Overview

• HarperCollins UK said Tuesday it removed passages referencing unverified claims about Melania Trump and is permanently pulling copies that contained them.
• Melania Trump shared the publisher’s statement on X, which included a direct apology to the first lady.
• The passages were in Andrew Lownie’s Entitled, an unauthorized biography of Prince Andrew that had claimed Jeffrey Epstein facilitated the Trumps’ introduction.
• Roughly 60,000 copies with the disputed reference were initially distributed, according to prior reporting, before the edits and recall.
• Her representatives cite her book stating she met Donald Trump at a New York party in 1998, as her lawyers secure retractions from outlets and commentators while Hunter Biden has declined to retract after receiving a $1 billion legal threat.