Mike Coppola
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Meghan Markle has accused the royal household of planting destructive tales about her within the newspapers to make problematic tales about different family members “go away.”
Meghan, in a trailer for the Netflix present Harry & Meghan, the second a part of which is due out Thursday, stated: “You'll simply see it play out. A narrative about somebody within the household would pop up for a minute, they usually’d go, ‘We’ve gotta make that go away.’
“However there’s actual property on a web site homepage. There’s actual property there on a newspaper entrance cowl. And one thing must be crammed in there about somebody royal.”
Meghan’s feedback seem to strengthen her earlier declare that she was “fed to the wolves” when she was a royal.
Meghan’s lawyer Jenny Afia stated as we speak that there was a “battle in opposition to Meghan” which noticed unnamed figures temporary destructive tales about her to the media.
Afia, a associate at regulation agency Schillings, which has acted repeatedly for Meghan and Harry, stated: “There was an actual form of battle in opposition to Meghan and I’ve definitely seen proof that there was destructive briefing from the palace in opposition to Harry and Meghan to swimsuit different peoples’ agendas.”
Afia additionally says, of tales about Thomas Markle, “This barrage of destructive articles in regards to the breakdown of the connection along with her father was the ultimate straw in a marketing campaign of destructive, nasty protection about her.”
The opposite speaking head within the trailer is Lucy Fraser, a pal of Meghan’s who works in PR.
Fraser stated, “Meg grew to become this scapegoat for the palace. And they also would feed tales on her, whether or not they had been true or not, to keep away from different much less favorable tales being printed.”
Fraser gives no proof for her claims within the trailer, so it will likely be fascinating to see whether or not proof to again the allegations is made within the movies after they drop tomorrow.
Buckingham Palace and Kensington Palace have been approached for remark.