Finding a wallet unexpectedly can put people in a state of perplexity and doubt. It’s a scenario where personal integrity is tested, and the decisions made reflect one’s ethical values. In any ways, in case we find something that isn’t ours, we should always opt for honesty, empathy, and responsibility.
A young man stumbled upon a wallet on the street. When he opened it in hopes of finding an ID, he noticed there were $700 there.
A few days later, he learned of a wealthy man who had lost his wallet and was offering $50 reward. He was glad he finally found the rightful owner and went to his home to return what belonged to him. Of course, he expected his reward for returning the wallet and doing the right thing.
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However, the wealthy man said, “I see you have already taken your reward,” claiming there were $750 in his wallet.
The young man got angry and decided to get what’s his through court.
When the young man made his case, the wealthy man took his turn and told the judge, “Your Honor, I trust you, you trust me.”
The judge responded with, “Obviously.” Hearing these words, the young man lost all hope of ever getting his reward of $50 not knowing that the judge had something else on his mind.
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The judge reached a verdict to give the young man the wallet with all the money in it. The wealthy man got angry, claiming the wallet was his, but the judge responded, “You are, of course, an honest guy, and if you claim that your lost wallet had $750 in it, I’m sure it did — but this wallet must belong to someone else because if the man who found it is a liar and a thief, he wouldn’t have returned it at all. The money belongs to the person who found it, unless someone comes forward to claim it.”
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“How about my money?” the wealthy man asked.
“We’ll simply have to wait till your wallet with the $750 is found,” the judge answered.
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Denise wasn’t at ease during the last couple of months because she suspected her husband, Mitch, was unfaithful. In the pursuit of the truth, she realized that the reality was much more worse than she could ever assume.
During a night out with their friends, Denise could witness her husband bragging to their friends about the cars he had been working on, mentioning Mustangs and a vintage Chevy. She was skeptical of his claims having in mind their financial difficulties with their auto repair shop, which was on her name due to his bad credit history, but she didn’t say a single word, letting him have his moment while his friends were in awe.
After some time, Mitch went to the bar to refresh their drinks and Denise noticed that a good-looking blonde woman handed him a piece of paper. Denise snitched the note from her husband’s hand and read it out loud. It said, “Thanks for last night?”
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At that moment, Mitch said it was just a prank his friends pulled on him, and his friend Tom agreed, but it was obvious it wasn’t a prank and Tom was unwillingly forced to lie. However, as she didn’t want to made a big deal out of it in front of their friends, she decided to let it go.
A few minutes passed by, and Denise received a video on her phone from Mitch and the lady who handed him the paper. Eager to learn what was going on, Denise approached the woman but she left the place and entered her car before Denise could reach her.
Once home, she waited Mitch to fall asleep so she could go through his lap top.
Luckily, the lap top contained all of his passwords. At that moment, Denise discovered something far more alarming than an affair. Photographs, car parts invoices, and car registration papers with matching VINs were visible in his files. Her husband was obviously involved in criminal activities and all those transactions were illegal.
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The following day, she decided to pay Mitch a visit at the shop. It was Carlos, the worker, who greeted her and told her Mitch was at the back of the shop.
She headed there and that’s when she saw her husband arguing with a man she had never seen before.
Denise decided to record the row, and what she heard chilled her blood.
“I can’t use parts that are already broken. Come on, at least give me something I can work with,” Mitch argued with desperation in his voice.
“You’re lucky we’re even giving you this,” the man replied angrily.
“Look at that cylinder head cover…it looks like it was pried off with a crowbar,” Mitch said, and the man replied, “Take it or leave it, Mitch. You owe us.”
As the man walked out, Mitch noticed Denise and started yelling at her, wanting to know how much of the conversation she had heard.
“Keep your mouth shut, or there’ll be consequences you can’t even fathom,” he sneered.
Denise got inside her car and just as she started driving, she noticed something cold on the back of her head. It was a gun, and the person pointing it at her was the blonde woman who handed Mitch the note the previous night.
“Drive now. Get moving,” she muttered coldly. “I’m Special Agent Garcia. I need your help to bring down the criminals at your husband’s auto repair shop,” showing her badge.
