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The Duchess of Sussex’s senior royal official, Samantha Cohen, has finally broken cover on the explosive bullying claims that first rocked Kensington Palace in 2021 and still reverberate today.

Ms Cohen, a loyal and longstanding former palace aide, has confirmed to an Australian newspaper that she was, indeed, among those interviewed by the Palace in the wake of complaints about the duchess’s alleged aggressive behaviour.

A small step forward, you might think, but a significant one when it comes to an episode which officials have so far swept under the carpet.

Samantha Cohen is not just any courtier, after all.

An intelligent, charming Australian, she had been working with the late Queen for 20 years when she was asked to undertake a challenging new assignment.

In 2017, Ms Cohen agreed to help the newly engaged Meghan acclimatise to the Royal Family and life in Kensington Palace.

It became clear that three women had formally told Mr Knauf that Meghan was ‘allegedly’ bullying them.

And that, as the complaints accumulated, Mr Knauf started to put together a file.

According to leaked email correspondence, Mr Knauff alleged to the Palace’s human resources department that Meghan bullied two PAs ‘out of the household’ within the space of a year and was targeting other female staff.

Mr Knauf noted that one departing member of staff had said her encounters with Meghan made her ‘feel sick’.

‘I can’t stop shaking’ was another comment cited, and ‘I feel terrified’.

The correspondence suggested that Mr Knauf was concerned about Ms Cohen herself, indicating that she was experiencing extreme ‘stress’.

The Sussexes have vigorously denied the allegations.

William told Harry that Meghan’s behaviour was unacceptable and that Ms Cohen and others had become suspicious that Meghan had never intended to give up her career and become a loyal member of the family.

Did Meghan want to return to America, William wondered?

As their conversation became heated, William mentioned staff complaints about being bullied by Meghan.

Harry was outraged – but the accusations, whether justified or not, were a matter of fact.

So was a certain level of staff turnover.

Melissa Toubati, another personal assistant, had also resigned. According to newspaper reports, Ms Toubati was allegedly ‘traumatised’ by Meghan’s unreasonable behaviour to meet her ‘unattainably precise demands’.

Her departure was blamed on a tirade from Meghan, angry that embroidered blankets for guests at a shooting weekend were not the right shade of red.

To date, the palace lawyer’s investigation remains under lock and key, a situation which is hard on the accusers – and unfair to the accused.

Jason Knauf’s leaked email correspondence have given us a starting point, but until a few days ago, Ms Cohen and fellow palace staff had remained silent.

Now, finally, that dam has been breached

Some people need to get out more... 

Vita wrote:

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Some people need to get out more... 

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Magica wrote:

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Vita wrote:

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David Beckham went up in my estimations when he queued more than twelve hours to pay his respects to the Queen.

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When Schofield and the blonde twit just walked straight in 🙄

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 "The blonde twit" 

Re David and Victoria Beckham, I quite like her, she gets a lot of bad press, but I think she is down to earth considering her lifestyle.

Vita wrote:

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Magica wrote:

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Vita wrote:

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David Beckham went up in my estimations when he queued more than twelve hours to pay his respects to the Queen.

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When Schofield and the blonde twit just walked straight in 🙄

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 She was always grinning.

You could say your home had burned down and she would be smiling.

🙄

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 She tries to capture Diana, but she's captured a fish gob. 

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Vita wrote:

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David Beckham went up in my estimations when he queued more than twelve hours to pay his respects to the Queen.

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 Really?  He could have gone incognito but chose to stand out as DB.  Queuing for that time done his rep a lot of good.   These people don't do anything without a end game 

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 It's a bit hard when your face is as well known as his is, to stay incognito.

I do agree though that a lot of people like to be seen to be doing good.

Syl wrote:

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It's a bit hard when your face is as well known as his is, to stay incognito.

I do agree though that a lot of people like to be seen to be doing good.

 

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 There's a verse in the bible about that.

 "People who do good deeds with an audience, do them for themselves"

 It was heavy going reading the Bible, a lot of it was strange.

Like people living to be 300

Magica wrote:

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Megaliar is false, only married handbag for the titles. She don't love him. She dominates him, kept him away from friends and family, she's a narcissist, that's what they do. She tried to mimic Diana, he thinks she's his mummy, he's mentally sick.

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 I was reading yesterday she was the cause of the Beckham's rift with her and Harry.

Said Victoria was blabbing to the press, the Beckham's have always been very private.

They've never blabbled about anyone.