Duchess Meghan sets record straight on “lavish” baby shower
Duchess Meghan has set the record straight about her highly publicised baby shower in New York, according to Hello! magazine.
She has denied previous reports that she intentionally left her mother, Doria Ragland, off the guest list as well as the price of the event as new court papers were filed on Friday about the baby shower.
"The suggestion that the Claimant (Meghan) deliberately left out her mother from her baby shower and ditched her in favour of her famous friends is untrue and offensive to her," Meghan's lawyers said.
"The Claimant’s mother was of course invited, and the Claimant also offered to buy her airline tickets. However, her mother was unable to attend due to work commitments.
The new paperwork filed by the Duchess of Sussex’s lawyers also mentioned the cost of the event as well as the amount of famous guests who attended, including Serena Williams, Amal Clooney, Jessica Mulroney and Gayle King.
“It was also untrue and offensive to suggest, as the article does, that ‘not a single guest had known [the Claimant] for more than a decade’. In fact, the true position was that the baby shower (which actually cost a tiny fraction of the $300k falsely stated in the article) was organised and hosted by one of her best friends from university; the fifteen guests who attended the shower were close friends and included long-term friendships some of which had existed for over 20 years."
In early October, Prince Harry and the Duchess of Sussex announced they were taking legal action against the British tabloid The Daily Mail over its publication of a private letter written by Meghan.
The couple allege it was published illegally and selectively edited to hide “lies” reported about her.