The Telegraph values your comments but kindly requests all posts are on topic, constructive and respectful. Please review our To Tom Bower’s list of the world’s great villains – Klaus Barbie, Robert Maxwell, Jeremy Corbyn – we can now add the Duchess of Sussex. His latest biography, Revenge, takes Meghan’s carefully-constructed image and puts it through the shredder. verifyErrors }}{{ message }}{{ /verifyErrors }}{{ Claims of Meghan’s diva behaviour appear in every chapter. There are also lengthy accounts of the misery allegedly endured by the Kensington Palace team in the face of Meghan’s demands. During a trip to Fiji, Bower reports – albeit lifted from a newspaper, not his own research – one aide was seen “with tears running down her face… humiliation etched on her features”. More problematic, though, is Bower’s bias. His eagerness to paint Meghan in the most unattractive light leads him to do her down on everything: he is even scathing about her cookery skills. Meanwhile, the Duchess of Cambridge is elevated to the position of a saint. When the women attend Wimbledon together, “beside the taller, authoritative future queen, [Meghan] appeared diminished”. Oh, come on; both women are beautiful.

Tom Bower’s new book about Meghan Markle and Prince Harry is out now – here’s how to read the biography