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When Prince Harry and Meghan Markle shared their decision to step away from their Royal roles in early 2020, the global audience lamented the abrupt end of the ‘Fab Four’.
It was reported that both Prince William and Kate were deeply upset by the couple’s unforeseen exit as they struggled to cope with the complex consequences of ‘Megxit’.
But the pair’s initial show of solidarity may, it has been suggested, have clashed with their true feelings behind closed doors.
However, it appears the Prince and Princess of Wales experienced some relief from their departure, as Meghan had allegedly ‘scolded a junior worker’ over wedding preparations, according to a royal author.
Tina Brown, in her bestselling book ‘The Palace Papers’, notes that the former Duke and Duchess of Cambridge preferred to work with their staff as a close-knit, professional team and were reportedly ‘stunned by Meghan’s treatment of their mutual staff’.
She continued, ‘An incident occurred during the wedding planning process where I was told Meghan reprimanded a junior employee for delaying an announcement due to a scheduling conflict with another senior royal household.’
An insider familiar with the situation prior to the wedding confided in Ms. Brown that although the Duchess’s actions did not exactly constitute ‘bullying’, it was ‘uncommon to hear a Royal Family member speak to staff in that manner’.
Following the event, Harry was said to have spoken to Meghan, who later apologised, though ‘contrition became increasingly rare’, the royal author notes.
Meghan, notoriously dubbed ‘Duchess Difficult’ by her staff, has faced numerous accusations of bullying since she joined the Royal Family in 2018 and was even blamed for multiple palace aides leaving royal employ.

Both the Prince and Princess of Wales were, actually, rather relieved by Meghan and Harry’s decision to withdraw from Royal duties in 2020, having discovered that Meghan had allegedly ‘yelled at a junior employee’ over her wedding plans, a royal author has claimed

An insider, who was aware of the pre-wedding incident, told royal author Tina Brown that while the Duchess’s behaviour did not necessarily classify as ‘bullying’, they had ‘certainly never heard of a member of the Royal Family talking like that to a member of staff’

In her bestseller, titled ‘The Palace Papers’, royal author Tina Brown writes that the then Duke and Duchess of Cambridge ‘liked to treat their staff as collegial professional family’ and, as a result, were ‘allegedly shocked by the way Meghan treated their shared employees’
It was claimed that the former Suits actress would send ‘demanding’ and ‘angry’ 5am emails while working as a royal, with a report by the Hollywood Reporter alleging last year that Meghan ‘belittles’ people and ‘marches around like a dictator in high heels, fuming and barking orders’.
However, the Duchess has always denied such allegations, describing claims of bullying as an ‘orchestrated smear campaign against her’.
Since the Sussexes emigrated to the US in 2020, they have lost 25 staff members, with six leaving in the past four months alone, including two senior PR executives.
Veteran royal correspondent Valentine Low initially broke the bullying story in May 2021, shortly before Meghan and Harry appeared on screen with Oprah Winfrey to discuss their exit from the Firm.
One former employee allegedly told The Times that they had been left personally ‘humiliated’ by the Duchess, claiming that staff would often be reduced to tears.
An aide was even said to have told a colleague in anticipation of a confrontation with Meghan: ‘I can’t stop shaking’.
The Times claimed that after Harry and Meghan became engaged in late 2017, a senior member of palace staff warned them about the problems they may have if staff were treated badly. Meghan allegedly replied: ‘It’s not my job to coddle people.’
In response, representatives for the Duchess said that it was ‘being used by Buckingham Palace to peddle a wholly false narrative based on misleading and harmful misinformation’.

Meghan, notoriously dubbed ‘Duchess Difficult’ by her staff, has faced numerous accusations of bullying since she joined the Royal Family in 2018 and was even blamed for multiple palace aides leaving royal employ. However, the Duchess has always denied such allegations

Both Prince William and Kate were initially said to have been left devastated by Meghan and Harry’s shock departure from Royal duties. But the pair’s initial show of solidarity may, it has been suggested by a royal expert, have clashed with their true feelings behind closed doors
Harry and Meghan’s spokesman said at the time: ‘Let’s just call this what it is – a calculated smear campaign based on misleading and harmful misinformation.’
Her lawyers said the former actress was ‘saddened by this latest attack on her character, particularly as someone who has been the target of bullying herself and is deeply committed to supporting those who have experienced pain and trauma’.
There was also a statement to the media calling the bullying claims defamatory.
Speaking to American royal commentator Kinsey Schofield’s Unfiltered Youtube show, Mr Low said: ‘There had been one or two stories which suggested there were difficult relations between Meghan and her staff. We’d seen them and the phrase “Duchess Difficult” had been used.
‘We knew Meghan was angry about those stories. We knew she challenged that narrative.’
Mr Low went on to claim that some members of the Sussexes’ royal staff had been left in a ‘very fragile state’ more than two years later – despite the royal couple having emigrated 5,000 miles away to the US.
‘They were very worried about what Meghan would do to them. They viewed her capacity for revenge as infinite’, Mr Low said.
‘They’d left the employ of the Royal Family and they still were in a psychologically delicate state as a result of what happened to them at that time.