“How do I even know you’re the real deal?” Denise asked, looking at the badge as if she knew how to detect if it was fake.
“I’ve been watching Mitch’s shop, and you stumbled upon something big today,” Garcia replied. “I need you to cooperate.”
Denise trembled, and with a shaking voice she said, “Fine. I’ll help you.”
The two drove to Denise’s house. “What did you find?” Agent Garcia asked Denise.
“He’s been dealing with these people, paying off debts with stolen car parts,” Denise answered showing Garcia Mitch’s lap top. “This is crucial. It links him to these guys,” Agent Garcia said.
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Denise explained that she thought he was cheating on her and that she never assumed he could be part of something dangerous.
“There’s enough here for a case, but we need more. Mitch might be key to bringing down the whole ring. Can you do one last thing to help me?” Garcia asked.
That evening, Mitch came home drunk and demanded his dinner, but Denise insisted they needed to talk.
“Mitch, we need to talk. What’s going on with the money you owe these people?”
He said it was just “business trouble,” but Denise confessed to him that she had heard his conversation with the man behind the store.
Mitch snapped. “I cheated them, okay? Sold a stolen classic car and pocketed the difference!” Denise wanted to know what he spent the money on. He admitted to squandering the money on part ownership of a racing dog, believing it to be a lucrative investment.
“How could you drag us into such a mess?” Denise screamed.
“I didn’t expect you to find out, so you better keep your mouth shut. You’ll end up wearing concrete shoes at the bottom of the river if you tell. They won’t do anything to me,” he smirked and laughed drunkenly. “They need me.”
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Denise became aware that her husband didn’t care if she was going to be hurt. He only cared about himself. She then opened the front door and Garcia was there. She caught Mitch off guard and arrested him.
As other officers searched their home, Denise asked Garcia why she had sent her the video of her and Mitch the night at the bar.
“I thought you should know what Mitch was doing,” Agent Garcia answered, sighing. “I wanted to ensure you wouldn’t be blamed for his crimes since the shop is in your name.”
Denise gasped, “I could have been in trouble for Mitch’s actions?”
“It’s complicated, but now that we know all the details, you shouldn’t worry. You’re clear of any suspicion,” the agent comforted her.
Denise was relieved she wasn’t in trouble. With her husband being charged for doing illegal activities, she decided to run the shop herself. Of course, with the help of Carlos, who worked there long years.
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Every parent wants only the best for their children, and no matter how tough things get, it is moms and dads who are always there to provide comfort and assurance that everything was going to be just fine.
When Rose, 19, told her mom Ella that she was dating a guy, Ella was doubtful about the young man’s intentions, but over time, she learned to love and accept Nathan who treated Rose with respect.
The only concern Ella had was her daughter’s college. She feared that getting involved in a serious relationship at that age would prevent her from achieving her dream of graduating from college, but Rose assured her it won’t be the case.
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One day, Rose approached her mom and told her she needed to talk to her about something. Ella’s heart shrank, she didn’t know what to expect but was eager to learn what Rose had to say.
Hearing the sentence “Please don’t get upset,” made this mother feel even more pressured and uncertain of the news she was about to receive.
“I am pregnant with Nathan’s baby. You’re going to be a grandmother,” Rose uttered in a shy manner.
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Rose was so young, she was a baby herself, and now she was going to be a mother. Disappointment passed through Ella as she imagined how much her daughter’s life would change.
“I know you wanted me to secure my future first, but this baby and Nathan are a big part of it,” Rose tried to assure her mom.
Promising that everything was going to be okay and that she won’t drop out of college when the baby was born, Rose told her mom that she had yet another news to share.
“Um, I have another surprise for you,” Rose said as she showed her mom her hand. “He proposed Mommy and I said ‘Yes!'”
This was an assurance that Nathan’s attentions were serious, and no matter the fact that she once feared for her daughter’s future, Rose now felt relieved and offered Rose and Nathan to stay at her house until they were able to get their own home some time in the future.
The young couple was overjoyed. They even turned one of the rooms into a nursery. Life felt good, but then, at one moment, everything changed.
