From the Valentine Low interview on The Times Podcast Stories of our Times, 'Meghan and Harry v The Firm'
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- 'I knew she (M) had had a very bad time in the summer of 2019, I knew there had been tears....
I knew she had that conversation with the Head of HR.... I didn't know she had been suicidal. This was something I didn't know and I was taken aback. (ETA Lawyers advised the Times not to mention M's medical issues as private matter)
- The allegation about Archie's skin colour. What exactly was said... it's hard to judge if it was racist. Sharing that comment... was a calculated act of war.... It is catastrophic. It is disingenuous... (not to say who said what).. The damage has been done. Are they being entirely honest? Im not sure
- These allegations are hugely damaging. The taint of racism is incredibly damaging for your reputation... also for Britain's reputation abroad....
- How does this play out across the Commonwealth? Very badly..... It's not going to go down well.
- In the immediate aftermath of the interview, the shutters were down at the Palace. It is at the far end of their expectations of how bad it would be.
- It became apparent a couple of weeks ago that people... wanted to tell the world how there were allegations of bullying against the Duchess of Sussex.... Yes the timing is relevant.. with the victory against the Mail on Sunday and the Oprah Interview, Meghan has been doing a very good job of getting her narrative out there.... These are people who want to say there's another side, to this, another story, another narrative.
- There's a different narrative. This I've heard from three different people whose judgement I trust, people I know well, they've all seperately said in various circumstances, that
Meghan always wanted rejection.... she cast herself as a victim. (Valentine goes on to say essentially that Meghan wanted to be able to say to Harry 'we have to leave, this is unbearable).
Was all of this premeditated?.
There are some lived through it.. who think it was all premeditated.