Meghan Markle’s former aide Samantha Cohen has confirmed she was interviewed by staff at the Palace over allegations the Duchess of Sussex bullied members of staff and forced them to quit.
An internal email from 2018 outlining the claims was leaked to The Times in 2021, just days before Meghan and Prince Harry were interviewed by Oprah Winfrey. The Duchess has always denied the allegations.
Ms Cohen formerly worked as Meghan’s private secretary and spoke to Australian publication the Herald Sun, only admitting that she was one of ten staffers who were interviewed by Buckingham Palace as part of their investigations into the claims.
She added: “I was only supposed to stay for six months but stayed for 18—we couldn’t find a replacement for me and when we did we took them on tour to Africa with Harry and Meghan to show them the ropes but they left (quit) as well while in Africa.”
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex toured southern Africa in 2019, just months before they stepped down as working royals and moved across the Atlantic.
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