Meghan Markle's pal claims Royal Family's new mantra has become 'deflect and distract'

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Omid Scobie, Yahoo's Royal Executive Editor who co-wrote Meghan's biography 'Finding Freedom', made the claim this week, at the same time as news about Prince Charles allegedly taking a “bag of cash” as a donation to his charities, and that a report into alleged bullying by Meghan Markle was being “buried”.

Scobie claims that the new police from the Royal family has “risen within the institution of the monarchy”.READ MORE: Queen 'surprised' by Meghan and Harry's Lilibet name choice, socialite claimsHe pointed to the fact that when the news of the Prince of Wales allegedly accepting bags filled with cash was reported, his spokesman admitted it but then deflected with news of a meeting between Charles and granddaughter Lilibet last month.He explained: “The strategy worked, as later that day a quick news search for Prince Charles brought up a long list of headlines about his 'very emotional' time with Harry and Meghan’s two children.“You would have had to search further down the results to see his £3million mea culpa.“It was a similar scenario when the Royal Household revealed last week that, while Britain continues to struggle with a devastating cost-of-living crisis, the Royal Family has spent more money than ever.“The latest Sovereign Grant Report showed that in 2021-2022 the royals cost taxpayers £102.4 million ($122.9 million)—17% more than the previous year — and their travel costs had rocketed from £1.3m ($1.5m) to £4.5m ($5.4m).“Outrage over spending, including the £100,000 spent on just three royal train trips, made its way across more serious media outlets, but the news failed to make the front pages of the country’s most-read tabloids.“Instead, their headlines focused on something else - a suspiciously timed.