Buckingham Palace should release its findings over allegations Meghan Markle bullied staff, a royal expert has said. Tom Bower called for the results of a palace probe to be issued after a witness broke her silence.
Samantha Cohen worked closely with the Duchess of Sussex and Queen Elizabeth II in an 18-year long career with the palace. Ms Cohen recently told The Herald Sun she was one of 10 aides interviewed by the palace after a bullying complaint was made in October 2018. The results of the probe have not been made public.
Tom Bower said: “At some stage King Charles has got to decide – and I hope it is sooner rather than later – that the Sussexes must be exposed.”
Mr Bower told the Daily Mail the investigation has been “buried” and that the Palace probably believes now is not the time to release details.
He said: “The key thing is until the Sussexes are ‘socially destroyed’ – their credibility undermined – the Royal Family in Britain is going to be constantly their target.”
The author explained that the complainants in the case face a dilemma, telling the same publication that the question now is whether other witnesses involved will “step up above the parapet” and reveal their involvement.
Mr Bower said the problem would be that if they did so, their current employers will fear they cannot be trusted. He added: “They have a major problem of trust and that has always been Meghan’s strongest card.”
The Palace said in March 2021 that it was very concerned about a report in The Times about bullying allegations made by Prince Harry and Meghan’s former staff.
The Times cited unnamed sources as saying an aide to the Sussexes had made a complaint in October 2018 alleging Meghan had reduced some of her assistants to tears and treated others so badly they had quit.
It pledged to look into the circumstances, to speak to staff involved at the time and added that the Royal Household won’t tolerate bullying or harassment in the workplace.
