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Epic Humiliation for Meghan as Eugenie’s Copy of Her Empirically Terrible Children’s Book Turns Up on eBay

A first edition of The Bench, inscribed to Princess Eugenie and Jack, is on sale for £19,999, or 24 easy payments via PayPal. Win a 12-month free subscription by imagining Eug’s apology message!

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Tom Sykes
Oct 02, 2026
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It seems the private reviews were no better than the public ones.

Meghan Markle was facing a new humiliation on Friday morning after a personally inscribed copy of her much mocked children’s book, The Bench, apparently abandoned by Princess Eugenie and Jack Brooksbank, turned up for sale on eBay with a £19,999 ($26,400) price tag.

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