Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's pals break silence on Hollywood humiliation

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have fiercely rebutted allegations that the Duchess of Sussex is falling out of favour and losing her influence in Hollywood.

The Daily Mail reported that the couple was excluded from a significant Emmy event thrown by Meghan's influential agent, Ari Emanuel, after his firm couldn't prevent a particularly harmful story from emerging, which branded the Duchess as a "dictator in high heels."

A source disclosed to the Hollywood Reporter: "Everyone's terrified of Meghan. She belittles people, she doesn't take advice."

"They're both poor decision-makers, they change their minds frequently. Harry is a very, very charming person-no airs at all-but he's very much an enabler. And she's just terrible."

However, friends of the Sussexes have slammed these assertions as overblown and not accurate, while Harry and Meghan's representatives have outright denied them as untrue, reports the Express.

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An insider informed the Daily Beast: "These quotes were fabricated by someone lacking knowledge of our company. The Duke and Duchess work from Montecito, and we're based in Hollywood."

"They likely think we're all in the same office and that this quote would fly, but the circumstances don't even allow for it. If she's 'marching around' and 'barking orders' no Archewell employee could factually claim that. It's total nonsense."

Despite this, there have been high-profile resignations among their staff. A senior aide to Prince Harry has stepped down from his position after a brief three-month tenure, it has emerged. Josh Kettler, who became the Duke of Sussex's chief of staff in May, departed by mutual agreement before Harry and Meghan's tour of Colombia, following a trial period that began prior to their visit to Nigeria.

It comes as Prince Harry told how Princess Diana would be "horrified" to think that children are still dying from mines, as he showed support for a charity closely associated with his mum.

The Duke of Sussex attended an event in New York hosted by the Halo Trust, a charity which primarily works to clear landmines and other explosive devices left behind by conflicts.

The Halo Trust rose to prominence in 1997 after Harry's mum, Diana, memorably walked through an active minefield in Angola as she called for an international ban.

And the humanitarian group now states that “countless thousands of lives” have been saved since the ban did come into place following Diana’s visit. Harry has previously spoken about how he wanted to continue his mother’s work which he feels was “unfinished” due to her death.

And when the work done by Diana was mentioned at the event in New York, Harry said: "Carrying on her legacy is a responsibility that I take incredibly seriously.”

Then discussing his own life since his trip to Angola five years ago he talked about how plenty has changed since then with his family leaving the UK for the United States where he currently lives in California and he became a father for a second time.

"Much has changed in my life and the world since 2019 when I first visited," said Harry, reported People. "In those five years, I've become a father for the second time. And while you don't need children to have a stake in the future of our planet, I do know that my mother would have been horrified that anyone's children or grandchildren would live in a world still infested with mines."

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