Duchess Meghan
Her children’s book is inspired by her family life
Duchess Meghan with her son Archie and her husband Prince Harry at an appointment in 2019
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No plagiarism: “The Bench”, Duchess Meghan’s children’s book, was inspired by her own family life, reveals an insider.
On June 8th, the time has come: Then “The Bench” will appear, the first children’s book by Duchess Meghan (39). But no sooner was the book announced than rumors broke out that the story had been stolen. All nonsense is now defending an unspecified source, the 39-year-old to Us Weekly magazine: “The story is personal. It’s about her life with Prince Harry and her son Archie,” the insider said.
The claims that Meghan’s book was a plagiarism were “ridiculous” and would only come from the fact that she was known, it continues. That she needed to copy was more than untrue. It was speculated on the net that Meghan might have used “The Boy on the Bench” by the author Corrinne Averiss and the illustrator Gabriel Alborozo.
Author takes sides with Meghan
The author herself defended Meghan on Twitter. She read the description and an excerpt from “The Bench” and “This is not the same story or the same motive as” The Boy on the Bench “,” explained Averiss. You see “no similarities”.
The publishing house Random House, which publishes the first children’s book by Duchess Meghan, explains on his homepage under othersm that the book shows “the special relationship between father and son through the eyes of a mother”. Meghan also explains in a statement: “‘The Bench’ started as a poem that I wrote for my husband on Father’s Day, the month after Archie was born.” This poem has become the story of the book.