Now ‘Sussex cheerleader’ Omid Scobie is set to make fiction debut with book about a ‘young American woman who gets a job at Buckingham Palace and is thrust into hotbed of office politics’

Omid Scobie makes her royal fiction debut with a book about a ‘young American woman who leaves a White House press role for one at Buckingham Palace’.

The writer, who is seen as a cheerleader for Prince Harry and Meghan, is working on a title called ‘Royal Spin’ – billed as a ‘hilarious, fish-out-of-water romantic workplace comedy’.

The book, co-written with American young adult author Robin Benway, will see the character enter ‘a hotbed of office politics where tradition (almost) always wins’.

While the announcement has been styled ‘Scobie’s fiction debut’, royal officials are likely to await the release with trepidation given the huge controversy caused by the author’s previous two bombshell books – Endgame and Finding Freedom.

Sir. Scobie said the book announcement – revealed last night by Publishers Weekly website – was ‘exciting news’ and ‘marks the start of something very special’.

Rights have been acquired in North America by Liz Stein, managing editor of William Morrow, part of HarperCollins, in what was described as a ‘major’ deal.

The deal was brokered by United Talent Agency literary agents Albert Lee and Lisa Grubka – with the same agency selling foreign rights at this week’s London Book Fair.

Sir. Lee and Ms. Grubka described the book as “a funny, fish-out-of-water romantic workplace comedy about a young American woman who leaves a White House press role for one at Buckingham Palace, thrusting her into a hotbed of office politics. , where tradition (almost) always wins.’

And Mr Scobie said on X: ‘Some exciting news to share (via @PublishersWkly). Can’t wait to share more details about this project with you all. Today’s announcement marks the start of something very special.’

Mr. Benway also tweeted: “It’s been a while but here’s some exciting news!”

The announcement came hours after Mr Scobie hit out at Kensington Palace for a Kate Mother’s Day picture which the princess apologized for digitally manipulating.

Scobie tweeted: “It’s fair to say that most photos released by public figures’ offices have been retouched in some way, so *if* this was an isolated incident, it would just be an unfortunate mistake.

“But with the palace’s long history of lying, covering up and even issuing statements on behalf of family members without their permission (cc: Prince Harry), it’s becoming increasingly difficult for the public to believe a word (and now photo) they share. .Getting it back at this point is an almost impossible task.’

Earlier, Mr Scobie also wrote: ‘Wonder what it would be like if they had a good communications team?’ He also described the withdrawal of the images as ‘mysterious’.

Separately, he tweeted: ‘Lots to share this year. Needed some time to recharge and work on some new stuff.’

Sir. Scobie caused a huge royal race row last November in his book Endgame when the Dutch translation named two royals who were said to have asked what skin color Prince Archie would have before he was born.

The author is said to be close to Harry and Meghan and also co-authored the 2020 book Finding Freedom, a biography of the Sussexes, which chronicled the couple in glowing terms.

The Sussexes first made the claim that a royal had asked about their son’s skin color when they were interviewed by Oprah Winfrey in 2021.

According to details in Endgame, the two names came up in letters exchanged between Meghan and Charles in the wake of the Oprah interview.

The book – which claimed the identities of the two royals were Charles and Kate – also claimed the future of the monarchy is “in crisis” and it is in a “battle for survival”.