Yahoo News Meghan Markle's half-sister: 'New book not a tell-all'
Samantha Markle has denied reports that her upcoming memoir is a "slamming tell-all" about her half-sister Meghan Markle.
The 52-year-old former actress was appearing on Good Morning Britain via video link from her home in Florida to confirm that although the book is titled The Diary of Princess Pushy's Sister, it will detail "interracial evolution" in the US from her family's perspective – and how it "intersects" with Meghan's relationship with Prince Harry.
The Suits star and Prince Harry have been together for over a year, and it was recently reported that Harry had introduced Meghan to the Queen amid rumours that a royal engagement could be imminent.
Samantha shares the same father as Meghan – Thomas Markle – but has a different mother. Meghan's mother Doria is African-American, while dad Thomas is Dutch-Irish.
Samantha also dismissed claims that she had branded her half-sibling "self-obsessed".
"The title [The Diary of Princess Pushy's Sister] is true," Samantha told GMB hosts Richard Madeley and Ranvir Singh.
"What is not true is this unbelievable swell that's been created that it's some sort of slamming tell-all. It's only a tell-all in that I recant beautiful nuances of our lives, our family home.
"More importantly, it has to do with the interracial evolution of this country through the lens of my life in my family since the civil rights act until present, and how that intersects with the recent events with my sister."
Samantha continued: "You know my feelings about it, my family's feelings about it and how sad it was going through it all. But it's more of a beautiful, warm, witty story of our lives and my life."
When Richard, who is currently standing in for presenter Piers Morgan, asked Samantha directly whether she thought Meghan was "self-obsessed", she replied: "Of course not.
"I just have to say, don't believe what you read in tabloids. If you didn't see me say it and you didn't hear it from a reliable source, you've got to remember that tabloids say incredibly far-fetched, horrible things about just about everybody."
Instead she described Meghan as "lovely, charming, and very lively", and suggested that the British public may be surprised at how much Meghan could accomplish for the country if she were to marry Harry, in terms of her philanthropy and humanitarian work.
"I think she will absolutely be a compliment to her role, and I think the British people and the world will be surprised," she went on. "There's so much the public doesn't know. [They'll be surprised] by how graceful and how lovely she is.
"I think that together, she and Prince Harry can bring so much to their role in global outreach, as a part of the royal family and in their humanitarian efforts.
"I think the world will be surprised and I think whether it is independently or together, they're both such incredible people with vast bodies of life experience."
And on whether Meghan is aware that she would be bringing a different ethnicity into the royal family, she added: "I can't really speak to that. She is definitely confident as a woman and her relationship and the love that they have.
"And that should speak for it and everything else. It almost seems a non-issue."
Good Morning Britain airs on weekday mornings on ITV.
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