Omid Scobie

Omid Scobie is a British journalist and writer best known for co-authoring the book Finding Freedom. Scobie's work generally focuses on the British royal family.

Scobie was born in Wales and grew up in Oxford with his younger brother and parents, a Persian social worker mother and a British marketing director father. He attended Magdalen College School and then entered the sixth form at Cherwell School in Oxford. He studied journalism at the London College of Communication.^[1]

After a brief stint on a British celebrity magazine, Scobie became the European bureau chief on the American celebrity and entertainment magazine Us Weekly, where he stayed for a decade. Part of his role was reporting on royals. He became royal editor-at-large at Harper's Bazaar and the royal contributor at ABC News, appearing regularly on Good Morning America and hosting the network's royal podcast, the HeirPod.^[2]

In 2020, Scobie co-authored a book about Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex, and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, with American journalist Carolyn Durand. Finding Freedom: Harry and Meghan and the Making of A Modern Royal Family was published in August 2020 by HarperCollins.^[3] Within five days it had sold more than 31,000 copies in the United Kingdom and had secured the number one spot for hardback non-fiction on The Sunday Times bestseller list.^[4] In August 2021 a paperback edition of the book was released with a new epilogue covering events of the previous year.^[5]

Scobie lives in North London with French bulldog Yoshi.^[1]

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