Claims by Meghan that Palace aides instructed her she shouldn’t invite her niece to her royal marriage ceremony had been dismissed as “complete lies”.
She instructed Netflix viewers that Ashleigh Hale — the daughter of her half-sister Samantha Markle — was like a “little sister” to her.
But she claimed Kensington Palace’s press workplace instructed her Ms Hale shouldn’t be among the many friends.
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However sources mentioned yesterday that her press staff was determined for Meghan to have extra household and buddies on the marriage ceremony.
One mentioned: “It’s a complete lie. Meghan said she didn’t want her exposed to the media.”
Samantha had been vastly essential of Meghan within the run-up to the nuptials.
And within the Netflix present, Meghan claims that led to issues with the Palace press workplace over the problem of inviting Ashleigh.
She mentioned: “They just couldn’t wrap their head around it and I have compassion for it.
“How do we explain that this half-sister isn’t invited to the wedding, but that the half-sister’s daughter is?”
“And so, with Ashleigh, the guidance at the time was to not have her come to our wedding.
“I called her and I had her on speakerphone and we talked her through what guidance we were being given and why this assessment was made and … that’s painful.”
Harry and Meghan’s new assertion
Meghan and Harry have insisted Megxit was “never about privacy”, their spokesperson is now claiming.
This is regardless of simply hours after the 2020 announcement, Harry telling a charity an occasion in London the pair wished “a quieter life”.
While Meghan instructed Oprah of their bombshell 2021 interview she believes “everyone has a basic right to privacy. Basic.”
She added: “We’re not talking about anything that anybody else wouldn’t expect”.
But in a screeching U-turn, the couple’s spokesperson Ashley Hansen lashed out on the tabloid press accusing them of creating up the “narrative”.
In a seething assertion, she instructed the New York Times: “Their statement announcing their decision to step back mentions nothing of privacy and reiterates their desire to continue their roles and public duties.”
“Any suggestion otherwise speaks to a key point of this series.”
Questions over the pair’s need for extra privateness have soared with the discharge of their $150 million Netflix docuseries.
Addressing problems with privateness, Ms Hansen hammered: “They are choosing to share their story, on their terms.
“And yet the tabloid media has created an entirely untrue narrative that permeates press coverage and public opinion.
“The facts are right in front of them.”
-Tom Hussey, The Sun
This story initially appeared on The Sun and is republished right here with permission.
