MEGHAN'S SIDE OF THE STORY

Boss from hell?! Amid a mass exodus by her staff and new bullying allegations, Meghan Markle goes on the defense

They’re calling it the “Sussex Survivors’ Club.” In just over four years since “Megxit” — when Prince Harry and Meghan Markle left their positions as working royals and moved to Montecito, Calif. — a whopping 18 high-level, experienced staff members have quit. “Everyone’s terrified of Meghan. She’s absolutely relentless,” a source told The Hollywood Reporter in a bombshell Sept. 12 exposé. “She marches around like a dictator in high heels.”

And now she’s ready to declare war, a source tells In Touch. “These rumors of her being ‘Duchess Difficult’ have plagued Meghan for years, and she’s tired of the character assassinations,” the source says. “She’s striking back.” Accusations of bullying by multiple staff members led to a palace investigation in 2021. The Sussexes denied the allegations, but because the results were never made public, “it’s seemingly Meghan’s word against theirs,” says the source. “Her supporters want her to tell her side of the story — and she just may do it.”

SHOCKING CLAIMS

She’ll have a lot to address. One former California staffer told The Hollywood Reporter that Meghan, 43, “belittles people” and “doesn’t take advice,” while another said the former actress would often be “fuming and barking orders. I’ve seen her reduce grown men to tears.”