Why is Meghan Markle the most criticized royal bride in the world?
Not only hated by the public, even close people such as Meghan Markle’s assistant admitted that they did not want to work with this royal bride.
Squeeze employees so much that no one wants to work with them
In mid-April 2024, Samantha Cohen – Meghan Markle’s former assistant – shared with the media bad experiences during her time working with this British royal bride. The information that Samantha Cohen gave made the audience shake their heads in disgust about the “manners” of Harry’s wife.
The New York Post reported that Samantha Cohen and nine other people were taken by Buckingham Palace to accuse Meghan Markle of coercing staff.
Responding to The Herald, the former assistant to the Duchess of Sussex said that she had been with the British royal family for nearly 2 decades but when working with Meghan Markle for more than 1 year, she was determined to “take off her shirt and leave”.
Samantha Cohen (behind) quit her job after 1 year as an assistant to Meghan.
Even worse, Samantha Cohen revealed, in fact, that she had not been with the Duchess of Sussex for so long: “I was initially appointed as Meghan’s assistant for 6 months, but the time lasted to 18 months. The reason is that the palace can’t find a replacement for me to be an assistant to the duchess.”
This former assistant said that Harry’s wife’s “character” made the staff unbearable. Even the people who were assigned to accompany Meghan on the trip to Africa could not be more patient and immediately demanded to quit their jobs as soon as they arrived in Africa.
Samantha Cohen’s sharing became even more authentic when it was discovered that the time she quit coincided with the “wave of resignations” from Meghan’s employees. Specifically, around 2019, many employees of the Duke of Sussex simultaneously resigned and submitted complaints about being oppressed and demanding, making the working environment extremely stifling and uncomfortable.
Meghan has many complaints about bullying employees.
Meghan Markle herself was questioned and investigated by Buckingham Palace because some employees reported that they were bullied during her time working for the duchess.
Accordingly, in 2021, many allegations from Meghan’s employees showed that they “couldn’t stand” her personality. The Times published a complaint by Jason Knauf, the former media secretary for Harry and his wife, revealing many unbelievable things about the working environment with this royal bride.
The former media secretary said that the Duchess of Sussex once kicked two personal assistants out of the palace and hurt the third assistant’s self-esteem. Knauf’s complaint revealed: “People in positions at Buckingham Palace and Clarence Palace are aware that they have encountered cases of staff, especially young women, being bullied to the point of tears.”
The palace has opened an investigation into allegations related to Meghan’s treatment of staff.
The incident was so noisy that the British royal family opened an investigation with a statement: “Our personnel team will look into the circumstances outlined in the article. The staff involved at the time, including those who have left the Royal Family, will be invited to participate to see if any lessons can be learned.”
The investigation ended in 2022, although no specific conclusion was made, but the incident has led the public to believe that Meghan Markle really made others “unbearable”.
The former American actor caused a series of employees to quit their jobs.
Continuously “sticking”, becoming the most criticized person in the world
It was not until allegations of bullying and employee claims appeared that Meghan Marlke was criticized and hated. In fact, many newspapers and news sites have called her the “most criticized character in the world”.
On the information pages, articles expressing dissatisfaction with the Duchess of Sussex were continuously posted. She is also the most criticized member of the royal family.
Meghan’s disapproval of the public is not easy to understand. From the moment Harry announced his decision to marry Meghan, the public was dissatisfied because she was an American actress, and her status and dignity were considered disproportionate to the role of Princess of England.
Meghan is not popular with the British public.
Meghan herself has no patience with the media and the British royal family. After only a short time as a royal bride, she asked her husband to leave the royal family and live in the United States. This means “declaring war” on her husband’s family and British royal fans.
At this time, the term Megxit appeared in the public – a portmanteau of Meghan – Exit, with the ironic meaning of the decision to leave the royal family of the Duke of Sussex.
Not stopping there, Meghan Markle and her husband decided to conduct an interview with Oprah Winfrey and released many statements criticizing the British royal family. This makes her image even uglier, especially in the context that the British royal family is upset because Prince Philip’s health is not good.
The couple’s interview plunged the British royal family into crisis.
The public asked the couple to postpone the broadcast of the interview but they refused. At that time, Meghan and her husband were heavily criticized for their filial piety and selfishness.
In 2023, when she went abroad to live, Meghan continued to put the British royal family at a disadvantage when she and her husband launched a memoir Spare to “tell the story”. Soon after, Omid Scobie’s book Endgame was released to defend the Sussexes with details that caused King Charles and Princess Kate to be entangled in racist noise. Instead of explaining that the couple kept silent, they were accused of deliberately aiding the act of defaming the royal family, pushing Britain’s most powerful family into crisis.
With continuous actions affecting the British royal family plus accusations of bullying and pressuring employees, it is really not difficult to understand that Meghan Marlke has such a bad image in the eyes of the British people.