Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's aides have been accused of trying to hush up teachers and students at a primary school that the royal couple visited as a part of their £80m Netflix docuseries.The Duke and Duchess of Sussex paid a visit to Public School 123, which is one of the poorest in New York, in 2021 but it's been alleged that the school was asked to sign a clause banning anyone from making any negative comments following the royal visit.
During the event, the 42-year-old duchess read from her children's book, The Bench, which she published in June 2021, before the school authorities were reportedly 'gagged' and told to not share any bad comments about the visit on social media, both at the time and in the future.Archewell representatives are now being accused of emailing the Department of Education with the “appearance release”, including the gagging clause, and asked them to run it by their lawyers, the Mirror reports.
An email from NYC schools press secretary Danielle Filson allegedly asked for the best way to get the clause agreed to before also reportedly stating that a press release about the visit should not mention Meghan's book out of fear it needed to be "less promotion-ey", The Sun reports.It's not known whether the clause was ever officially signed but in other documents, the couple's team also banned four British newspapers from an event at the World Trade CentreEmails reveal the planning for the school trip, in which which Meghan sported a £5,000 suit and Cartier accessories, six months before.
The news comes amid claims that the duke and duchess are currently looking at relocating from their home in Montecito to an $8m plot of land in Malibu.The six-acre estate they have their eye on reportedly has
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