Tom Bower's much-discussed biography of the Sussex family, Revenge (open in new tab), has been released in the UK

: dozens of chapters, each titled with just one word, from "Thomas" and "Hilary" to "Farewell" and "Rebound", all of which provocatively promises to reveal details.

In the chapter titled "College," Bower reflects on Meghan Markle's time as an undergraduate at Northwestern University and her experiences as a mixed-race student there.

"She chose a private, highly selective college known for its preference for wealthy, well-connected white students," Bower writes. She knew no one there."

And he quotes from an essay she wrote for ELLE in 2015, long before joining the royal family in 2018, about the racism Markle herself encountered at school.

"I tried," she wrote.

"Navigating a closed mind to the point that a dorm mate I met my first week of college asked if my parents were still together. Your mother is black and your father is white, right?

"I smiled meekly and waited to see what would come out of her pursed lips next. 'You're divorced? I nodded. Oh, I see."

"To this day, I still don't fully understand what she meant, but I understood the implication. And I pulled back: afraid to open the Pandora's box of discrimination, I sat there, stifling my voice."

Markle has faced racism in various forms throughout her life and has been very open about it for a long time. In particular, she and Prince Harry recounted an interview on Oprah when members of the royal family asked them about what color Archie would be when he was born.