The findings of a probe into allegations of bullying against Meghan Markle have been held back so the Buckingham Palace "can avoid war" with her and Prince Harry, an expert has claimed
An investigation was launched in March 2021 and invited past and present employees to speak in confidence about their experiences of working for Meghan.
It came after it was alleged she drove out two personal assistants and staff were "humiliated" on several occasions. Meghan denies the allegations.
However, it was revealed earlier this month that the findings of the review would not feature alongside the latest figures in a report into the Sovereign Grant report published several weeks ago.
Changes are to be made with lessons having been learned, said Buckingham Palace - but the household declined to go into specifics.
A senior Palace source cited the confidentiality of those who took part in the independent review as the reason why details were not released after current and former workers were invited to speak about their experiences of working for Meghan.
But according to royal editor and author Duncan Larcombe, the palace would not have wanted to worsen relations between themselves and Harry and Meghan by releasing the report.
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He told True Royalty TV's The Royal Beat: "For [Jason Knauf, the Sussexes’ former communications chief] to take that risk of reporting to Prince William concerns he had about his staff and the treatment of them at the hands of one of the members of the Royal Family - within the Queen’s reign this is absolutely unprecedented.
"I think the reason they are not publishing any of this is that the Palace is running scared of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex.
"I think they know that if they publish the report, the next thing that will happen potentially is for Harry and Meghan to play the victim and go on Oprah. This is an olive branch or an avoidance of war.”
It comes after claims Prince Harry's “tell-all” autobiography appears to have been delayed, an insider has claimed.
Harry has been working on the “intimate and heartfelt memoir" since 2020 with the help of ghostwriter JR Moehringer – a Pulitzer Prize-winning author.
The as yet untitled book had initially been pencilled in for an autumn 2022 release date by publisher Random House.
However, royal insiders were apparently surprised that the memoir does not feature on a list of the publisher's upcoming books, The Sun reports.
A royal insider said in The Sun: “If this book’s coming out this year as originally planned it should be in the publisher’s marketing and promotional list — unless they’re planning a surprise or there’s been a delay.
“Its omission has raised lots of eyebrows in royal circles.”
A spokeswoman for Transworld, part of Penguin Random House, said: “We don’t put every book on the list so there is nothing to be extrapolated from that.”
Harry, 37, has yet to shed much light on the contents of his memoir, although he did reportedly consult the Queen about the project before going public with an announcement last summer.
The Royal Beat - available on True Royalty TV.
