A former aide of Meghan Markle has confirmed that she was interviewed in Buckingham Palace’s investigation into bullying accusations levelled towards the Duchess. Samantha Cohen was considered one of 10 royal staffers to be interviewed. Years again, complaints had been made that Meghan had created a poisonous and hostile work setting.

Meghan allegedly pressured two PAs out of Kensington Palace in 2018. The inside e mail was later leaked to UK broadcast The Times, however Meghan has denied the allegations.

Cohen, an Australian, has now spoken with the Herald Sun. She was requested in regards to the bullying allegations.

“I was only supposed to stay for six months but stayed for 18—we couldn’t find a replacement for me and when we did we took them on tour to Africa with Harry and Meghan to show them the ropes but they left (quit) as well while in Africa,” Cohen said.

Meghan and her husband, Prince Harry, toured Southern Africa in September and October 2019. That November, they left Britain to go to Canada.

Jason Knauf, who was the communications secretary of Kensington Palace at the time, sent an email to Simon Case, Prince William’s private secretary, in 2018. He noted that Meghan failed to treat her staff well.

“I’m very involved that the duchess was in a position to bully two PAs out of the family up to now yr. The therapy of X [name removed] was completely unacceptable,” Knauf informed Case.

“The Duchess seems intent on always having someone in her sights,” Knauf added. “She is bullying Y [name removed] and seeking to undermine her confidence. We have had report after report from people who have witnessed unacceptable behavior towards Y [name removed].”

Who is Samantha Cohen?

Cohen joined the royal family staff as an assistant communications secretary to Queen Elizabeth again in 2001. She later turned her assistant non-public secretary. In 2018, she turned non-public secretary to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. She left the palace workplace the subsequent yr.

The bullying allegations had been first made public in a narrative in The Sunday Times when Cohen left Kensington Palace. “Meghan loses second close aide, Samantha Cohen, as rumours swirl of ‘Duchess Difficult’,” the headline read. A source said at the time that Cohen’s replacement would need “reserves of vitality and endurance to assist her outline her future function.”