Meghan Markle Is Accused of Plagiarizing Her Book & the Author She Allegedly Copied Responded
More to the story. Meghan Markle’s book is accused of plagiarizing The Boy on the Bench, another children’s book, but there’s at least one important person who thinks there’s no merit to the claims: Corrinne Averiss, the author of The Boy on the Bench, herself.
The Duchess of Sussex announced on Tuesday, May 4, that she will be publishing a children’s book titled The Bench on June 8. The book is inspired by Meghan’s husband Prince Harry‘s relationship with their son Archie Harrison Mountbatten Windsor.
“The Bench started as a poem I wrote for my husband on Father’s Day, the month after Archie was born,” Meghan said in a press release. “That poem became this story. Christian [Robinson] layered in...