleaned her face with baby wipes and happily wandered into the woodlands if she needed a bathroom break.”
― Omid Scobie, Finding Freedom: Harry and Meghan and the Making of a Modern Royal Family

“Money in the bank doesn’t mean money to spend” was the advice her father gave her as a teen, and she still took that to heart.”
― Omid Scobie, Finding Freedom: Harry, Meghan, and the Making of a Modern Royal Family

“Immediately he began to think about how he would achieve the right look: natural but effervescent, almost “lit from within.”
― Omid Scobie, Finding Freedom

“place in their hearts,” according to a source”
― Omid Scobie, Finding Freedom: Harry, Meghan, and the Making of a Modern Royal Family