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Breaking News: Sussex Survivors Club’: Meghan Markle ‘bullying’ claims could tarnish lifestyle brand
The duchess is jammed up.
Meghan Markle, 42, has a new lifestyle brand called American Riviera Orchard, which will include products like jars of jam.
But “bullying” claims may hurt the brand, a royal expert says.
Where there’s smoke, there’s fire,” business development consultant Hilary Fordwich told Fox News Digital.
“There have been too many examples of the ‘Sussex Survivors Club’ for the allegations not to be true … In contrast, not even one such report has ever been raised regarding Kate Middleton.”
Fordwich was referring to former palace aide Samantha Cohen, who confirmed in a recent interview with the Australian Herald Sun that she was one of 10 staffers who were questioned about allegations that Markle “bullied” staffers during her time in the palace.
In 2017, Cohen, who had previously worked for Queen Elizabeth, was tasked with getting Markle ready for the royal family.
Royal expert Tom Bower wrote in the Daily Mail on Tuesday, “Certainly, I believe that Ms. Cohen was soon exasperated, within six months or so, and that Meghan either disagreed with, or failed to understand, the non-negotiable elements of royalty. I also believe that members of Samantha Cohen’s team viewed this as an irresponsible self-indulgence. Both sides would blame a clash of cultures.”