A bullying criticism was lodged towards the Duchess of Sussex by a senior member of Kensington Palace workers earlier than she and Prince Harry give up as working royals, it was dramatically claimed final night time.
The Times reported it was made in October 2018 by Jason Knauf, who labored as communications secretary to Harry and Meghan.
He is alleged to have claimed the duchess ‘drove two personal assistants out of the family and was undermining the arrogance of a third workers member’.
The newspaper says Mr Knauf, who now heads the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s charitable basis, seemingly acted to get Buckingham Palace to guard workers he claimed have been coming beneath insufferable strain from Meghan. It additional claims Harry ‘pleaded’ with him to not pursue the allegations.
The Times additionally reported a spokesman for the Sussexes vehemently denied the claims, saying they have been ‘the victims of a calculated smear marketing campaign based mostly on deceptive and dangerous misinformation’.
Sensationally, the couple’s legal professionals informed the newspaper it was ‘being utilized by Buckingham Palace to hawk a wholly false narrative’ earlier than this weekend’s interview with Oprah Winfrey.
They stated the duchess was ‘saddened by this newest assault on her character, notably as somebody who has been the goal of bullying herself and is deeply dedicated to supporting those that have skilled ache and trauma’.
A bullying criticism was lodged towards the Duchess of Sussex by a senior member of Kensington Palace workers earlier than she and Prince Harry give up as working royals, it was dramatically claimed final night time
The Mail additionally approached a spokesman for the Sussexes for remark. The Times stated it was contacted by sources who felt a ‘partial model’ had emerged of Meghan’s two years as a working royal.
It makes clear they wished to inform their aspect upfront of Sunday’s ‘inform all’ tv interview, which is prone to make uncomfortable viewing for Buckingham Palace.
The newspaper says Mr Knauf despatched his e mail to Simon Case, then the Duke of Cambridge’s personal secretary and now the cupboard secretary, after conversations with Samantha Carruthers, the pinnacle of HR. Mr Case then forwarded it to Miss Carruthers, who was based mostly at Clarence House.
In his e mail Mr Knauf additionally made clear he was involved nothing had been completed, or could be completed in future, to guard palace workers.
The Times quotes from his e mail, which is alleged to say: ‘I’m very involved the duchess was capable of bully two PAs out of the family up to now year. The remedy of X* was completely unacceptable.’
He added: ‘The duchess appears intent on all the time having somebody in her sights. She is bullying Y and in search of to undermine her confidence. We have had report after report from individuals who have witnessed unacceptable behaviour in the direction of Y.’
The Times reported it was made in October 2018 by Jason Knauf, who labored as communications secretary to Harry and Meghan
A bullying criticism was lodged towards the Duchess of Sussex by a senior member of Kensington Palace workers earlier than she and Prince Harry give up as working royals, it was dramatically claimed final night time
After Harry was informed concerning the criticism a supply insists he had a meeting with Mr Knauf during which he begged him to not pursue it, The Times says. Lawyers for the duke and duchess deny that any meeting came about.
The newspaper additionally claimed Meghan wore a pair of diamond earrings to a dinner in Fiji in 2018 that have been a marriage ceremony reward from Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia, stated by the US to have accredited the homicide of Jamal Khashoggi.
The dinner came about three weeks after the killing. At the time it was reported the earrings have been borrowed. The Times says Meghan doesn’t deny this was what she stated, regardless of being conscious of their provenance.
Lawyers for the duchess denied she had misled anybody about their provenance. The couple’s legal professionals informed The Times it was ‘being utilized by Buckingham Palace to hawk a wholly false narrative’ earlier than the interview.
Buckingham Palace declined to remark when contacted by the Mail. The duchess denies bullying and her legal professionals said that one particular person left after findings of misconduct.
The spokesman for the Sussexes stated in a assertion to The Times: ‘Let’s simply name this what it’s — a calculated smear marketing campaign based mostly on deceptive and dangerous misinformation. We are upset to see this defamatory portrayal of the Duchess of Sussex given credibility by a media outlet.
‘It’s no coincidence that distorted several-year-old accusations aimed toward undermining the duchess are being briefed to the British media shortly earlier than she and the duke are as a result of communicate brazenly and truthfully about their expertise of latest years.’
