Someone said to be speaking for Meghan Markle said Thursday she had been “cleared” of bullying allegations by Buckingham Palace, even though the palace has said no such thing publicly and has vowed to keep the conclusions of its 15-month investigation under wraps.
The assertions that Meghan was “cleared from the defamatory claims” were made to Us Weekly. They come as the Telegraph in the U.K. reported that she and Prince Harry would make “no public comment” on the report, which looked into allegations that the American duchess bullied staff in 2018 when she was still a working member of the royal family.
The Telegraph said that this “unusual silence” from both the palace and the Duke and Duchess of Sussex indicates that both parties, who work closely with lawyers, are moving to downplay the report and the allegations in order to heal the rift between the royal family and the couple.
Meghan strongly and publicly denied the allegations when they first emerged in a Times UK report in March 2021. Her team issued a stinging statement, calling the Times report a “calculated smear campaign based on misleading and harmful misinformation.”
While the Telegraph said the Sussexes won’t make a “public statement,” it appears that the couple’s publicists are trying to affirm Meghan’s denials by letting someone representing her talk to Us Weekly as an anonymous source.
“Meghan is a fair boss and never bullied anyone who worked for her at the Palace in the…
