Valentine Low revealed scathing remarks courtiers made about the Duke of Sussex claiming Prince Harry’s private secretary Samantha Sharp was treated ‘harshly’ Courtiers claimed to deal with the couple was like ‘dealing with teenagers’
Royal author Valentine Low has claimed Prince Harry’s former aide said dealing with the Duke and Duchess of Sussex was like ‘dealing with teenagers.’
Speaking to Palace Confidential, the author, who penned Courtiers: The Hidden Power Behind the Crown, claimed that Samantha Cohen, who was a highly-regarded courtier, was treated ‘harshly’ by Harry and Meghan before they left the royal family and relocated to Montecito.
The writer also revealed some behind-the-scenes of the ramping tensions that plagued Kensington Palace before Harry and Meghan tied the knot in 2018.
He also claimed Meghan made ‘crushing’ comments to a royal aide who was tasked with organizing the media coverage of the wedding when she told her: ‘Listen, if there is anybody else I can get to do this, I would.’
Speaking to Palace Confidential, Valentine Low, who penned Courtiers: The Hidden Power Behind the Crown, claimed that Samantha Cohen was treated ‘harshly’ by Harry and Meghan before they left the royal family and relocated to Montecito.
The writer also revealed some behind-the-scenes of the ramping tensions that plagued Kensington Palace before Harry and Meghan tied the knot in 2018.
But it alleges that aides came to believe that Meghan’s departure was premeditated and that ‘one of [her] concerns was whether she was going to be able to make money for herself’.
One ex-staff member told the author: ‘She wanted to be rejected because she was obsessed with that narrative from day one.’
And sources said that her team reportedly said of her on repeated occasions: ‘We were played.’
The book claims that staff became convinced the Duchess wanted to show how the institution failed her – and even felt there was a cynical motive behind her decision to complain to HR bosses, who listened sympathetically but offered no help.
‘This was inevitable: HR is there to deal with employee issues, not members of the Royal Family,’ the book says. ‘Meghan would presumably have known that, so what was she doing there? Laying a trail of evidence would be the cynical answer.’
A former staff member told Low: ‘Everyone knew that the institution would be judged by her happiness. The mistake they made was thinking that she wanted to be happy.’
In her interview with Oprah Winfrey in March 2021, Meghan emphasized the difference between the Queen and those who surrounded her – the ones she felt refused to help when she was in her hour of greatest need and perpetuated ‘falsehoods’ about her.
