{"id":340471,"date":"2025-08-13T06:32:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T06:32:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/340471\/"},"modified":"2025-08-13T06:32:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T06:32:11","slug":"meghan-harrys-media-struggles-stirred-royal-palace-drama-claims-author","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/340471\/","title":{"rendered":"Meghan & Harry\u2019s Media Struggles Stirred Royal Palace Drama, Claims Author"},"content":{"rendered":"

Prince Harry <\/strong>and Meghan Markle<\/strong>\u2019s triumphant 2018 tour of Australia, which coincided with the announcement of the duchess\u2019 pregnancy, was outwardly hailed as a success. However, according to Tom Bower, author of the bestselling book \u201cRevenge,\u201d tensions with royal aides were mounting behind the scenes. As per a Daily Mail<\/a> report, Bower alleged in his book that the couple\u2019s obsession with their media image led to \u201cmiserable\u201d relations at the Sussex headquarters.<\/p>\n

Royal author Tom Bower claimed that Meghan Markle brought close friends Jessica and Ben Mulroney to Australia to provide \u201cround-the-clock support,\u201d despite already having four palace staff. With the Mulroneys in tow, she was allegedly \u201cabrasive\u201d toward her female staff and British diplomats. At one point, she \u201cthrew a cup of tea into the air\u201d in frustration. The author suggested that Harry \u201cpartly fuelled\u201d her frustration as he \u201ctrawled social media\u201d for critical comments, with both then demanding that staff take action to remove negative press<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Adding to the strain were fresh stories in the U.S. press about Markle\u2019s father, Thomas Markle. This included the claim that he learned of his daughter\u2019s pregnancy via the radio. Though these stories originated in the U.S., Harry allegedly blamed British journalists.<\/p>\n

Simultaneously, Markle was \u201cirate\u201d over royal aides not quashing the reports \u201cHollywood-style.\u201d Bower said she came to regret \u201cbelieving them when they said I would be protected.\u201d Central to the rift was communications secretary Jason Knauf. The Duchess of Sussex reportedly blamed him for not suppressing negative stories.<\/p>\n

Additionally, according to Valentine Low, author of \u201cCourtiers,\u201d Markle undermined Harry publicly. A notable instance was her appearance at the 2018 British Fashion Awards without informing him or the press pack. Low noted that with the Australia trip, the Sussexes\u2019 professional relationship with Knauf was \u201cover.\u201d Nevertheless, he remained formally employed until March 2019.<\/p>\n

Even Markle\u2019s once-close bond with Jessica Mulroney eventually soured. This was due to the stylist\u2019s involvement in a 2020 dispute with blogger Sasha Exeter. Despite public apologies, Mulroney faced professional fallout, and the Sussexes appeared to distance themselves.<\/p>\n

While the Invictus Games crowd saw a beaming couple, Bower and Low allegedly painted a portrait of a turbulent period marked by media anxiety, staff clashes, and personal fallouts \u2014 tensions that, they claimed, would foreshadow the couple\u2019s eventual departure from royal life<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Prince Harry and Meghan Markle\u2019s triumphant 2018 tour of Australia, which coincided with the announcement of the duchess\u2019…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":340472,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7708],"tags":[7709,7721,7719,7718,388,22881,7720,1281,447,7710,519,7711],"class_list":{"0":"post-340471","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-royals","8":"tag-british-royal-family","9":"tag-duchess-of-sussex","10":"tag-duke-of-sussex","11":"tag-harry","12":"tag-lifestyle","13":"tag-lifestyle-news","14":"tag-meghan","15":"tag-meghan-markle","16":"tag-prince-harry","17":"tag-royal-families","18":"tag-royal-family","19":"tag-uk-royal-family"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115020060745790265","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340471","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=340471"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/340471\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/340472"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=340471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=340471"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=340471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}