Prince Harry’s paranoia about the British press existed long before Meghan Markle came into the picture.
Valentine Low, a correspondent for the U.K. Times, claimed that the Duke of Sussex, 38, had an “obsession with the media” that prompted him to carry out “loyalty tests” on his palace aides, leaving them “exhausted.”
“If he had a beef with the media, he’d want them to pursue it,” Low claimed to Fox News Digital. “They would often say, ‘Harry, don’t pick this fight. This fight’s not worth having. You don’t have to pursue every slight that’s been done towards you.’ And if you didn’t pursue it with the kind of energy that he sought, he could question your loyalty. He wondered if you’d become one of them, one of the others from the other royal households who protected the institution … and not the individual.”
Low has written a book that was published on Jan. 24 titled “Courtiers: Intrigue, Ambition, and the Power Players Behind the House of Windsor.” In it, Low explores how trusted advisers to the British royal family played a crucial role in the monarchy’s survival over the years. It features interviews with insiders who shared their experiences working behind palace doors. While it gives insight into several royals, it is the book’s chapters on the Sussexes that have garnered the most headlines.