Queen gave Meghan Markle her most trusted advisors as 'mentors' before she entered royal family, say insiders
In the wake of Meghan Markle's tell-all interview with Oprah Winfrey where she outed the British monarchy's harrowing treatment towards her, insiders are coming forward to bust those claims with their own accounts of what went down. In latest updates, a source claimed that contrary to what Meghan claimed in the interview, Buckingham Palace had provided her with the Queen’s most senior staff to “mentor” her before she got married to Harry.
“It is very disingenuous to make such a sweeping generalization,” a source told the Daily Mail, contradicting Meghan's claims that she did not receive any help transitioning into the royal family. “There was a brilliant team of very experienced and loyal aides to help them. Sadly, she and Harry were willing to listen to no one. And that is the honest truth," the source added.
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The Queen reportedly enlisted Samantha Cohen, one of her most trusted advisors, to help Meghan prepare for her wedding and the royal life she was entering, reported the outlet. Cohen was also in charge of giving Meghan regular tutoring sessions surrounding royal etiquette and diplomatic protocol at Kensington Palance.
“The Queen gave her Sam, her most trusted, her safest set of hands,” the source told the Mail. “Yet Meghan told Oprah Winfrey that while the Queen had personally been ‘wonderful’, she hadn’t received any guidance on how to behave as a royal – leaving her forced to Google the national anthem,” the insider added.
In her bombshell March 7 interview with Oprah, Meghan alleged that she received no support leading up to her wedding to Harry, and had to even google the British national anthem to blend in with her in-laws.
“Unlike what you see in the movies, there’s no class on how to speak, how to cross your legs, how to be royal,” Meghan told Oprah. “There was none of that training that might exist for other members of the family. That was not something that was offered to me.” Meghan revealed that the Duchess of York, Sarah Ferguson, and Prince Andrew’s ex-wife, were the ones to teach her how to curtsy before meeting Queen Elizabeth II for the first time.
Meghan also made explosive headlines surrounding rampant racism within the royal family when she accused of them being concerned about her then-unborn son Archie's skin color considering she is biracial. Although she refrained from taking any names as it would be too damaging for the family, Harry requested Oprah to confirm it was neither the Queen nor her husband Philip to have raised those concerns.
Meghan also alleged that being barred from leaving the house and constant bullying from British tabloids and media made her suicidal, following which all cries for help were denied as it wouldn't look good on 'the institution'.
Two days after the interview aired in the US and one day after it aired in the UK, the Queen released a statement on Wednesday, March 10, saying, "The whole family is saddened to learn the full extent of how challenging the last few years have been for Harry and Meghan. The issues raised, particularly that of race, are concerning."
"Whilst some recollections may vary, they are taken very seriously and will be addressed by the family privately. Harry, Meghan and Archie will always be much loved family members," the statement added.