A royal relationship that didn’t take root.
Meghan Markle was “very rude” to a gardener engaged on the grounds of Windsor Fortress throughout her time as a senior member of the royal household, prompting the late Queen Elizabeth to intervene, a royal creator claimed in a resurfaced interview.
Historian Hugo Vickers made the allegation months in the past whereas discussing a report from final September, wherein one of many Duchess of Sussex’s former staffers claimed she made these in her make use of “feel like s—.”
Vickers, 73, stated he “wasn’t surprised.”
“Well I’m afraid I’m not surprised by these allegations because even when she was at Windsor I remember hearing from very good sources that there was trouble,” the “A Royal Life” creator instructed The Solar.
“There was a time when she was very rude to one of the under gardeners at Windsor when they were at Frogmore Cottage,” Vickers alleged.
“The head gardener went to complain to the Queen and she ticked her off because she obviously didn’t like people being rude to staff,” he additional claimed.
“None of these other stories surprised me. She probably is not very good with staff or people that she’s employing. It’s just very unattractive.”
Vickers continued, “You should always be very polite to people who work for you because otherwise they’re going to get very put out.”
The Submit has reached out to representatives for the Duchess of Sussex and for Buckingham Palace. The Palace has not beforehand addressed or substantiated the rumors.
Meghan, 43, has lengthy confronted allegations that she mistreated former staffers.
Shortly earlier than she and Prince Harry, 40, gave their notorious Oprah interview in 2021, it emerged that she had been accused of bullying aides at Kensington Palace throughout her tenure within the Agency.
Former Kensington Palace Communications Director Jason Knauf — who dealt with PR for Meghan, Harry, Prince William and Kate Middleton for a time — not too long ago stood by allegations he made in leaked emails from 2018 that the “the Duchess was able to bully two PAs” out of their jobs.
“I wouldn’t change anything,” Knauf instructed “60 Minutes Australia” in February.
A spokesperson for Meghan and Harry denied the bullying allegations after they emerged in 2018 and stated the leaking of Knauf’s correspondence was a part of “a calculated smear campaign based on misleading and harmful misinformation.”
The couple have equally refuted claims that the Duchess of Sussex is a “‘Mean Girls’ teenager” and a “dictator in high heels” who has decreased “grown men to tears.”
Whereas Meghan has confessed that she may be “particular,” she has additionally blasted the “angry black woman myth.”
“You’re allowed to set a boundary. You’re allowed to be clear. It does not make you demanding,” she stated on an October 2022 episode of “Archetypes.”
“It does not make you difficult. It makes you clear.”
