Another glimpse of behind-the-scenes royal life comes from Valentine Low, a veteran Times of London journalist, with his new book is “.” It’s about the palace advisers who Princess Diana once called “the men in gray suits,” Sarah Ferguson described as the “constipated, self-appointed keepers of the gate,” and Harry scathingly referred to as the “middle-aged white men who’d managed to consolidate power through a series of bold Machiavellian maneuvers.
But the royal family is not racist. Charles has done an awful lot with ethnic communities, he really has. And William isn’t racist either. But the palace machinery, it’s pretty pale, male and stale. The royal family isn’t institutionally racist, but as an institution, it can be pretty slow to adapt to changing times.Q: What does a lady-in-waiting do?
Q: You were the journalist who broke the story about Meghan’s alleged bullying of staff members. Do your sources stand by their claims? Did the Sussexes ever threaten to sue?A: Before we wrote that story, the Times and I were absolutely determined, we’ve got to get it legally watertight. So a lot of effort went into making sure everything was absolutely correct and well-sourced and they couldn’t get us.
I thought, hang on, I remember that day, I remember stuff I wrote and others wrote and thought surely not. I looked up every paper and it was all incredibly positive. The tabloids all basically had lovely pictures of the Queen and Meghan giggling away, having a laugh. It could be that I suspect he saw some stuff online. That’s Harry’s problem. He gets obsessed with looking stuff up online and he just kind of lumps it together: online, social media, and the press, they all become one.