Meghan Markle broke reports of her royal assistants harassing her as a “calculated smear campaign” to deviate from her successful Oprah TV special.
“Let’s call it what it is – a calculated smear campaign based on misleading and harmful misinformation,” a spokesman for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex told the Times of London about the allegations.
Insiders had told the newspaper that during her brief royal duties, the duchess reduced staff to tears and even assaulted two elderly members to leave their jobs.
“It is no coincidence that the Duchess’s many-year-old distorted allegations of undermining are being passed on to the British press shortly before she and the Duke speak openly and honestly about their experience in recent years,” said Oprah’s special spokesman. .
“The Duchess is saddened by this latest attack on her character, especially as someone who was the target of aggression and is deeply committed to supporting those who have suffered pain and trauma.
“She is determined to continue her work to build compassion around the world and will continue to strive to set an example to do what is right and to do what is right,” the spokesman said.
Buckingham Palace declined to comment to the UK Times. However, high-ranking royal sources told MailOnline that the complaints were not orchestrated by the palace and said the Royal Family was focusing on Prince Philip’s health problems as he remained in hospital.
