Amazon has limited reviews of the explosive new biography of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle Finding Freedom following ‘notification of unusual activity’ on the site.
The controversial biography of the Duke, 35, and Duchess of Sussex, 39, and written by Omid Scobie and Carolyn Durand, was released earlier this month and was quickly topped the list of media bestsellers. to reach giant, when royal fans advised to pre-order their copy, while also hitting the number one spot on UK and US sites.
But it has now emerged that fan accounts for the couple have encouraged the ‘Sussex Squad’ supporters to write their own positive reviews and vote on existing posts about the book in an attempt to raise its rating.
Amazon has now placed restrictions on who can check the title, with a message read online: ‘Amazon has noticed unusual review activity on this product. Because of this activity, we have restricted this product to controlled purchase prices. ‘
Amazon has limited reviews of Prince Harry, 35, and Meghan Markle’s, 39,’s explosive new biography Finding Freedom to ‘unusual activity notification’ on its site
Some fan accounts for the Duke and Duchess have mobilized a campaign to give the book five-star reviews because they believe there is a rival attempt to leave bad reviews on Amazon.
One Twitter user commented: ‘There’s an organized attempt to leave bad reviews for Finding Freedom on Amazon and to mark hateful reviews as’ useful ‘so that they appear first.’
Another wrote: ‘#SussexSquad, the trolls conquer all negative reviews on Amazon by rating them as useful (some are rated by at least 400 people).
‘If you have time, please check out the positive reviews. Please share, thanks. ‘
The explosive biography, released earlier this month, provides intimate and personal details about the life of the duke and duchess in the royal family
Another person added: ‘I hear that the #SussexSquad has launched an operation to hide and remove negative reviews about Finding Freedom on Amazon.
‘Sorry but just because you disagree with negative reviews – it does not mean they should be deleted, deleted or hidden.’
Meanwhile, other Twitter users said their reviews were rejected following the move by the online retailer.
One person commented: ‘My review of Finding Freedom was rejected. Seriously? It was civilization. ‘
Sussex fan accounts gathered others online to review biographies and rate positive reviews as ‘helpful’
The biography currently has 3.8 out of 5 on the UK site, with almost 1000 reviews from readers.
It comes after the book was declared a bestseller with 31,000 copies sold in the UK in the first five days of its release, according to new figures from data provider Nielsen Book.
The book also topped charts of charts from Amazon US and Amazon UK.
The biography offers a window into the lives of Meghan and Harry during their time as senior royals, and is full of details about their shock exit from the royal family.
The bombshell biography, Finding Freedom, by Omid Scobie and Carolyn Durand is officially a bestseller. (Image: Prince Harry and Megahn on 7 January in London)
It deals with the expected rift between brothers Harry and William, 38, as well as the relationship between their wives.
The Duke and Duchess claim they were not interviewed for the book, providing a high level of personal detail and a dramatic report of the events leading up to the Sussex’s departure from royal life.
Mr Scobie has given several high-profile interviews to publish the book in the week since its release.
Royal expert Katie Nicholl said the authors may be the ‘only winners’ of the publication of Finding Freedom.
Omid Scobie, the co-author of bombshell biography Finding Freedom (pictured) has provided a window into the couple’s life during their time as senior royals
Writing in Vanity Fair, she asked if the book ‘was worth it for Harry and Meghan’ before adding: ‘The irony of Finding Freedom is that, locked up in their rented house in LA, the Sussexes have less freedom than they did then’ t she lived in Windsor. ‘
Meanwhile, she added that the authors of the book write that the monarchy had lost two of its greatest assets.
She concluded: ‘They, maybe, maybe the only winners in this rather sad story.’
The book had reached number one on Amazon’s Top 10 New York bestseller list of 24 hours on the day of its pre-order release.
Meanwhile, in July, 14 days before its release, in addition to the biography also the list of bestsellers of the media giant, when royal fans rushed to order their copy.
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