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A bully? My client? No way!
That's the message from Meghan Markle's lawyer who leapt to the duchess' defence in part 2 of the BBC’s controversial The Princes and the Press documentary.
Jenny Afia blasted the widely circulated stories that Meghan during her years as a royal bullied her staff and inflicted “emotional cruelty” on them to the point it “drove” many away.
Speaking to host Amol Rajan, she said there were “massive, massive inaccuracies in those stories”.
“I think the first thing is, is to be really clear about what bullying is,” the head of legal for Schillings in the UK stated.
“What bullying actually means is improperly using power, repeatedly and deliberately to hurt someone physically or emotionally.
“The Duchess of Sussex has absolutely denied doing that,” before bizarrely adding, “That said she wouldn’t want to negate anyone’s personal experiences.”
She also rejected the “narrative” that the former Suits actress was “difficult to work with”.
During her years in the UK, Meghan was reportedly dubbed “diva duchess” due to her bossy Hollywood ways by some of her staff.
Asked if she could provide evidence to back up her claims, she retorted, “It’s really hard to prove a negative. If you haven’t bullied someone how do you show that you haven’t. Just denying an allegation ‘I didn’t beat my wife’ doesn’t address the underlying problem that the allegation has been made.”
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The doccie looks at estranged brothers Prince Harry and Prince William’s relationship with the press and addresses the speculation there were “warring factions” between the two brothers’ royal camps.
It has been criticised for being “very biased” against Prince William and Prince Charles, while being favourable towards Harry and Meghan.
In fact shortly after the first episode was shown, William and Charles hit back at the BBC in a sternly worded statement, blasting them for airing “overblown and unfounded claims” about the speculation that surrounded Megxit.
They also called out the corporation for not letting them view the doccie ahead of its broadcast and thus afford them an opportunity to comment on it.
The royals also threatened to boycott the organisation on future projects, which it appears William has already done. He’s said to have banned the BBC from showing a charity Christmas carol concert hosted by his wife, Kate, offering it instead to rival ITV.
Insiders now reckon the Christmas concert could be the tip of the iceberg.
One source said it was clear that William, who worked with the BBC on his Earthshot Prize, would have to “seriously consider” any further projects.
Sources: dailymail.co.uk, ibtimes.com