Veteran royal correspondent Valentine Low (pictured) initially broke allegations of bullying by Meghan in May 2021, shortly before the Sussexes appeared on screen with Oprah Winfrey to discuss their exit from the Firm
‘If they [the Sussexes] were difficult to work for then, they’re difficult to work for now.’
A spokesman for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex accused Mr Low of ‘recycling false, offensive, and long-discredited allegations’ and spreading ‘harmful gossip’.
‘These claims—rooted in anonymous, unverifiable sources—form part of a broader and deeply troubling agenda that seeks to dehumanise a woman who has consistently stood up for fairness, dignity, and truth’, they said.
The spokesman said Meghan ‘has faced years of unfounded attacks’ part of a ‘never-ending smear campaign’.
‘Meghan remains undeterred by the noise and firmly focused on her family and work’, the spokesman said.
Royal author Omid Scobie stated in his book Finding Freedom that the ‘Duchess Difficult’ nickname was perpetuated by the people inside the Royal bubble who wanted to hurt her.
Meanwhile Meghan, who has ‘vehemently denied’ such claims, dispatched her lawyer, Jenny Afia, to make a public appearance on Amol Rajan’s BBC Documentary ‘The Princes and the Press’ in November 2021 to declare the bullying charges as inaccurate.
Ms Afia said that while the Duchess ‘wouldn’t want to negate anyone’s personal experience’, ‘what bullying actually means is improperly using power repeatedly and deliberately to hurt someone physically or emotionally’.

A spokesman for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex accused Mr Low of ‘recycling false, offensive, and long-discredited allegations’ and spreading ‘harmful gossip’. The spokesman said Meghan ‘has faced years of unfounded attacks’ part of a ‘never-ending smear campaign’

In his book ‘Yes Ma’am: The Secret Life of Royal Servants’, released earlier this year, royal expert Tom Quinn referred to Meghan’s ‘messiah complex’, which he claims led her to clash with Palace staff – with Prince Harry always rushing to her defence
In his book Yes Ma’am: The Secret Life of Royal Servants, released earlier this year, royal expert Tom Quinn referred to Meghan’s ‘messiah complex’, which he claims led her to clash with Palace staff – with Prince Harry always rushing to her defence.
A former member of Harry and Meghan’s staff told Mr Quinn: ‘I don’t mean that in a critical way because all her big ideas were about doing good.
‘She once said, “What Diana started I want to finish,” and we took that to mean she wanted to become a sort of globetrotting champion of the poor and the marginalised,’ the ex-staffer continued, referring to Meghan’s late mother-in-law, the Princess of Wales.
Palace staff also highlighted Harry’s ‘tendency to defend anything and everything Meghan does’ when his wife clashed with royal aides.
Mr Quinn also claimed that Meghan had made ‘jokes about Harry having different parents to William’ during her time in the royal household.
Highlighting the possible origins of an ensuing feud between the two Royal women, a member of the Palace’s communication team also added: ‘Meghan thought Kate was just too eager to please, too much a goody-two-shoes girl.’
Insiders added that, in turn, Kate’s view of Meghan was ‘implied rather than spoken’.
They shared that the two women took very different attitudes to being in the royal family – as Kate accepted being told what to do came with the territory.

Highlighting the possible origins of an ensuing feud between Meghan and Kate, a member of the Palace’s communication team also added: ‘Meghan thought Kate was just too eager to please, too much a goody-two-shoes girl’

The Commonwealth Day service (pictured) – Meghan and Harry’s final official engagement –was ‘not exactly the warm reunion we were hoping for’, according to body language expert Judi James
Meanwhile Meghan wanted to make her own mark, and be more independent.
Indeed the Commonwealth Day service – Meghan and Harry’s final official engagement – was ‘not exactly the warm reunion we were hoping for’, according to body language expert Judi James.
Meghan was seen to mouth ‘hi’ and give a small wave to William and Kate, followed by a ‘hello’, as the Cambridges took their seat in the High Altar in the row in front of the Sussexes.
Meanwhile, Mr Scobie claimed Meghan was ‘disappointed’ that Kate didn’t offer a ‘stronger shoulder of support’.
Prior to Harry and Meghan’s sensational exit from the Firm, and as tensions between Kate and Meghan festered, Ms Brown notes that the Duchess was reportedly ‘offered private counsel’ by Michelle Obama.
The former First Lady was said to have provided support to Meghan ‘about how to hang in and use her royal position for the greater good’, the royal expert adds.
Indeed the rift between the two Royal couples was intensified by, Ms Brown adds, the launch of Harry and Meghan’s now-defunct @SussexRoyal Instagram account, directly rivaling William and Kate’s pre-existing page.
Harry and Meghan’s account, which launched in April 2019, skyrocketed at an unprecedented speed, amassing one million followers in under six hours and earning them a Guinness World Record title.
Meghan, who the royal author described as ‘digitally smart’, used Burberry’s ‘Instagram wizard’ David Watkins to oversee the content.

