After Meghan Markle revealed a number of allegations about the institution in her court documents filed against Mail on Sunday's publisher, Associated Newspapers, a source disclosed the Firm stayed mum for her own benefit. The Royal Family's "no comment policy" was for her own sake so that the tabloid wouldn't have a gossipy story to write about them.
An insider told People that the British Royal household wanted to avoid "making the situation worse" by fueling more rumors about the issue. Following the revelations that Meghan felt "unprotected by the institution and prohibited from defending herself" from adverse reporting, the tipster insisted that the monarchy chose to be silent because it didn't want to "heighten" the situation even more.
The palace teams knew that when they did something when things started to go wrong, especially if it's about private life issues, the media would make it worse. However, it didn't mean that the palace didn't want to help; more often than not, it just didn't want to "give oxygen to a gossipy story."
According to Daily Mail, as these claims came to light, there were rumors that Royal staff "could be called" to give evidence in the High Court to reveal how the Kensington Palace works. The source close to Meghan explained that it had been a usual practice at the palace to give no comment and ignore untrue stories.
Also, people "actively" tried to prevent Prince Harry's wife from responding to rumors because they knew it wasn't true. Meghan's lawyers claimed that the UK tabloid media made the Duchess of Sussex an often subject of several "false and damaging articles," resulting in "emotional distress and damage to her mental health."
As the former actress didn't want her friends to suffer the same, she wanted Associated Newspapers not to reveal the names of her five friends, who defended her from bullying by talking to a US magazine, Express reported. The mother-of-one accused the publisher of "threatening" publishing her pals' identities, so she applied to the High Court to prevent it from doing so.
Meghan alleged that Associated Newspapers is "trying to create a circus" to distract the High Court case's primary focus. In a witness statement she submitted, she insisted that her five friends and she were not on trial but the Mail on Sunday.
She went on to say that the five women are all private citizens, who have a "basic right to privacy." Meghan added that the publication and the court system already have their names on a "confidential schedule." Hence, there's no reason for Mail on Sunday to reveal their names other than "clickbait and commercial gain" that may affect their "emotional and mental wellbeing."
