{"id":79402,"date":"2022-09-27T07:36:13","date_gmt":"2022-09-27T07:36:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/prince-harry-joined-meghan-in-berating-royal-staff-new-book-says\/"},"modified":"2022-09-27T07:36:13","modified_gmt":"2022-09-27T07:36:13","slug":"prince-harry-joined-meghan-in-berating-royal-staff-new-book-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/prince-harry-joined-meghan-in-berating-royal-staff-new-book-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Prince Harry joined Meghan in berating royal staff, new book says"},"content":{"rendered":"
Headlines over the weekend about an explosive new book from a respected royal reporter have focused on bullied that Meghan Markle palace staff, reduced at least one to tears, subjected them to angry tirades and was branded by them as a \u201cnarcissistic sociopath.\u201d<\/p>\n
Excerpts of Valentine’s Low’s book, \u201cCourtiers: the Hidden Power Behind the Crown,\u201d suggest that such alleged behavior by the American TV actress-turned-Duchess of Sussex wouldn’t have been possible without the support and complicity of Prince Harry.<\/p>\n
Indeed, a series of excerpts, published in the Times UK, show that Harry did his own share of yelling at staff. The excerpts also describe how, even before Meghan came along in Harry’s life in 2016, the second son of King Charles III could behave petulantly. He distrusted palace courtiers, was obsessed with the media, subjected his staff to \u201cloyalty tests\u201d and was mired in frustration about own role in the royal family. \u201cAfter Meghan turned up, it got significantly worse,\u201d Low wrote.<\/p>\n
For example, there was one young female aid who was on the receiving end of a browbeating by both Harry and Meghan, Low reported. First, Meghan excoriated the woman in a staff meeting in the high-pressure run-up to her 2018 royal wedding, Low wrote. Meghan then felt that she had been let down by that staffer over another issue. She called the employee repeatedly when the staffer was out for dinner on a Friday night.<\/p>\n
\u201cEvery ten minutes, I had to go outside to be screamed at by her and Harry,\u201d the employee said, according to Low’s book. \u201cIt was, ‘I can’t believe you’ve done this. You’ve let me down. What were you thinking?’ It went on for a couple of hours.\u201d<\/p>\n
The calls started again the next morning and continued \u201cfor days,\u201d the staffer said, Low reported. \u201cYou could not escape them. There were no lines or boundaries \u2014 it was last thing at night, first thing in the morning.\u201d That staffer broke down in tears after Prince William heard about her treatment and came to console her and assure her she was doing a good job, Low writes.<\/p>\n
The idea that Harry allegedly joined his wife in being rude or demeaning to people who worked for them doesn’t square with the image the Duke of Sussex has tried to present of himself since stepping away from royal life in 2020 and moving to California.<\/p>\n
Harry has branded himself as an advocate for mental health and compassion. The army veteran holds the lofty-sounding title of \u201cchief impact officer\u201d for the San Francisco-based startup BetterUp, which advocates for healthy workplaces by providing \u201cmental fitness\u201d services to corporate clients.<\/p>\n
\nPrince Harry Joins BetterUp as Chief Impact Officer: “What I’ve learned in my own life is the power of transforming pain into purpose.” https:\/\/t.co\/srcXABiPLN pic.twitter.com\/BPJU1YmsFX<\/a><\/p>\n