MEGHAN Markle’s pal Gayle King has accused "The Firm" of launching a "full scale take down" of the Duchess ahead of her Oprah Winfrey interview.

The US TV personality said Buckingham Palace had accused Meghan of being a "mean girl" in a smear campaign which was "raging in the UK right now".

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It comes just days before Meghan and Prince Harry's bombshell interview with talk show queen Oprah is due to air.

“The Palace – also known as the firm – has launched what appears to be a full scale take down of Meghan which is raging in the UK right now, saying she was a mean girl who mistreated staff – and if you meet Meghan Markle nothing could be further from the truth," King said on her Sirius XM radio show Gayle King in the House on Thursday evening.

“Now the palace has launched an investigation. I was thinking how is that investigation going with Prince Andrew who was a friend and associate of Jeffrey Epstein and there were allegations of sleeping with underage girls? We’ve interviewed some of those girls, who are now women, who have told that story.

"But they appear to be on a huge takedown of Meghan. And what a ‘coinkidink' [sic] that these allegations first surfaced in 2018 and now the palace has decided to investigate them now. Hmmm, things that make you go hmmm.”

King told listeners she couldn't wait to watch the interview as she invited callers to share their views on the topic – including whether they believed racism was a factor in the controversy.

“I can’t wait for this interview," she said.

"It’s the first time that they’re sitting down, there’s a lot to discuss, you know when they got married, it was such a fairytale I think the minister said, ‘We are brought here together by love’ and when you see them together there’s no doubt in your mind this is a couple in love.

"We know who Prince Harry is and there was a lot of friction and Prince Harry and Meghan announced they were going to be stepping down from their royal duties – he will always be Prince Harry – but they’re stepping down from their royal duties. I think you’re going to hear for the first time what really motivated that.

“We’ve heard Prince Harry say it was a toxic environment and it was affecting his mental health – but what does that mean exactly?"

It comes as the palace launched a probe into allegations of bullying by Meghan made by former staff members.

In an unprecedented move the Palace released a statement saying they were "very concerned" at claims the Duchess "humiliated" female aids and drove them to quit.

Senior royals are understood to be “dismayed” at reports that female staff had been reduced to tears, with one aide telling a colleague ahead of a row with Meghan: “I can’t stop shaking.” 

A spokesman for the Sussexes issued a statement branding the bullying claims "distorted several-year-old accusations.

Harry and Meghan's interview is set to air on Sunday, March 7 on CBS.

The Oprah interview will be the first time Meghan has done a major network interview since the couple gave up their senior royal titles and moved to California.

In the 30-second clip released ahead of the interview, the talk show host asks the duchess: “How do you feel about the Palace hearing you speak your truth today?”

Pregnant Meghan replies: “I don’t know how they could expect that, after all of this time, we would still just be silent if there is an active role that the Firm is playing in perpetuating falsehoods about us.”

“And, if that comes with risk of losing things, I mean, I … there is a lot that has been lost already.”

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