Prince William Likely Signed Off on Aide’s Involvement in Meghan Markle Lawsuit, Royal Expert Claims

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Shade behind the scenes? Prince William likely signed off on longtime royal aide Jason Knauf getting involved in Meghan Markle‘s lawsuit against the British press, royal expert Christopher Andersen predicts.The legal drama was rehashed in Netflix’s Harry & Meghan, the second half of which premiered on Thursday, December 15.

After watching the final three episodes, Andersen exclusively shared his thoughts on the “interesting” docuseries with Us Weekly.“The Sussexes get the final word when … they issue a formal statement saying, ‘Oh no, we never authorized him to issue this information,'” the author of The King: The Life of King Charles III told Us on Thursday. “So it’s another swipe at William.”According to Andersen, mentioning the lawsuit made it “rather obvious” that the tension between Prince Harry and his older brother, 40, is “a chasm that isn’t going to be breached at any time soon.”Meghan, 41, and the former military pilot, 38, outlined their ups and downs with the royal family — both before and after their 2020 exit — in the candid six-episode series.

Episode 6 detailed the Suits alum’s lawsuit against Associated Newspapers Limited, which owns the Mail on Sunday, for publishing the five-page letter she wrote to her estranged father, Thomas Markle, in 2019.“When we were just about to go the court of appeal, a senior member of [William’s] team [Knauf] came forward to give his witness statement, which wasn’t required, and sadly there’s just no way he could have done that without the authority of his bosses,” Meghan’s lawyer Jenny Afia claimed in a confessional.The “Archetypes” podcast host and her husband were shown getting frustrated about the legal development. “Let me deal with it,” Harry told his wife, who