The two Buckingham Palace staff members who accused Meghan Markle of harassment reportedly dismissed their claims.
Royal journalists Omid Scobie and Carolyn Durand stated in the epilogue to their recently updated biography “Finding Freedom” that “after the discovery” of a formal complaint by the former communications secretary to the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, Jason Knauf, “two of the individuals mentioned in the email requested the withdrawal of the complaints filed with HR about their experiences with Meghan” (via “Entertainment Tonight”).
Knauf originally reported Markle’s alleged harassment in October 2018 “in an effort to protect employees,” according to a Times report released in March, just days before Harry and Markle’s global interview with Oprah Winfrey.
“I am very concerned that the Duchess was able to harass two PAs in the home last year. The treatment of X was totally unacceptable,” said the human resources complaint, which drafted the names of the employees.
“It looks like the duchess intends to always have someone in her sights,” Knauf reported. “He is intimidating Y and seeks to undermine his confidence. We have had report after report of people who have witnessed unacceptable behavior towards Y.”
However, it appears that the Times did not report at the time that employees backed down on their allegations upon learning that Knauf had reported the alleged incidents without his permission.
“It simply came to our notice then [the two individuals], demanded that the matter be rescinded and not become an official complaint, “a source told Scobie at the Harper’s Bazaar in March.
Although representatives of Harry, 36, and Markle, 40, said earlier that the duo had no involvement in “Finding Freedom,” the former “Suits” star allegedly gave blows to giving personal information to the authors. .
Page Six reported in April that “Finding Freedom” will be reissued in August with the addition of chapters on Winfrey’s interview with the couple, the death of Prince Philip, and allegations of harassment against Markle.
A Markle spokesman did not immediately respond to our request for comment.