Whoa:
Wimbledon anon here.
I had a meeting (If I may call it that) with someone who was present during the Markle Debacle and got fired because of their actions. I don't blame this woman at all, she was trying to do her job. What happened is that Meghan was late and was told by an event planner that she is breaking the dress code. The planner asked her to take her hat off and if she has a change of clothes because no one wears jeans in the main boxes. She told the planner "Do you know I can
bleeping fire you? Do you know who I am?" and her friends just laughed. Then she skipped security (everyone must go through it, even royals). She wanted some specific red wine in the lounge and they had to explain to her they can only get her local stuff at such a short notice. She had none of it. Her friend had like 4 Pimm's cups under an hour and was telling innapropriate jokes to staff. Meghan was cussing all the time and smiling like a psychopath at the camera. Then came the infamous box emptying incident.
She came to that match with a 20 min notice. The RPOs were gobsmacked at the rush and one of them confessed it was his day off but they pulled him out to escort her to the match. They had to allocate the entire box because no one had been background checked and Markle was laughing all the time at watching people leave. She said "This is just for us!" Not all people in the box could find seats so they lost around £15k on that incident in tickets only due to refunds. Some of then threatened to sue. Then came the bomb.
The Duke of Kent and the Duchess of Cambridge were on a conference call. Catherine sounded apologetic and Prince Edward sounded on the verge of tears. He said that never in his life time has a member of his own family done something on that level on his event and offered to pay the ticket difference and Catherine did the same. One of the RPOs very openly complained about Meghan and said that he believed she got very drunk with her friends. Catherine sounded horrified and apologised profusely. The Duke of Kent hosted a private dinner for everyone involved but the people who accomodated Meghan got fired because they cost the tournament so much. This person said she knew she is going to get fired the moment they couldn't find a spot for people who actually came on time and paid their tickets. By the way, Markle didn't leave a single dime there. Prince Edward and Catherine covered that out of their own pockets.
I don't know what else to say except for disgusting. She cost several people their jobs and possibly made the lovely Prince Edward cry. So much on members of the royal family making her cry.
Words fail me...
This is not going to be a good day
Eh, she wasn't chasing her off the forum, just noting that there are other threads to join.