Prince Harry has arrived in Australia.
He’s here, and Meghan’s here, not for anything official, but rather a ‘tour’ as such.
She’ll be fronting the ‘Her Best Life’ retreat in Sydney, billed as a ‘girls weekend’ where, for $3,199, you can even get a table photo with the former television actress.
Meanwhile, the Prince will headline something called the InterEdge Summit.
The event, according to its website, will be focused on “highlighting how workplaces can foster environments that support mental health, safety, and genuine professional care.”
The conference agenda reads like an HR manager’s dream. For example, you can learn “Why Workplace Wellness is so important” or “How We Show Up, Speak Up and Shape Safer Workplaces.”
It is positioned as a national discussion around workplace mental health, leadership and psychosocial safety, supporting Lifeline Narrm. An absolutely worthy cause.
Organisers say the summit will bring together policymakers, business leaders and workplace experts to explore strategies for tackling burnout, psychological injury and employee wellbeing.
Well then, who better to talk about bullying in the workplace than Harry, a man who, according to a slew of reports, was a bystander (allegedly) to his wife, Meghan, and her tormenting of staff (allegedly).
Perhaps Harry will be speaking from experience? Or maybe he will stand as the poster boy for what not to do when confronted with such situations?
The allegations against Meghan’s bullying of staff began way back in 2018, with trickles of the trials associated with working for the pair dripping through the media since.
Let’s take a look at some of the complaints, shall we?
A 2018 internal complaint lodged by Jason Knauf, then communications secretary to Harry and Meghan, back when they were actually working royals, raised concerns about workplace conduct within the household.
In an email sent to Prince William’s private secretary, Knauf alleged that Meghan had “bullied two PAs out of the household” and undermined the confidence of a third staff member.
The complaint prompted an internal review by Buckingham Palace, which led to updates to HR policies for staff.
As of 2026, the details of the report have not been disclosed.
You’d assume that after making such an egregious allegation against serving royals, it would act as something of a death knell for Knauf’s career.
Not so.
Remember, we’re talking about a “never go against the family” mentality that has safeguarded the institution for millennia. And yet, in 2025, Knauf was hired by Prince William to head up the Earthshot Prize, a global environmental prize awarded to five winners each year for their contributions to environmentalism.
Then there was the Vanity Fair article by well-respected royal reporter Katie Nicholls, in which unnamed staff labelled Markle as “absolutely relentless,” said she reduced staff to tears, and described her as “cold and withholding.”
Some staff members reportedly referred to themselves as the “Sussex Survivors’ Club.”
The Daily Beast then ran a story in which former Sussex employees labelled Markle as a “demon” who had “psycho moments” when things did not go her way.
Oh, and let’s not forget the pair’s last trip Down Under.
During an episode of The Nerve with Maureen Callahan, both the seasoned reporter and experienced entertainment journalist Rob Shuter reminisced over Harry and Meghan’s last visit to Australia, where, guess what, more bullying allegations abounded.
“Weren’t there reports that, on the initial Australia trip, Meghan said to a courtier, I can’t believe I’m not getting paid for this?” Callahan asked.
“And then aren’t there reports also, never substantiated, but allegedly, reportedly very stubborn reports that, in a most displeased moment, Meghan threw a cup of hot tea on an underling because it was not to her liking?”
Shuter replied with his own account.
“I heard she hissed at an underling, too. She turned up, and she bought into her own celebrity. A billion people had just watched her wedding. I’m not defending her. But she turned up there like she was Princess Diana. She’s not.”
OK, so let’s play devil’s advocate here because, as it stands, these are all just allegations, after all. You know, all of them. Across all those years, and from all those different people, but allegations… nonetheless.
That said, will anyone raise the issue of those bullying allegations with Harry while he’s Down Under?
Forget the fact that doing so would likely result in dream copy ultimately being picked up internationally; what about the hypocrisy?
If a C-suite executive fronted the media after allegations of workplace bullying were made public, both they and the journalist know where that story is headed.
For a member of the royal family, who is appearing at a summit focused on “How We Show Up, Speak Up and Shape Safer Workplaces” on Australian taxpayers’ dime (that’s right, we’ll be funding their police and security during the visit, even though it’s considered a private visit), to not be asked about a myriad of bullying allegations levelled at his wife is glaring.
At the very least, the conversation shouldn’t ignore the elephant in the room.
If the summit is genuinely about safer workplaces, accountability and leadership, then those principles have to apply universally – not selectively.
Anything less risks turning a serious conversation into little more than a talking point.