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One day, excited to show Rose what she had purchased for the baby they were all waiting to come into the world, Ella returned home earlier than expected. Once home, she saw Rose wearing her delicate lingerie.
Rose’s stunned face mirrored the rhythm of Ella’s plummeting heart, suggesting it sensed trouble well before she did. “Mom! What—what are you doing home so early?” Rose stammered, her voice quivering.
Before Ella could reply, a deep, unfamiliar voice called out from the hallway, “Babe, who are you talking to?” It felt like a knife twisting in Ella’s gut when she realized the voice wasn’t Nathan’s.
At that moment, she dropped the bags full of groceries, and some of the things inside broke and made a complete mess in the hallway.
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“I thought I’d surprise you with these,” Ella said, gesturing to the mess at her feet, “But it seems I’m the one surprised.” Her heart started pounding as she moved towards the voice while Rose pleaded, “Mom, please, let me explain!”
When she opened the bedroom door, Ella saw a man she had never seen before. He was wrapped in the blanket that Nathan’s mom bought for Rose.
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“What is going on here, Rose?” Ella demanded answers. The man stood up, trying to appear respectable, which only fueled Ella’s growing fury.
“I’m so sorry, ma’am. I didn’t realize—” he started.
“Out!” Ella cut him off sharply. He then took his clothes and rushed out of the house.
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“Mom, it was a mistake. I was just… it was nothing. Please, don’t tell Nathan. Please!” Rose pleaded.
“How can you say ‘it was nothing’? You betray everything we’ve built for you, for this family!” Ella yelled, struggling to hide her tears.
“You’ve not only lied to Nathan but to everyone. This house, this room—we prepared this for your future, for your child’s future!”
The image of Rose in the arms of another man was too much for her mom to handle. She also felt sorry for Nathan who loved Rose with all his heart. “You made your choice, Rose. Now, you must leave. I need time to think, to breathe… to decide if I can even look at you the same way again.”
Rose collapsed on the floor.
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“I have nowhere to go and no money, Mom! Please, I’m scared!” Rose kept repeating.
As Ella stood there, witnessing her daughter gather her sparse belongings through eyes blurred with tears, she felt a fragment of herself break apart. Nevertheless, the betrayal ran too deep, the pain too raw.
Ella wondered if it was her right to tell Nathan about Rose’s infidelity. She couldn’t kept but wonder whether the child Rose carried was indeed Nathan’s.
Taking to Reddit, Ella asked fellow redditors if expelling Rose was too harsh a decision. “Should I unveil this painful truth to Nathan? Was my decision to protect what remains of our family’s integrity correct? Or am I a mother scorned, acting out of hurt rather than wisdom?”
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Over the Rainbow remains a classic adored by millions of people. First written for the 1939 film The Wizard of Oz, by composer Harold Arlen and lyricist Yip Harburg, the song took on a significance greater than the moment it was intended to soundtrack.
One of the most widely embraced interpretations of this iconic song came from Israel Kamakawiwo’ole, the Hawaiian vocalist who delivered a tender rendition on his beloved ukulele during a late-night session in 1988.
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Recording engineer Milan Bertosa said how he got a call one night at 3 a.m by a man who wanted to record a song. “And in walks the largest human being I had seen in my life,” Bertosa was reported to have said. “Then I put up some microphones, do a quick sound check, roll tape, and the first thing he does is ‘Somewhere Over the Rainbow.’ He played and sang, one take, and it was over.”
Over the years, the song has been used by many film companies and producers.
But when it comes to life performances of this piece of music, many are afraid to sing it because it requires incredible technique and special vocal abilities to deliver it the way it should sound.
When then 11-year-old Anna took the stage of The Voice Kids, she took the attention of the judges, who had never pressed the buttons that quick, and stole the hearts of everyone who has witnessed her powerful performance.
Anna was considered a star in the making because her confidence was very high and her voice was angelic.
This is truly something you don’t want to miss. Take a look at the stunning performance in the video below.
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Breastfeeding is a natural and beautiful process that helps create intimacy and bonding between the mom and her bundle of joy.
