Meghan Markle’s former royal aide, Samantha Cohen, has lastly confirmed she was a single of 10 royal staffers to be interviewed in Buckingham Palace’s investigation into bullying accusations leveled against the Duchess of Sussex.
Cohen labored for the royal spouse and children considering the fact that 2001 and was Markle’s personal secretary in 2021 when the very first grievance was manufactured that the former “Suits” star created a hostile perform setting.
Whilst she would not elaborate in an interview with the Australian newspaper The Herald Sunlight, Cohen, an Aussie, informed the outlet Monday, “I was only intended to remain for six months but stayed for 18 — we could not come across a replacement for me and when we did we took them on tour to Africa with Harry and Meghan to show them the ropes but they still left (give up) as well whilst in Africa.”
Cohen stopped doing work for the royals in 2019.
The Submit has contacted reps for Markle and Buckingham Palace for comment.
The allegations came just days before Markle and Prince Harry sat down for their bombshell inform-all interview with Oprah Winfrey — in which the American Orchard Riviera founder claimed lifetime in the royal family was “almost unsurvivable.”
The HR overview was privately funded by Queen Elizabeth II and carried out by an unbiased investigator in March 2021 immediately after two royal staffers alleged they’d been bullied when operating for her.
Markle’s authorized crew denied any allegations of bullying — calling them a “calculated smear marketing campaign. Allegations integrated Markle building her assistants cry and dealing with other people so terribly that they quit.
The investigation concluded in June 2022, and when a senior royal aide claimed the results resulted in adjustments, they also stated the conclusions won’t ever be designed community.
“The review has been finished and tips on our guidelines and processes have been taken forward,” Michael Stevens, the Queen’s treasurer, reported for the duration of a briefing at the time. “But we will not be commenting further more.”
“I imagine the goals have been glad simply because lessons have been learned,” a senior royal source included.
Elsewhere in Cohen’s Herald Sunshine job interview, she claimed the late Elizabeth “had no ego” nonetheless “loved it when things went erroneous.”
