Harry and Meghan's 'kindness happens behind closed doors', former Archewell boss claims

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's 'kindness happens down closed doors', a erstwhile Archewell brag has claimed - arsenic she opened up astir the 'incredible' play lunches the Duchess hosted astatine their Montecito home. 

Mandana Dayani, 42, who was calved successful Iran but was raised successful the US, worked arsenic Archewell's president for 18 months until December 2022.

The entrepreneur is conscionable 1 of respective erstwhile Archewell employees who person publicly supported the mates aft Meghan was branded 'Duchess Difficult'.

Speaking to US Weekly, Mandana - who made several appearances successful the couple's Netflix docu-series - explained however the 'kindness, mentorship and support' she has received from the Duke and Duchess 'happens softly down closed doors'.

Reflecting connected immoderate of her happiest times successful the role, the mother-of-two said: 'Some of my favourite memories were during our play meetings successful their Montecito home, wherever Meghan ever served the astir unthinkable lunches, snacks and her latest beauteous concoction.'

Mandana besides said she volition 'never forget' watching the Duchess of Sussex beryllium connected her room level and cold-call senators arsenic she fed Lilibet, who was conscionable 5 months aged astatine the time.

Meghan called Republican Sens. Susan Collins from Maine and Shelley Moore Capito from West Virginia, some of whom said they were shocked that the Duchess called retired of the bluish and noted that she adjacent utilized her royal rubric to lobby for the origin for paid parental leave. 

The erstwhile Archewell president besides said she travelled to Uvalde, Texas, with Meghan aft 19 children and 2 teachers were killed successful a wide schoolhouse shooting. 

The activistic said Meghan spent hours with the victims' families and went circular the country 'one-by-one', wherever she 'hugged and cried with them'.  

Elsewhere successful the article, Mandana elaborate getting acceptable with Meghan to be a gala earlier she near Archewell.

The activistic said: 'I walked into their country [and found] Meghan finishing her ain constitution and steaming her jumpsuit. We each toasted with a sip of champagne portion Meghan danced to her favourite oldies playlist.'

Although Mandana didn't specify what the lawsuit was, Meghan wore a achromatic jumpsuit to be the Robert F. Kennedy Ripple of Hope Award Gala successful New York successful December 2022 - the aforesaid period Mandana resigned from her position.

During her 18 months astatine Archewell, Mandana said she was successful 'awe' of Prince Harry's humility'. 

Detailing however her paternal grandma was a Kurdish mother-of-seven who ne'er learned to work portion Harry's was the precocious Queen, Mandana said she was ne'er made to consciousness 'less than' astatine Archewell. 

What's more, the erstwhile Archewell President says she is inactive successful interaction with her erstwhile employers and spoke to the Duchess precocious to program a luncheon catch-up.

She added: 'These are kind, decent, caring radical who I americium precise arrogant to telephone my friends.' 

Mandana popped up aggregate times successful the Duke and Duchess' Netflix bid and was credited arsenic a 'friend' astatine times.

Mandana's comments travel arsenic unit loyal to the Duke and Duchess of Sussex gave the mates a glowing study past nighttime arsenic a warfare of words implicit Meghan being labelled a 'dictator successful precocious heels' continued to rage.

Current and erstwhile unit staged an bonzer involution successful affable American media, describing the Sussexes arsenic 'caring' bosses who springiness unit their children's aged babe clothes, caller flowers and 'care packages'.

Stung by caller accusations, peculiarly successful manufacture heavyweight the Hollywood Reporter, that 'Duchess Difficult' has reduced grown men to tears arsenic she 'barks' retired orders, a drawstring of employees offered a remarkably rosy relationship of their moving lives to US Weekly mag successful the States.

Josh Kettler, Harry's main of unit who near aft conscionable 3 months successful August, sparking the latest circular of antagonistic publicity, insists helium was 'warmly welcomed' by some Harry and Meghan and describes them arsenic 'dedicated and hardworking'.

'It was awesome to witness,' helium said but did not elaborate connected wherefore his tenure was truthful short.

Ben Browning, Archewell's erstwhile caput of contented - who was liable for their tell-all Netflix documentary but past near earlier the extremity of his contract- says his acquisition astatine the institution and with Meghan and Harry successful wide 'was affirmative and supportive'

Their existent PR chief, 'global property secretary' Ashley Hansen, says they treated her with 'the benignant of interest and attraction a genitor would explicit if it were their ain child' erstwhile she took clip disconnected for surgery, adding that they besides sent flowers and gifts.

'Meghan would personally scope retired to my hubby regular to marque definite that we some were OK and had support. It meant truthful overmuch to him and adjacent much to me. You don't realise however overmuch that benignant of kindness and thought means until you request it,' she insisted.

Another anonymous root insists the Duke and Duchess 'water the seeds' for them to flourish. Harry, they say, asks connected enactment Zoom calls astir what unit person done astatine the play and says arsenic a squad they program events similar karaoke nights and 'holiday parties'.

A erstwhile unit subordinate said the mates heard they had adopted a dog, 'the adjacent day, I had a luxury marque leash and caller collar connected my doorstep'.

Parents-to-be are besides fixed 'brand-new gifts and top-notch secondhand worldly from the mates themselves 'like unused car seats and babe items they nary longer need', it was said.

'They privation to instrumentality attraction of us,' 1 existent worker gushed. 'Meghan volition bash things like, 'You mentioned connected the telephone your tegument is bothering you, I enactment unneurotic a kit for you.'

And it was said that no-one leaves the couple's Montecito location empty-handed. 'Whenever unit goes to their house, they permission with a handbasket with caller flowers, caller fruit, caller eggs,' 1 staffer said.

'Best bosses I person ever had,' different existent squad subordinate insists.

It is simply a stark opposition to caller reports astir a drawstring of departures from their Archewell organisation, which combines their media deals with philanthropic endeavours.

The latest exposure claiming the Duchess of Sussex is simply a 'dictator successful precocious heels' was sourced from idiosyncratic 'very precocious up' inactive moving for the couple, it has been claimed.

The archetypal nonfiction successful the Hollywood Reporter besides said Meghan 'doesn't instrumentality advice' and has reduced 'grown men to tears' arsenic she 'barks' orders.

Maer Roshan, Co-Editor successful Chief of the publication, has subsequently said helium stands by the story, contempt a backlash amongst supporters of the Sussexes.

Mr Roshan says they not lone spoke to astir a twelve radical who had worked intimately with Harry and Meghan 'now and previously' but told Access Hollywood that 'our newsman talked to 1 precise precocious up root who works for the mates who said everyone is terrified of Meghan'.

They accidental the erstwhile royal 'belittles people' and 'doesn't instrumentality advice'.

The abrupt deluge of praise volition bash small to dampen speculation astir the couple's behaviour.

The duchess herself has ever powerfully denied claims of bullying staff, peculiarly successful the UK, claiming they were portion of a 'calculated smear campaign' against her.

Mr Roshan added: 'Duchess Difficult is simply a nickname that has trailed Meghan for rather a fewer years.

'What is caller is that this notion, since coming to America, that a batch of these rumours were manufactured by the Palace and the reporting that we did suggests that astir apt isn't existent and determination is inactive this undercurrent of fear.'

Buckingham Palace launched its ain probe aft the bullying allegations were made nationalist but refused to uncover the results of their findings.