Feeding babies whenever and wherever they are hungry is something mom’s shouldn’t feel bad about, but sadly, there are people out there who give them a hard time as they believe feeding babies in public is not appropriate or acceptable if they don’t use a cover.
Back in 2018, Melanie Dudley, a mom of a 3-month-old baby, was at a restaurant with her family and some friends when the little one started crying for food. Without hesitation, Melanie, who is from Texas, started breastfeeding her son. And although everyone was fine with that, it looked like a stranger who was sitting on the next table was uncomfortable with this mom not being covered while breastfeeding.
He approached Melanie and asked her to cover up. And well, she did just that, but in a manner that stranger expected.
”I was on vacation in Cabo San Lucas with my entire family, and a man asked me to cover myself. I’m usually discreet but we were seated in the back of the restaurant,” Melanie told Yahoo.
“I did have the cover on, but it was so hot. It was like, 95 degrees, and my little baby was sweating,” the Texan told TODAY.
“I said, ‘You know what? I’m on vacation, I’m taking this off.’”
Melanie took the cover and put it on her head instead, having the entire restaurant bursting out in laughter.
”I just put it over my head. I don’t know why. It wasn’t like a salacious fight or anything. That was just my response. I had no words, so I thought, I’ll just cover my head instead,” the woman explained.
A woman who witnessed the entire thing, Carol Lockwood, took a photo of Melanie and shared it online with the caption, “I’ve never met her, but I think she’s AWESOME!!! (Please share! With permission, I’ve made this post public — I’m SO over people shaming women for nursing!!!” In no time, the photo was shared 225,000 times and counting.
A great number of people stood my Melanie’s side and supported what she did.
We truly believe that breastfeeding is the most normal thing and no mom should feel ashamed for giving food to her baby in public.
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Being pregnant with her second child, Olivia experienced what most expecting mothers do, she was exhausted and found solace in hiding away and indulging in her junk food cravings. Thankfully, her best friend Ava wouldn’t let her going through her roller-coaster of emotions all by herself by offering to do various activities that would keep Olivia engaged.
One day, Ava suggested that the two attend a pottery class where they would make creations for the baby shower. Although unwillingly, Olivia agreed because Ava was too excited about it. The two arranged Olivia’s husband Malcolm to take care of their other child.
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Once there, they took their place with the rest of the women there. As the class proceeded, the women started sharing their birth stories.
One of the woman said something that sent chills down to Olivia’s spine. It happened that she gave birth to her son on 4th of July, the same day Olivia gave birth to her first daughter Tessa, but this woman’s husband wasn’t present because his sister-in-law, Olivia, was giving birth at the same time.
This was too much of a coincidence.
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The woman then shared that her husband, whose name was also Malcolm, just as Olivia’s, missed his son’s first birthday because he attended his niece’s birthday instead.
At that moment, Olivia and Ava glanced at each other in disbelief. Olivia needed to make sure the woman wasn’t actually talking about her Malcolm so she showed her a photo of her husband and asked her if by any chance, the man she was talking about was the one on the photo. The woman was surprised. She barely gathered the courage to say, “Yes, that’s the father of my son.”
Olivia’s heart sand. Her world turned upside down upon the realization that Malcolm had a son with another woman.
The rest of the women in the pottery party exchanged sympathetic glances, understanding the gravity of the situation.
Olivia and Ava excused themselves and entered the car.
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A day passed by before Olivia gathered the courage to confront Malcolm.
“I refused to let this fester, especially with my due date looming in just five weeks. I needed to know how we could move forward before bringing our baby into this mess,” she wrote.
He reluctantly admitted to fathering a child with the other woman, and Olivia started researching for divorce lawyers.
She said she is aware that the path would be a tough one, but she’s determined to heal herself for her children.
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A couple stood in line at the grocery store, and the woman, Karol, who was pregnant, couldn’t wait to get to the register because she had a hard time standing on her feet for longer periods of time.
Suddenly, out of the blue, a huge man bumped into the cart so forcefully that he nearly knocked her off balance, saying “Step off, I’m in a rush.”
