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A former palace employee who claims to have been bullied by the Duchess of Sussex has urged Buckingham Palace to release staff from non-disclosure arrangements and reject Harry and Meghan's 'lies' ahead of their Netflix series launch.
In a second trailer for their docu-series, Harry & Meghan, which was released on Monday, Prince Harry, 38, alleged the couple had suffered from leaks and planted stories that backed up the Royal Family 'hierarchy'.
Meanwhile, allies of the couple told the Netflix cameras that there was 'a war against Meghan to suit other people's agendas', with one claiming 'it's about hatred, it's about race'.
In clips for the show, the duke also took aim at royal aides, smirking as he commented: 'It's a dirty game.'
The former staffer, who signed a confidentiality agreement, has urged the palace to lift non-disclosure agreements so that they can respond to 'attacks' from the Sussexes.
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle beamed from ear to ear as they arrived at a glittering New York City gala on Tuesday night - when they will accept an award for the 'heroic' stance against 'structural racism' in the Monarchy
The former employee urged Buckingham Palace to release staff from non-disclosure arrangements
It was the first time the couple had been seen in public since the release of their incendiary Netflix documentary trailers
During the second teaser for the series, a friend is heard claiming that the couple's experience has been 'about hatred, about race' as a strikingly intimate and previously unseen clip flashes up of an exasperated Harry, 38, holding a hand to his face as Meghan passes behind him while heavily pregnant with their daughter, Lili
Prince Harry describes life in the Royal Family as a 'dirty game' in the second Netflix trailer
'The only way to end it once for good is for us to be allowed to speak, and for the palace to firmly reject their lies,' the former employee told The Times.
'I certainly have chosen to remain silent out of respect for the crown, but if they keep attacking us and our characters, reputation etc. we need to feel we are equally supported by the royal family.'
The first three episodes of the docu-series will be released on Netflix on Thursday, with the following three released the week after.
It will include allegations that the palace leaked and planted stories about the couple, and that the Duchess, 41, was a victim of racially-motivated attacks.
Palace staff are said to be 'seething with rage' after the trailers for the series were released, a source told the newspaper.
Royal sources have insisted it was 'absolutely wrong' to suggest the couple had been briefed against, and insisted 'unprecedented steps' had been taken to support them.
One insider told The Daily Telegraph that royal staff were instead 'bending over backwards to work with them'.
They added it was 'non-stop on their behalf' when it came to defending them against negative stories - which began when rumors emerged of the couple's behavior towards staff.
Another said the narrative comparing Meghan to Kate was 'fabricated' with no difference between how they were treated by the press.
It is unclear whether the series will touch on the allegations that the Duchess bullied staff.
The claims were investigated in a
