Meghan Markle’s lawyer has claimed that allegations of bullying are used ‘very casually’ in response to claims that the duchess mistreated palace employees.
Solicitor Jenny Afia, of libel regulation agency Schillings, mentioned that the phrase bullying was a ‘very, very damaging time period… significantly for profession ladies’.
She spoke out in a podcast with BBC journalist Amol Rajan primarily based on his controversial documentary inspecting the connection between the royal households and the media.
Palace aides introduced in March final yr that they have been launching an inside inquiry into claims Meghan’s behaviour drove two private assistants out of the family and ‘undermined the arrogance’ of a 3rd.
Meghan Markle’s lawyer claimed that allegations of bullying are used ‘very casually’ in response to claims that the duchess mistreated palace employees
Employees have been mentioned to have been left in tears and feeling ‘traumatised’.
Talking with the Duchess of Sussex’s categorical permission, Miss Afia denied that the duchess was a bully.
She informed the podcast, known as Harry, Meghan and the Media: ‘I feel the very first thing is to be actually clear about what bullying is as a result of the time period will get used very, very casually. My daughter known as me a bully final week once I requested her to brush her tooth – she’s seven years previous.
‘So the time period is used very freely and it is a very, very damaging time period as we all know, significantly I feel for profession ladies.’
She added: ‘What bullying truly means is badly utilizing energy repeatedly and intentionally to harm somebody, bodily or emotionally. The Duchess of Sussex completely denies ever doing that.
Palace aides introduced in March final yr that they have been launching an inside inquiry into claims Meghan’s behaviour drove two private assistants out of the family
‘Understanding her as I do I can not imagine she would ever try this. I wasn’t there on the time nevertheless it would not match my expertise of her in any respect and I’ve seen her at very, very demanding instances. That story is completely unfaithful that she is a bully.
‘That mentioned, she would not need to negate anybody’s private experiences.’
The Each day Mail revealed final month that the palace inquiry into the bullying allegations has up to now solely interviewed ‘a tiny handful’ of people that labored for her.
The revelation prompted fears that the investigation, arrange 9 months in the past, is being ‘kicked into the lengthy grass’.
The allegations, first reported by The Instances, are strongly denied by the duchess, whose legal professionals described them on the time as a ‘calculated smear marketing campaign’.