Undermining Meghan Markle labeled a Mean Girls teenager by former staffer: Thrown to the wolves

Not grool.Meghan Markle has been dubbed a “‘Mean Girls’ teenager” by a former staffer who made new allegations in a bombshell exposé on the duchess and her husband, Prince Harry.The report published Friday by Vanity Fair takes a look at the state of the couple’s personal and professional lives five years after stepping down from their roles as senior working members of the royal family.And according to unnamed sources, the couple did not always foster a congenial working environment.One person who worked with Meghan, 43, on her “Archetypes” podcast at Spotify described the alleged experience with Meghan as “really, really, really awful” and “very painful.”At the outset of their professional interactions, Meghan began warm, complimentary and encouraging, the source said.

But went something didn’t go as she and Harry, 40, expected, the duchess, in Vanity Fair’s words, “would become cold and withholding toward the person she perceived to be responsible.”The experience was “really, really, really awful.Very painful,” the source alleged to the magazine.

“Because she’s constantly playing checkers—I’m not even going to say chess—but she’s just very aware of where everybody is on her board.”“And when you are not in, you are to be thrown to the wolves at any given moment,” the former staffer claimed, which amounted to “undermining.”“It’s talking behind your back.It’s gnawing at your sense of self,” they continued.

“Really, like, ‘Mean Girls’ teenager.”Prior to working with the former actress, the source had a hard time believing the much-discussed and debated claims that Meghan bullied palace aides during her time inside The Firm (as the royal family is often called).Their perception changed after working with her.“Oh, any given Tuesday this happened,” the source said, alluding to bullying.

Another person who has professional interactions with Meghan agreed.“You can be yelled at even if someb...