Meghan Markle’s former childhood boyfriend doesn’t believe the Duchess of Sussex bullied palace aides during her time as a working royal.
On Thursday, Joshua Silverstein told Us Weekly that he doesn’t "personally see her" mistreating royal staffers, as alleged in a March 2 report by the U.K.Times. "I see her doing whatever it is she feels like she should do in order to be happy and coexist within a system that has probably not been very welcoming to who she is and where she comes from," he told the outlet. "When you find women of color — particularly Black women — standing up for themselves and speaking out and speaking against what they feel [is] disrespect or oppression, oftentimes whiteness tends to classify that in negative ways because.