Palace kept in dark
THE Duchess of Sussex faced criticism yesterday over her apparent decision to let her closest friends defend her in US celebrity magazine People.
Five of “those who know Meghan best set the record straight” in the magazine over the troubled relationship with her father and criticism of her style as a royal.
But experts and royal insiders said the pregnant duchess had been wrong to sanction the story.
Kensington Palace refused to comment on whether the anonymous sources had cooperated with the magazine at the direct request of Meghan Markle or, at the very least, with her tacit permission.
But it was clear the palace press office was not involved.
It is understood the palace was told by magazine staff only minutes before publication about the article’s exceptional detail. It quoted five friends anonymously hitting out at claims the duchess had been uncaring towards her father Thomas, and describing criticism of her as “global bullying”.