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Her husband got extremely angry and his blood started boiling, and just as he was getting ready to confront the rude man, Karol intervened with a plan of her own.
“Don’t waste yourself on him, just look what will happen next,” she whispered.
Remaining still but completely intrigued, the couple observed as Mr. Rude Guy smugly paying for his items and confidently making his way toward the exit, only to be interrupted by the blaring of an alarm. Suddenly, two guards who appeared out of nowhere escorted him away.
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Karol could be heard laughing, prompting her husband to turn to her with a undoubtedly puzzled expression. “How did you know?” he asked. “While he was busy throwing his weight around, I slipped a little something into his pocket. A goodbye gift with a security tag,” she winked and laughed some more.
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Karol’s husband’s jaw dropped in astonishment. She met his gaze with an innocent expression, and soon enough, he also found himself laughing along with her. He couldn’t help but think that he truly married the most amazing woman in the world.
Karma does work wonders, but it sometimes needs a little push.
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The Duke and Duchess of Sussex tied the knot in 2018 in a lavish ceremony watched by millions. The public started to love Meghan Marke, but just two years into the family, the couple decided to leave Britain and move to the States.
On January 8, 2020, the couple announced the news on their official Instagram account.
“We intend to step back as ‘senior’ members of the Royal Family and work to become financially independent while continuing to fully support Her Majesty The Queen,” the couple wrote.
“We now plan to balance our time between the United Kingdom and North America, continuing to honor our duty to The Queen, the Commonwealth, and our patronages.”
The Queen appeared to be fine with Harry and Meghan’s decision, but it was then-prince Charles who got angry and had a hard time accepting his son’s act.
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Things turned even more heated after the couple gave Oprah the infamous interview during which they accused the family of a number of things. Among the rest, they claimed that a senior royal questioned the skin color of then unborn Archie, and Meghan was denied any help when she opened up about her mental struggles.
These accusations didn’t stop there. Harry appeared on the Armchair Expert podcast where he claimed that Prince Charles handed down a “cycle” of “genetic pain and suffering,” that he was trying to break.
At the time, both Harry and Meghan refused to reveal the name of the senior royal in question, but now acclaimed author Christopher Andersen wrote in his book Brothers and Wives: Inside the Private Lives of William, Kate, Harry, and Meghan that it was prince Charles who made the “innocent” comment regarding Archie.
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“They wouldn’t reveal who it was. Harry later said the comment didn’t come from the Queen or Prince Philip. Well, I found that it was a very innocent comment made by Prince Charles,” Andersen claimed.
“He turned to Camilla and said, ‘I wonder what the kids are going to look like.’ “You know, hair color, eye color, complexion. It wasn’t racially motivated or anything. But the men in gray who run things behind the scenes at the palaces spun it into something more sinister-sounding,” he added.
“Harry was upset and asked Charles and William what was going on. They told him, ‘You’re overreacting; you’re being oversensitive. Let’s move on.’ And it just added fuel to the fire. There was a lot of tension already, and that just made it so much worse.”
Later on, the couple released a Netflix documentary series and Harry published his best-selling all-tell memoir Spare.
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The final episode of the series featured the couple on a plane to California, with Harry telling his then-baby Archie to say hi and putting his finger on the mouth as a sign of ‘shhh,’ while Meghan could be heard telling her son that they go where mommy is from.
And although this image portrayed them as both free and happy family, royal experts claim just the opposite. What the Sussexes referred to as to “the freedom flight,” was allegedly far from one according to body language expert Darren Stanton who believes the couple was in a state of panic.
“There was a real sense of urgency in both Harry and Meghan’s faces as they flew to California. Even though they were thousands of feet above the ground, they both lowered their voices as if they didn’t want to be heard,” Stanton said in December, shortly after the Netflix documentary episode was released.
“The couple were obviously in a state of panic to get out of Canada, where they felt exposed. Both Meghan and Harry looked really tired and stressed, while Meghan’s mother also showed empathy for the situation.”
The body language expert concluded: “The fact that Harry called it a ‘freedom flight’ truly explains his mindset at the time. He very much saw it as a cat-and-mouse game, which was a time-sensitive operation.”
