Meghan Markle accused of ripping off children’s book series for animated Netflix show

The Duchess of Sussex, 43, is facing plagiarism claims from British children’s author Mel Elliott.

Elliott told the Daily Mail Friday that she sent legal letters to Markle over Markle’s cancelled animated Netflix show ‘Pearl’ bearing “striking similarities” to Elliott’s Pearl Power books.

“Meghan is a feminist who sticks up for other women, so I was disappointed and confused to see how similar Netflix’s proposed show ‘Pearl’ was to my own ‘Pearl Power,’ who had been created seven years earlier,” Elliott told the outlet.

“Of course, I can’t know if anyone on her t...
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