{"id":229218,"date":"2021-03-16T11:01:58","date_gmt":"2021-03-16T15:01:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=229218"},"modified":"2021-03-16T11:02:01","modified_gmt":"2021-03-16T15:02:01","slug":"buckingham-palace-hires-outside-counsel-to-handle-meghan-markle-bullying-claims-after-duchess-demands-to-see-evidence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/buckingham-palace-hires-outside-counsel-to-handle-meghan-markle-bullying-claims-after-duchess-demands-to-see-evidence\/","title":{"rendered":"Buckingham Palace Hires Outside Counsel To Handle Meghan Markle Bullying Claims After Duchess Demands To See Evidence"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbuckingham-palace-hires-outside-counsel-to-handle-meghan-markle-bullying-claims-after-duchess-demands-to-see-evidence%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=229218&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-1256.jpeg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Buckingham Palace says it is shifting its private, internal inquiry into whether Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex, bullied key members of her staff before parting ways with the royal family, to an independent, outside counsel after the Duchess demanded proof of her accusers\u2019 claims.<\/p>\n<p>The Palace\u2019s human resources team was reportedly looking into the claims after the Times of London published an expose suggesting that a former aide to the Duchess and her husband, Prince Harry, filed a complaint, alleging that Markle had bullied two members of the Kensington Palace staff and was \u201cundermining\u201d the confidence of a third.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/meghan-markle-bullying-claims-outside-lawyers-buckingham-palace\">Fox News reported last week<\/a> that Buckingham Palace was \u201cclearly very concerned\u201d about the bullying allegations \u201cand that the palace human resources team would \u201clook into the circumstances outlined in the article\u201d and would likely interview the three members of the staff named in the complaint.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Royal Household has had a Dignity at Work policy in place for a number of years and does not and will not tolerate bullying or harassment in the workplace,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/entertainment\/meghan-markle-bullying-claims-outside-lawyers-buckingham-palace\">the palace said in a statement, per Fox<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Late last week, though, the Duchess reportedly demanded to see \u201cevidence related to the bullying probe,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/world-news\/meghan-markle-asks-for-proof-in-buckingham-palace-bullying-probe-report-2390729\">according to NDTV<\/a>, including \u201call documents, emails, and text messages related to\u201d the investigation. The Daily Mail added that the Duchess is considering bringing in her own legal team to participate in the investigation, ostensibly to protect the Duchesss\u2019 interests.<\/p>\n<p>NDTV noted that \u201cformer law aides of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex have agreed to help them with the probe ordered up last week by the queen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/news\/uk\/home-news\/meghan-markle-bullying-palace-lawyers-b1816933.html\">the U.K.\u2019s Independent broke the news that<\/a>, apparently anticipating an antagonistic situation, Buckingham Palace has instead hired an outside firm to investigate whether Markle bullied her former staff. \u201cIn a surprise move,\u201d the outlet notes, \u201cthe Palace will be bringing in a third-party law firm to conduct an investigation into the bullying claims.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The U.K. press does seem to see the move as evidence that the palace is taking the claims more seriously following Meghan and Harry\u2019s decision to accuse the royal family of racism and of turning a blind eye to Meghan\u2019s mental health crisis. Palace sources, the Independent notes, said that the royal family was \u201cprepared to retaliate with fresh disclosures about the couple\u2019s behavior if the monarchy is attacked.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe actual worst incidences haven\u2019t come out. There are some harrowing stories to tell.\u201d a palace source reportedly told U.K. media, referring to where the investigation into Markle\u2019s behavior could lead. \u201cThere\u2019s a lot that could come out in the wash that hasn\u2019t been told.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>So far, official comment from the palace and its inhabitants has been sporadic. Queen Elizabeth issued a statement last week following the couple\u2019s disclosures, pledging to investigate which senior royal reportedly commented to Prince Harry about his then-unborn son\u2019s skin tone, and Prince William, whose wife, Kate, Duchess of Cambridge, was referred to as having made Meghan cry in the run-up to Harry and Meghan\u2019s wedding, told press at an appearance last week that the royals are \u201cvery much not racist.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/markle-tells-oprah-royal-family-expressed-concerns-about-skin-color-of-her-son\">Markle Tells Oprah: Royal Family Expressed \u2018Concerns\u2019 About Skin Color Of Her&nbsp;Son<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Buckingham Palace says it is shifting its private, internal inquiry into whether Meghan Markle, Duchess of Sussex, bullied key members of her staff before parting ways with the royal family, &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2310574,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-1256.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Buckingham Palace Hires Outside Counsel To Handle Meghan Markle Bullying Claims After Duchess Demands To See Evidence","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-229218","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/fb_image-1256.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Buckingham Palace Hires Outside Counsel To Handle Meghan Markle Bullying Claims After Duchess Demands To See Evidence","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229218","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=229218"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229218\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2310574"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=229218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=229218"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=229218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}