“He seems a lot more settled and relaxed in the rest of the documentary compared to the scene of them on the plane. It was very much a turbulent period for Harry and Meghan.”
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Meghan claimed during several occasions that she was mistreated by her husband’s family and the media, but apparently, she made her staff feel mistreated as well.
In 2021, The Times published a report stating that multiple royal aides had approached the newspaper, alleging that one of Meghan Markle‘s former aids had filed a bullying complaint against the Duchess during her time at Kensington Palace with Prince Harry.
The complaint accused Meghan of bullying two personal assistants, resulting in their departure from the royal household. The allegations came to light through an email sent by Jason Knauf, who was serving as the acting communications secretary at Kensington Palace at the time.
According to The Times, Knauf addressed his concerns in an email to Prince William’s private secretary.
“I am very concerned that the Duchess was able to bully two PAs out of the household in the past year. The Duchess seems intent on always having someone in her sights,” Knauff wrote.
“She is bullying (name removed) and seeking to undermine her confidence.”
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A month later, Knauf submitted his resignation. Around the same time, Meghan addressed the accusations and expressed sadness regarding the matter. Despite Harry and Meghan asserting that the accusations were a “wholly false narrative,” Buckingham Palace opted to investigate the concerns.
Following an investigation, the palace’s human resources policy had been updated but no details regarding the exact changes were released.
In 2022, in her book Courtiers: The Hidden Power Behind the Crown, author Valentine Lowrevealed bombshell allegations, quoting sources saying how Meghan Markle screamed at her ex-staffers, verbally attacking them on several occasions.
“There were a lot of broken people,” an insider told Low. “Young women were broken by their behaviour.”
Low recounted an incident where Markle sharply criticized a young female worker in front of their colleagues.
“Don’t worry. If there was literally anyone else I could ask to do this, I would be asking them instead of you,” Meghan allegedly told the worker.
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As per the same author, another staffer was “completely destroyed” after working with Meghan.
Yet another person working for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex said, “Every 10 minutes I had to go outside to be screamed at by her and Harry. It was, ‘I can’t believe you’ve done this. You’ve let me down. What were you thinking?’ It went on for a couple of hours.”
Harry touched on the allegations in his memoir, acknowledging that “more than once a staff member slumped across their desk and wept.”
“She was also said to have driven our assistant to quit; in fact that assistant was asked to resign by Palace HR after we showed them evidence she’d traded on her position with Meg to get freebies. But because we couldn’t speak publicly about the reasons for the assistant’s departure, rumors filled the void.”
Harry added that there was “frequent bickering around the office” in which “sides were taken: Team Cambridge versus Team Sussex,”
He continued: “Rivalry, jealousy, competing agendas—it all poisoned the atmosphere. It didn’t help that everyone was working around the clock. There were so many demands from the press, such a constant stream of errors that needed clearing up, and we didn’t have nearly enough people or resources.”
DUBBO, AUSTRALIA – OCTOBER 17: Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex visit a local farming family, the Woodleys, on October 17, 2018 in Dubbo, Australia. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are on their official 16-day Autumn tour visiting cities in Australia, Fiji, Tonga and New Zealand. (Photo by Chris Jackson – Pool/Getty Images)
Although the topic of the allegations against Harry and Meghan seemed to faded away, late Queen Elizabeth II’s former press secretary, Samantha Cohen, has decided to speak.
Stating she was heavily involved in the investigations by the Palace but not sharing any specifics, Cohen said the Palace couldn’t find any replacement aides for Harry and Meghan because of high staff turnover.
“I was only supposed to stay for six months but stayed for 18 — we couldn’t find a replacement for me and when we did, we took them on tour to Africa with Harry and Meghan to show them the ropes, but they left (quit) as well while in Africa,” Samantha Cohen said.
According to Valentine Low’s book, Cohen was also screamed at by the couple before and during the flight to Australia for their 2018 tour.
“Sam always made clear that it was like working for a couple of teenagers. They were impossible and pushed her to the limit. She was miserable,” a friend of Cohen told the author.
“She was constantly having to battle on Harry and Meghan’s behalf, while taking all this abuse from them.”
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