{"id":76788,"date":"2022-09-24T12:53:24","date_gmt":"2022-09-24T12:53:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/meghan-markle-complained-about-not-getting-paid-for-2018-royal-tour-new-book-claims\/"},"modified":"2022-09-24T12:53:24","modified_gmt":"2022-09-24T12:53:24","slug":"meghan-markle-complained-about-not-getting-paid-for-2018-royal-tour-new-book-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/meghan-markle-complained-about-not-getting-paid-for-2018-royal-tour-new-book-claims\/","title":{"rendered":"Meghan Markle complained about &#8216;not getting paid&#8217; for 2018 royal tour, new book claims"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Meghan Markle didn&#8217;t hide her apparent disdain for royal duties before \u201cMegxit,\u201d once even complaining out loud that she should have gotten paid for her 2018 tour of Australia, during which she treated staffers \u201chorribly,\u201d a new book claims.<\/p>\n<p>The Duchess of Sussex reveled in her reception Down Under as the newly minted \u201cinspirational\u201d bride of Prince Harry, but in private Markle sang a different tune, The Sun reported, citing the book \u201cIn Courtiers: the Hidden Power Behind the Crown\u201d by Valentine Low.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlthough she enjoyed the attention, Meghan failed to understand the point of all those walkabouts, shaking hands with countless strangers,\u201d Low reportedly wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAccording to several members of staff, she was heard to say on at least one occasion, &#8216;I can&#8217;t believe I&#8217;m not getting paid for this.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The divorced biracial American actress also bullied courtiers before she was even a member of the royal family, and continued to treat them harshly until she and Harry announced they were splitting from the palace in 2020, the book said.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption>Valentine Low&#8217;s \u201cIn Courtiers: the Hidden Power Behind the Crown\u201d paints Markle as rude and self-centered on her and Harry&#8217;s 2018 royal tour.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>She lashed out at one of Harry&#8217;s advisors six months before their 2017 engagement, saying, \u201cI think we both know I&#8217;m going to be one of your bosses soon,\u201d according to the report.<\/p>\n<p>When a senior aide told the couple that the staff was bristling at the way they were being treated, Meghan retorted that it wasn&#8217;t her \u201cjob to coddle people,\u201d Low reportedly wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Markle, 41, also spoke \u201cparticularly harshly to a young female\u201d aide, the book said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter Meghan had pulled to shreds a plan she had drawn up, the woman told Meghan how hard it would be to implement a new one.  &#8216;Don&#8217;t worry,&#8217; Meghan reportedly told her.  &#8216;If there was literally anyone else I could ask to do this, I would be asking them instead of you.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The incident prompted Prince William to intervene and reassure the woman she was doing a great job \u2014 causing her to burst into tears, according to the tome, which will be released in England next week.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/meghan-markle-343.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Meghan and Harry.\" class=\"wp-image-23991049\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/meghan-markle-343.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/meghan-markle-343.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/meghan-markle-343.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><figcaption>Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, attend the Jaguar Land Rover Driving Challenge at the Invictus Games on October 20, 2018 in Sydney, Australia. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Samir Hussein\/WireImage<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>On another occasion, Markle called another staffer every five minutes during a Friday night dinner.  The pestering calls continued the next morning and lasted \u201cfor days,\u201d the book reportedly said.<\/p>\n<p>Markle and her assistant also had a falling out over her desire to keep clothes that designers would send her \u2014 which is against royal policy, Low wrote, according to The Sun.<\/p>\n<p>The Sussexes&#8217; press chief Jason Knauf filed a bullying complaint against his boss in 2018 before resigning and being hired by William and Kate Middleton. <\/p>\n<p>Buckingham Palace opened an investigation into the behavior of Markle&#8217;s bad behavior 18 months ago but said this summer it would not publicize the findings.<\/p>\n<p>Markle has denied all of bullying and harassment, but the book revealed her alleged browbeating extended to her future husband when the two were dating.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/meghan-markle-336.jpg?resize=682%2C1024&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Meghan Markle attends a Reception at Government House Victoria on October 18, 2018.\" class=\"wp-image-23991227\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/meghan-markle-336.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1023 1023w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/meghan-markle-336.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=682 682w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/meghan-markle-336.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=341 341w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/09\/meghan-markle-336.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><figcaption>Meghan Markle attends a Reception at Government House Victoria on October 18, 2018.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Samir Hussein\/WireImage<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Before they were linked in the press as a couple, Meghan gave Harry a daring ultimatum, according to the report.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe was saying, &#8216;If you don&#8217;t put out a statement confirming I&#8217;m your girlfriend, I&#8217;m going to break up with you,&#8217;\u201d a source told Low.<\/p>\n<p>The threat \u201cfreaked out\u201d the prince, who frantically told others, \u201cShe&#8217;s going to dump me,\u201d the book said.<\/p>\n<p>After the relationship was made public in 2016, Markle turned her wrath to courtiers, according to the newspaper&#8217;s synopsis of the book.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe told Harry&#8217;s staff, &#8216;I know how the Palace works.  I know how this is going to play out.  You don&#8217;t care about the girlfriend,&#8217;\u201d a source told Low.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>    .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meghan Markle didn&#8217;t hide her apparent disdain for royal duties before \u201cMegxit,\u201d once even complaining out loud that she should have gotten paid for her 2018 tour of Australia, during which she treated staffers \u201chorribly,\u201d a new book claims. The Duchess of Sussex reveled in her reception Down Under as the newly minted \u201cinspirational\u201d bride &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/meghan-markle-complained-about-not-getting-paid-for-2018-royal-tour-new-book-claims\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Meghan Markle complained about &#8216;not getting paid&#8217; for 2018 royal tour, new book claims<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[5],"tags":[61,8628,46,997],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":17010,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/meghan-markle-wanted-to-be-hollywood-version-of-princess-diana-book-claims\/","url_meta":{"origin":76788,"position":0},"title":"Meghan Markle wanted to be Hollywood version of Princess Diana, book claims","date":"July 17, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"A fame-obsessed Meghan Markle was convinced by husband Prince Harry and her Hollywood team that she could be as beloved as Princess Diana, according to a new book that details Megxit blow-by-blow. 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