Leaked email exposes Meghan’s big gripe

Among bombshell emails disclosed in court were revelations that Meghan was insistent that she didn’t have a stylist – and that it was the “only thing” she seemed to be able to control.

Royal aide Jason Knauf dramatically broke ranks to reveal bombshell texts and emails with the Duchess of Sussex – in which she said she found it “personally frustrating” that people claimed she had a stylist, reports The Sun.

Text messages and emails between Meghan, 40, and her former communications secretary were made public for the first time last week.

Amid her claims that she had no control over her life while in The Firm, Meghan admitted that she did have authority over her “personal styling”.

In a tweet, one person named Meghan’s friends as her stylist – which the Duchess clearly took issue with.

The Duchess then wrote Mr Knauf an email which read: “You know how personally frustrating I find the ‘stylist’ narrative (as it’s the only thing I seem to still have any control over – my personal styling).

“But given we are being asked to co-operate with this evidently authoritative biography I need to share I will not be comfortable doing so if this person is considered an authority and is tweeting the below.

“Can we set up a time to chat? I feel he needs to be back briefed ASAP if there’s any conversation about working with them moving forward.

“He’s being quoted in Town and Country and various others as saying [redacted] styled me which is patently untrue.”

And when Meghan apparently sent a briefing note to Mr Knauf to give to the Finding Freedom authors, she reiterated the fact she didn’t have a stylist.

In her notes, written in the third person, the final line read simply: “Also Meghan does not work with a stylist; [redacted] is her close friend.”

This comes after Meghan told Oprah Winfrey during her bombshell interview in March that she felt trapped within the royal family.

She also said that she experienced suicidal thoughts – as well as having to hand over her passport, driver’s licence and keys.

Former employee provides new evidence

The Duchess of Sussex’s credibility has been threatened recently after explosive evidence was submitted to the High Court.

They came at the end of a sensational three-day case brought by the Mail on Sunday to appeal against Meghan’s privacy win.

The newspaper published extracts of a five-page private letter Meghan had written to her dad begging him not to speak to the media about her.

The Duchess took the publisher to court and won a privacy case against them in February.

But on May 12, Mr Knauf announced he was stepping down from his role with the royal family – and decided to provide new evidence.

At the end of July, a “confidential source” approached the newspaper to tell them Mr Knauf, who had previously made no comment on the legal battle, had undergone a dramatic change of heart.

Harry and Meghan’s former press secretary had ditched his previous lawyers – and was now ready to talk.

His six-page witness statement last week set out in detail claims that Meghan had carefully crafted the letter to her dad over several days.

It included text message and email exchanges with Meghan allegedly revealing how she called Thomas “Daddy” because “it would pull at the heartstrings” if it leaked.

Mr Knauf also claimed Harry and Meghan had authorised co-operation with the authors of the couple’s biography Finding Freedom.

Meghan hit back with her own 22-page witness statement filed into court in response.

In it she told how she was “puzzled” by Mr Knauf’s decision to include “private texts regarding deeply personal family matters”.

She also cast doubt on Mr Knauf’s evidence, adding: “There are certain matters that I would not have shared with him.”

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

Originally published as Meghan’s big gripe about royal life revealed in bombshell email