An author has claimed that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle carried out “loyalty tests” on staff during their time in Buckingham Palace, in a bid to see if the workers were “still fighting for them”.Times royal correspondent Valentine Low discusses in his new book Courtiers: the Hidden Power Behind the Crown how these “tests” were initially brought forward by Harry, 38, before dating Meghan, 41, to check if the staff had “Palace syndrome”.
According to Mr Low, this referred to whether staff had been “institutionalised” by the royal household, and the author claims workers nicknamed themselves the “Sussex Survivors’ Club” following the tests.
Appearing on Good Morning Britain to promote his book, Mr Low said: “This was brewing for a long time — before Meghan. Harry had this obsession with the media.
He was so very unhappy.” In his book, the journalist wrote: “[Harry] would use this phrase the whole time, 'the palace syndrome', when you won't fight the battles he wants, because you have been institutionalised. “Giving in to the media was a key symptom of whether you had developed it. “It was a constant test of loyalty: 'Are you going to protect me?
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