Palace Staffers Claiming Meghan Markle Bullied Them Stick To Their Claims: Royal Expert

The bullying allegations against Meghan Markle are not going anywhere, according to a report.

British journalist and The Times royal correspondent Valentine Low spoke with Page Six. According to him, the bullying claims against Markle remain because the staffers who quit and accused the Duchess of Sussex of bullying are sticking to their stories.

"The people I spoke to are absolutely still sticking to their story, claiming that Meghan bullied them," the author of "Courtiers: Intrigue, Ambition, and the Power Players Behind the House of Windsor" told the outlet.

"I can't speak to the truth of that, of course, because I wasn't in the room, and I haven't heard Meghan's side," he continued. "But my sources still very much stick to their story."

Days before the Duke and Duchess of Sussex's explosive bombshell interview with Oprah Winfrey in 2021, the Times of London published a report about Markle reportedly reducing her staff members to tears when she was still in Kensington Palace. Two senior members were allegedly bullied into quitting their jobs, the outlet reported.

The Sussexes' communications assistant at the time, Jason Knauf, reported the issue back in October 2018.

"I am very concerned that the Duchess was able to bully two PAs out of the household in the past year. The treatment of X* was totally unacceptable," the HR complaint read.

"The Duchess seems intent on always having someone in her sights," Knauf claimed. "She is bullying Y and seeking to undermine her confidence. We have had report after report from people who have witnessed unacceptable behavior towards Y."

Knauf added that he was "concerned that nothing will be done."

Low added that Knauf wrote the email to his boss, Simon Case, and called it a "very significant" move.

"They don't want to pick another fight with Harry and Meghan, it's quite obvious," Low speculated. "[The Palace] got a lot of criticism from us, the media, for not releasing it."

International Business Times could not independently verify the claims.

Markle denied the bullying allegations against her and called it a "calculated smear campaign." Prince Harry's wife was "saddened by this latest attack on her character, particularly as someone who has been the target of bullying herself," according to her rep.

The palace launched an investigation into the bullying allegations against the former "Suits" star. In June 2022, the investigation was completed, but the palace decided not to release it.

"The review has been completed, and recommendations on our policies and procedures have been taken forward," Michael Stevens, the Queen's treasurer, told reporters (via Reuters). "But we will not be commenting further."

Vanity Fair royal correspondent and editor Katie Nicholl said the royal family didn't want to air its dirty laundry.

"Everything that I'm hearing at the moment out of the palace is that the Queen doesn't want any more drama. She just doesn't want any more dirty linens aired in public," the author of "The New Royals: Queen Elizabeth's Legacy and the Future of the Crown" told Entertainment Tonight.

"By taking it in-house, which is essentially what the Queen has done, she is trying to limit any further damage, any further damage to the monarchy, potentially any further damage to those members of staff who have made those allegations and also, possibly to the Duchess of Sussex, who denied those allegations."