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London (AP) - Shortly before the planned broadcast of the eagerly awaited interview by Duchess Meghan (39) and Prince Harry (36) with US talk show host Oprah Winfrey, the couple opposed reports of bullying allegations from palace employees on Monday fought.
The London Times had reported that in 2018, not long after the couple's wedding, a complaint against Meghan about bullying made the rounds inside the palace.
Accordingly, two personal assistants of the former US actress are said to have thrown down because of the high pressure that Meghan had built up.
There was talk of humiliation and tears.
This emerges from internal palace emails that were leaked to the sheet.
What exactly Meghan is accused of remained unclear.
Meghan's lawyers described the allegations in a letter to the "Times" as a "calculated smear campaign based on misleading and harmful false information".
It is no coincidence that these "distorted, several year old allegations" were brought to the British press shortly before Meghan and Harry wanted to speak "openly and honestly about their experiences of the past few years".
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"Meghan is saddened by the recent attack against her person, especially as someone who has been the target of bullying and is fully committed to supporting those who have suffered pain and trauma," added a spokesman for Meghans and Harry Request from the German Press Agency.
Buckingham Palace, however, did not want to comment on the matter.
The US broadcaster CBS had already advertised the interview with Meghan and Harry with smaller excerpts.
In it, the talk show host Winfrey says, among other things: "You said some pretty shocking things here."
What it was about, however, was not clear from it.
It will only be broadcast on US television on the night of March 8th (CET).
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CBS trailer for the Oprah interview
Report in the "Times"