Allegations Meghan Markle bullied her body of workers might also have been "stirred up to distract from the Oprah interview," in accordance to the anti-monarchy campaign group Republic.
The Duchess of Sussex was accused of bullying her staff at Kensington Palace days earlier than the broadcast of her Oprah Winfrey tell-all interview in March 2021.
A leaked story in the U.K. newspaper The Times concerning the bullying allegations led to a review being launched by Buckingham Palace however The Sunday Times reported on June 19, that the findings will now not be made public.
The palace has no longer commented on the story however the suggestion led to followers of the duchess circulating the principle it was once kept quiet because it exonerated Meghan.
Another opportunity is that the palace desired to avoid re-igniting trans-Atlantic hostilities with the Sussexes.
Graham Smith, chief govt of the anti-Monarchy marketing campaign team Republic, informed Newsweek there need to be transparency.
"There's an issue right here which is whether the outcome might also have been that it was all stirred up to distract from the Oprah interview, which was speculated at the time, so some openness would be helpful," he said.
"Also, have they bothered to seem into the accusations of racism that got here out of the Oprah interview? I suppose the answer is no. The entire component looks like a PR workout to muddy the waters and put them in the clear over the allegations that Meghan set out."
Meghan and Harry's Oprah interview was once first introduced in February 2021 quickly after she received a High Court case against The Mail on Sunday over the book of a letter to her father.
However, as the world waited with bated breath to find out whether she would degree bombshell allegations towards the organization she left behind, an email despatched by means of former Kensington Palace communications secretary Jason Knauf in October 2018 was once leaked to The Times.
"I am very concerned that the duchess was once in a position to bully two PAs out of the family in the previous year," the e-mail read. "The remedy of X [name removed] was once definitely unacceptable."
"The Duchess seems intent on constantly having someone in her sights. She is bullying Y [name removed] and in search of to undermine her confidence," he added. "We have had file after document from humans who have witnessed unacceptable behavior in the direction of Y [name removed]."
The overview was once launched in the aftermath of the leak and used to be extensively interpreted as an investigation into Meghan, with many anticipating that it would either condemn or exonerate her.
Yet, the palace at the time had been careful to avoid that sort of language, announcing rather they would "look into" the accusations to "see if lessons can be learned."
However unfavorable the allegations themselves can also have been to Meghan, her supporters on-line have been eager to see the findings in the belief she would be exonerated.
The suggestion the result has now been swept underneath the carpet led to an outpouring of accusations of a smear marketing campaign via the royal family.
On Twitter, #RoyalFamilyLied was at one stage trending in Britain with 62,000 Tweets.
Activist Tshweu Moleme wrote: "So the royal family's record on alleged Meghan Markle bullying of staff is now 'buried' and she ought to simply forget about about it, after so many tries to bury her name and reputation? In fact, she was bullied for months. Let her see the report."
Christopher Bouzy, who investigated social media trolling of Meghan as the founder of Bot Sentinel, wrote: "Why announce you are launching a probe into the Meghan Markle bullying claims, however refuse to release the findings of the probe? Seems like they did not discover anything, and they are too embarrassed to admit nothing was once found."
Journalist Lorraine King wrote: "Interesting to see that most people I've viewed tweeting want Buckingham Palace to put up the document into the Meghan bullying claims. Meghan supporters favor it published so it can exonerate her while Meghan critics want it posted so it can show her guilt. Very interesting."
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