Meghan Markle’s former bodyguard has said he feels “sorry” for the former actress as marrying into the royal family was “stressful” for her as she struggled to go from B-movie celebrity to the “most famous family.” of the world.”
Steve Davies first met Meghan in 2018, when he was hired by Suits broadcaster NBC to protect Meghan while she was in Toronto, Canada.
“It was stressful for her, all the publicity,” he said. In contact.
After their first meeting, Davies “felt sorry (for her) because she had gone from being a celebrity to being a member of the largest family in the world,” he told the American media.
‘We had people following us everywhere. We had problems with the drones, the vehicles that were chasing us. It was a nightmare.’
Meghan Markle’s former bodyguard has defended the duchess against accusations that are difficult to work with
Steve Davies said he “felt sorry for her because she had gone from being a celebrity to being a member of the world’s biggest family”.
Davies also said the duchess was “warm and thoughtful the entire time” he knew her.
Her interview comes days after a report examined why a large number of Harry and Meghan’s employees in the United States jumped ship in recent years.
Davies, a former British special forces soldier, said he feared “what happened to Princess Diana could have happened to her,” as he compared his life in England after their 2018 wedding to being in a “goldfish bowl.” .
Davies also defended the Duchess of Sussex against claims that she is “not a very good person to work with”, adding: “There’s a big lesson I learned from her: you have to give respect to get respect.”
Her interview comes days after a report examined why a large number of Harry and Meghan’s employees in the United States jumped ship in recent years.
“Everyone is terrified of Meghan,” a source close to the couple told The Hollywood Reporter, adding that “she is absolutely relentless.”
Contrary to accusations that Meghan ‘belittles’ her staff, reported The Hollywood ReporterDavies said the duchess was “warm and thoughtful throughout.”
“She’s great with her fans and would do anything she can to help people,” he continued. “That’s what hurts me: that people believe (something else).”
Since the duke and duchess moved to California in 2020, 18 of their top aides and staff, including their chief of staff, Josh Kettler, and Meghan’s private secretary, Samantha Cohen, have stopped working for them.
When asked why, a source close to the couple told The Hollywood Reporter: “Everyone is terrified of Meghan.
“She puts people down, she doesn’t take advice,” they continued. “They both make bad decisions and change their minds frequently.”
The source described Harry as a “very, very lovely person” and yet “a great enabler” of Meghan’s behavior, adding that the 41-year-old duchess “marches like a dictator in high heels.”
“I’ve seen her make grown men cry,” they said.
Meghan has always denied allegations of bullying staff.
After the story sparked a backlash among Sussex supporters, the publication’s co-editor-in-chief Maer Roshan said he stands by the report.
Roshan told Access Hollywood that the journalist who wrote the article spoke to “a very senior source” who still works for Harry and Meghan, adding that it is “probably not true” that the “Duchess Difficult” nickname was fabricated by the Palace after Megxit.
“Duchess Difficult is a nickname that has followed Meghan Markle for quite a few years,” Roshan said.
“What’s new is that this notion, since we came to the United States, that a lot of these rumors were fabricated by the Palace and the reporting we did suggests that’s probably not true and there’s still this undercurrent of fear.”
Friends of Meghan have said they have never seen “a negative side of her.”
Roshan told the American media: “Two things can be possible at the same time.” The couple helps many people. Meghan and Harry declined to comment on our story.
“I think Meghan would have said that barking when giving orders is something we expect from men and that would never raise an eyebrow.”
Meghan addressed the topic on her Archetypes podcast.
She said, ‘You’re allowed to set a limit. You can be clear, it doesn’t make you demanding. It doesn’t make it difficult for you, it makes it clear to you.’
While a spokesperson for the Sussexes declined to comment on Roshan’s statement when approached by MailOnline, a source close to Harry and Meghan called the claims in The Hollywood Reporter’s story “made up.”
Since the Duke and Duchess moved to California in 2020, 18 of their top aides and employees have stopped working for them.
A source recently told The Hollywood Reporter that Harry is “very much an enabler” of Meghan’s behavior.
The report sparked a backlash among the Sussexes, with one source calling the claims “made up.”
“These quotes were made up by someone who didn’t know our company,” they said.
‘The Duke and Duchess work from Montecito and we are based in Hollywood. They probably think we’re all in the same office and this date would work, but circumstances don’t even allow it. If she is “marching” and “barking orders”, no Archewell employee could claim that.
“It’s total nonsense,” they said.
They also rejected the claim that Meghan sent her staff ‘angry emails at 5am’.
They said, ‘Who hasn’t sent an email when they can’t sleep or wake up early?
“I never received an email from any of them at that time and even if I did, the Duchess specifically notes in her email signature that they all have a different working day and that she does not feel obligated to respond outside of normal business hours. .
“These citations of sources do not make any sense.”
Allegations that Meghan is difficult to work with date back to 2021, when The Times reported that Meghan’s former communications secretary, Jason Knauf, filed a complaint alleging that she was bullying Kensington Palace staff in 2018.
Knauf alleged that Meghan’s behavior had forced two of her personal assistants to resign, while undermining the trust of a third member of staff.
The complaint led royal advisers to launch an investigation into allegations of Meghan’s “disparaging” behavior, but details of the report were never revealed.
Meghan has strongly denied the allegations, with the duchess’s lawyers describing them at the time as a “calculated smear campaign.”