Harry and Meghan’s now-defunct Instagram account, which launched in April 2019, skyrocketed at an unprecedented speed, amassing one million followers in under six hours and earning them a Guinness World Record title
But while Kate and William appeared to have struggled to match the Sussexes’ overnight digital success, the pair, ‘as if by digital magic, always managed to keep a close, but appropriate, lead over @SussexRoyal’, Ms Brown said.
She added: ‘Team Cambridge’s effort to maintain their superiority of position was quiet but insistent.’
Reflecting on the evident contrast between the two Royal couples, Ms Brown then asked: ‘The dutiful diligent Cambridges versus the ‘charismatic’, ‘progressive’ Sussexes. Was there room on the royal stage for both?’
In 2021, William and Kate changed their username from ‘Kensington Royal’ to the more informal ‘Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’ and updated their profile picture to a candid snap taken on a visit to Ireland last year.
The couple also launched a YouTube channel just days after they treated royal fans to an intimate family video showing them enjoying time at the beach with their children Prince George, seven, Princess Charlotte, six, and Prince Louis, three.
The move served as part of a strategy by the Cambridges to modernise how the royal family connects with a tech-savvy audience, while sharing just enough of their lives to satisfy fans, without sacrificing their children’s privacy.
It came in sharp contrast to Harry and Meghan’s approach, as the pair ditched all of their social media channels in favour of sharing content on paid-for platforms like Netflix and Spotify.
Brand expert Nick Ede told FEMAIL at the time that the change in the digital output for the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge gave ‘a really lovely glimpse into the lives of our future King and Queen’.

Both Kate and William’s reported relief at Harry and Meghan’s Royal departure came as relations between the Sussexes and the rest of the Royal Family continued to plummet following a series of blistering attacks, including those made in Harry’s bombshell memoir

When Buckingham Palace announced in April 2023 that Harry would be attending King Charles’s Coronation alone, a royal observer said that the family were ‘relieved that Meghan won’t be there’. Pictured: the Prince and Princess of Wales and Suxesses on the long Walk at Windsor Castle in September 2022
But the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, he added, are ‘very brand heavy and personality light’ with content that feels like ‘advertising’.
Mr Ede explained: ‘Kate and Will’s channels are in stark contrast to those created by the team behind the Sussex brand.
‘The Sussexes have gone for commercial partnerships which are very brand heavy and personality light.
‘They are more about using the huge platforms of Netflix, Apple + and Spotify to get their messages across to millions of people but in a far more slick way, that often feel like adverts rather than from the heart.’
Both Kate and William’s reported relief at Harry and Meghan’s Royal departure came as relations between the Sussexes and the rest of the Royal Family continued to plummet following a series of blistering attacks.
Harry and Meghan’s Netflix documentary, released in 2022, criticised King Charles as a father before taking a swipe at the choice of wives by male members of the Firm.
Harry insisted that his decision to marry Meghan set him apart from his family because it was ‘from his heart’ and not because she ‘would fit the mould’.
Meanwhile the Duke’s bombshell memoir, released in early 2023, dealt further blows to the reputation of the monarchy.

Harry and Meghan’s Netflix documentary, released in 2022, criticised King Charles as a father before taking a swipe at the choice of wives by male members of the Firm. Harry insisted that his decision to marry Meghan set him apart from his family because it was ‘from his heart’
Harry accused his brother of assault, branded his stepmother a ‘villain’ and repeatedly spoke of the family’s ‘unconscious bias’ when it comes to race.
When Buckingham Palace announced in April of that year that Harry would be attending King Charles’s Coronation alone, a royal observer said that the family were ‘relieved that Meghan won’t be there’.
They added: ‘It would have been particularly uncomfortable for Kate.’
It followed reports that Kate had found her Windsor walkabout with Harry and Meghan after the Queen’s death ‘one of the hardest things she’d ever had to do’, according to veteran royal correspondent Robert Jobson in sensational book ‘Our King’.
To many, the couples’ joint walkabout – said to have been William’s idea to put on a show of unity – might have seemed like some kind of reconciliation.
But Mr Jobson said that sources close to the royal family confirmed to him that was a mere ‘illusion’.