Meghan Markle’s staff broke their silence with Us Weekly to counter bullying allegations but the fightback has an awkward background relating to a past lawsuit.
The Hollywood Reporter this month quoted an anonymous source saying Meghan marches around like “a dictator in high heels” and belittles staff.
Sussex employees past and present countered that narrative with a series of comments published Tuesday by Us Weekly, which is edited by Dan Wakeford.
The move appears to have raised eyebrows at the Daily Mail because of Wakeford’s role in a previous media fightback on Meghan’s behalf in February 2019 by People magazine, where he was the deputy editor at the time, though he went on to become editor-in-chief.
In 2020, Meghan’s lawyers told the High Court in London she did not authorize that story during a case she brought against Associated Newspapers, publisher of The Mail on Sunday and Daily Mail.
Richard Eden, diary columnist at the Daily Mail, wrote on Twitter: “By coincidence, the editor behind the new Us Weekly article, Dan Wakeford, was also behind this memorable piece for People magazine, which Meghan testified in court that she played absolutely no part in.”
