PRINCE Harry would carry out “loyalty tests” on Palace staff – and his “paranoia” got worse when he started dating Meghan, a new bombshell book has claimed.
Courtiers: the Hidden Power Behind the Crown by royal expert Valentine Low details a series of jaw-dropping allegations levelled at The Duke and Duchess of Sussex during their time as working Royals.
A book has claimed Harry would carry out ‘loyalty tests’ on Palace staff
A royal expert has claimed ‘it only got worse’ once he began dating Meghan
And one such claim is that Harry was “obsessed” with testing royal courtiers – even before Meghan arrived on the scene.
An excerpt published in The Times reads: “He would use this phrase the whole time, ‘the palace syndrome’, when you won’t fight the battles he wants, because you have been institutionalised.
“Giving in to the media was a key symptom of whether you had developed it.
“It was a constant test of loyalty: ‘Are you going to protect me? Or have you just become one of them, who won’t fight for me?’ It was exhausting.”
This morning on Good Morning Britain Mr Lowe added: “This was brewing for a long time – before Meghan.
“Harry had this obsession with the media. He was so very unhappy.”
And Mr Lowe has claimed that matters only got worse once he started dating the Duchess.
The book explains: “Harry’s obsession with the media; his sense of frustration that he wasn’t achieving everything that he could; his mistrust of the courtiers in the other households; the constant loyalty tests of his own staff: all of this was there before Meghan arrived on the scene.
“But after she turned up, it would get significantly worse.”
It comes as Mr Lowe today told how palace staff who worked under the couple call themselves the “Sussexes Surrvival Club”.
He said staff felt they could “not escape” the wrath of the California-based duo and there were “no lines or boundaries”.
He added: “It was a very difficult experience for many of them.
“Some people told me they were completely destroyed, they felt sick, they were shook.”
It comes as the Duchess of Sussex moaned ‘I can’t believe I’m not getting paid for this’ while meeting Australians on tour, the book claims.
A second explosive allegation suggests Meghan threatened to “break up with Harry if he didn’t announce they were dating“.
Meanwhile Prince Harry is alleged to have feared becoming irrelevant when nephew Prince George – the future King – was born.
Meghan has always denied bullying claims, saying she is “saddened” by them.
