Like a cavalry galloping to the rescue of their wounded leaders, former and current employees of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex rushed into print this week to big up their bosses. In the pages of Us Weekly, an influential American showbiz magazine popular with teens and teen‐moms, print and online readers were breathlessly informed by Team Sussex that Prince Harry was a super‐great guy, no airs and graces, just a regular dude, rah‐rah‐rah. Meanwhile, what about girlboss Meghan? According to those who worked for her and lived to tell the tale, she was completely marvellous, too.
No, really. Pass me that halo and let her duchessy love light shine. For she was kind and thoughtful.
She made great gourmet snacks. “Some of my favourite memories,” said former Archewell president Mandana Dayani, who lasted 18 months until she left in 2022, “were during our weekly meetings in her Montecito home, where Meghan always served the most incredible lunches and her latest beautiful concoctions.” I am imagining exquisite delicacies such as “vegetable soup” and “green salad”, possibly even a delightful “egg‐based omelette” sourced from the in‐house rescue chickens.
As the Sussex staff detailed the positives for posterity, it was hard to determine the true nature of their relationship with their bosses. Attorney-client, doctor‐patient, jailer‐inmate, star‐civilian, duchess‐serf? And was it my imagination or were the outpourings of these worker drones remin.