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00:00 Prince Harry slammed the phone down on Prince William after being confronted with witness
00:04 statements in a Meghan Markle bullying probe, a French TV documentary has claimed.
00:16 In turn, William reportedly became so angry at his brother's insistence on protecting
00:20 Meghan from criticism that he jumped in a car, towards Kensington Palace to go and confront
00:26 Prince Harry.
00:34 French channel BFM TV detailed the alleged drama in an investigative documentary called
00:39 "Redline, William and Harry, the Enemy Brothers".
00:49 The series claims that exasperated staff resigned from the royal household as soon as they could
00:54 and set up a WhatsApp group called "The Sussex Survivors Club".
01:04 The documentary is due to come out next week, on the 25th anniversary of the death of William
01:08 and Harry's mother, Princess Diana, in a Paris car crash on August 31, 1997.
01:22 It alleges the Duchess of Sussex, 41, bullied staff while living in Kensington Palace, with
01:27 Harry, 37.
01:36 An email in the autumn of 2018 written by Jason Knauf, former communications secretary
01:41 to Harry and Meghan, to Simon Case, the Duke of Cambridge's then-private secretary, first
01:47 brought the allegations to light.
01:55 Mr Knauf claimed Meghan had "bullied" two female personal assistants "out of the household".
02:08 One of the unnamed staff members is referred to using the letter why the documentary claims
02:12 "the Duchess seems intent on always having someone as a target".
02:23 She's bullying why, and seeking to undermine her confidence.
02:26 We have had report after report from people who have been witnessing this unacceptable
02:30 behaviour towards why.
02:39 The now-female reads, "I am very concerned that the Duchess had been bullying and harassing
02:43 two personal assistants, to the extent that she provoked their resignation during the
02:48 course of the last year."
02:56 The documentary narrative continues, "During 2018 there was indeed a spate of resignations
03:01 among Meghan Markle's team.
03:10 Former members have even set up an informal group that they called between them, the Sussex
03:14 Survivors Club.
03:22 Some of them still remain traumatised."
03:24 Pierrick Guise, a royal author who has written a book about the Duke of Cambridge, told the
03:29 programme, "William, who already didn't like his sister-in-law very much, became furious.
03:42 He called Harry directly, and Harry slammed the phone down.
03:45 Harry didn't want to know anything, and so William jumped in a car towards Kensington
03:49 Palace, where he was going to confront Prince Harry."
04:00 Valentine Lowe, the Times Royal correspondent, is also quoted in the documentary saying,
04:05 "There was a person who was so terrified by a conversation she was about to have with
04:09 Meghan that she said, 'I feel sick.'
04:19 Some of these young women have been broken."
04:21 Buckingham Palace announced earlier this year that it would not be releasing details of
04:25 a legal enquiry into Meghan's bullying, and this led to accusations of a royal cover-up.
04:38 Meghan herself has yet to comment on the scandal, despite just launching a new podcast focusing
04:43 on female stereotypes.
04:52 She and her husband have "stepped back" from royal duties and now live in Montecito, California,
04:57 with their two young children.
05:06 The couple are due to return to the UK in September, when Meghan is due to speak about
05:10 female empowerment at a conference in Manchester.
05:20 The Mirror has approached the Cambridges and the Sussex organisation Archwell for comment
05:24 on the matter.
05:25 The Mirror has been contacted by the Royal Society of Cambridges and Sussex.
05:26 The Royal Society of Cambridges and Sussex has been contacted by the Royal Society of
05:27 Cambridges and Sussex.
05:27 The Royal Society of Cambridges and Sussex has been contacted by the Royal Society of