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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Lifestyle
Katie Strick

Omid Scobie: the baby-faced ex-Tabloid reporter who became 'Meghan's mouthpiece'

For someone who claims he's not friends with the Sussexes, Omid Scobie certainly does a good job of making the opposite seem true.

Over the last seven years, the baby-faced former tabloid and K-pop reporter claims he's shared hugs and personal phone calls with the Duchess and was even chosen to attend her intimate final engagement as a working royal back in 2020. How does he know so much about Harry and Meghan ("Megs"), then, if he's not their friend, critics have asked. And why would he lay into every member of the royal family except for them in his latest book?

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