Prince Harry ‘would carry out loyalty tests’ on Palace staff

Explosive new allegations have surfaced about the reality of working for Prince Harry – which only got worse when Meghan arrived on the scene, it’s claimed.

Prince Harry would carry out “loyalty tests” on Palace staff – and his “paranoia” got worse when he started dating Meghan, a royal expert has claimed.

Valentine Low, author of new bombshell book Courtiers: the Hidden Power Behind the Crown, has claimed the Duke of Sussex was “obsessed with the media” during his time as a working royal.

He believes Harry was constantly testing royal courtiers for media leaks – even before Meghan arrived on the scene, reports The Sun.

In an appearance on Good Morning Britain on Wednesday, Mr Lowe explained: “This was brewing for a long time – before Meghan.

“Harry had this obsession with the media. He was so very unhappy.”

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Harry was “very unhappy” in the royal family even before Meghan turned up, Low claimed. Picture: Richard Pohle/Pool/AFP

An excerpt of his book reads: “He would use this phrase the whole time, ‘the palace syndrome’, when you won’t fight the battles he wants, because you have been institutionalised.

“Giving in to the media was a key symptom of whether you had developed it.

“It was a constant test of loyalty: ‘Are you going to protect me? Or have you just become one of them, who won’t fight for me?’ It was exhausting.”

And Mr Lowe has claimed that matters only got worse once he started dating the now Duchess of Sussex.

The book explains: “Harry’s obsession with the media; his sense of frustration that he wasn’t achieving everything that he could; his mistrust of the courtiers in the other households; the constant loyalty tests of his own staff: all of this was there before Meghan arrived on the scene.

“But after she turned up, it would get significantly worse.”

The couple sensationally quit official royal duties in 2020. Picture: Tolga Akmen/AFP

It comes as Mr Lowe also told this week how palace staff who worked under the couple call themselves the “Sussexes Survival Club”.

He said staff felt they could “not escape” the wrath of the duo and there were “no lines or boundaries”.

He added: “It was a very difficult experience for many of them.

“Some people told me they were completely destroyed, they felt sick, they were shook.”

It comes as the Duchess of Sussex complained “I can’t believe I’m not getting paid for this” while meeting Australians on tour, the book claims.

A second explosive allegation suggests Meghan threatened to “break up with Harry if he didn’t announce they were dating”.

Meanwhile, Prince Harry is alleged to have feared becoming irrelevant when nephew Prince George – the future King – was born.

Meghan has always denied bullying claims, saying she is “saddened” by them.

This article originally appeared in The Sun and was reproduced with permission