Meghan Markle used to think Prince Andrew was late Queen's assistant, says Prince Harry

Prince Harry explains that Meghan Markle believed Prince Andrew to be Queen Elizabeth II's personal assistant.

In his book Spare, the Duke of Sussex describes how his girlfriend and Her Majesty met at the Royal Lodge in October 2016.

Harry discusses his talk with the Suits star just after the queen left and how he had to break the news to Meghan that the Duke of York was the monarch's son.

"After a moment, Meg asked me something about the Queen’s assistant. I asked who she was talking about," Harry accounts in his book.

"'That man holding the purse. That man who walked her to the door. That wasn’t her assistant? Who was it?'" he recalled Meghan asking.

Then Harry revealed to his lover that the man was in reality Prince Andrew, his uncle.

"'That was her second son. Andrew.'"

"She definitely hadn’t googled us," Harry sees in retrospect.

Prince Harry’s book is officially out on shelves this month.