One royal rule that Meghan Markle hated the most, ex-staffer reveals
A former Kensington Palace employee shared how Meghan hated the strict rules surrounding her movements.
Meghan Markle’s struggles as a working member of the British royal family have been widely discussed, but a former Palace staffer has now revealed the one aspect of royal life that the Duchess of Sussex despised the most.
In Tom Quinn’s new book, Yes Ma’am: The Secret Lives of Royal Servants, a former Kensington Palace employee shared how Meghan hated the strict rules surrounding her movements.
"Meghan quite rightly hated the fact that when she was in Nottingham Cottage, she had to agree well in advance what time she might leave for an appointment or an event and make sure she didn't leave at the same time as, or clash in any way with, a more senior royal leaving the palace,” the source told The Mirror.
Another former Palace insider revealed that Meghan’s plan to do things her way clashed with the rigid traditions of the royal family.
"Meghan had plans for her life as a working royal that were not going to be part of a general strategy agreed with the staff – she just wanted to do her own thing,” the source explained.
"Which is fair enough if you're not a member of a tightly controlled institution, but it was never going to be acceptable that Meghan should outshine Princess Anne, Prince Charles [as he then was] and Elizabeth the Queen,” they added.
Another Palace worker claimed that Meghan struggled with the hierarchy and the expectation that Queen Elizabeth II was always the focal point of royal engagements.
"She didn't understand that when you join the Royal Family, you don't do as you please, you do as you're told,” the insider claimed.
"Quite rightly, Elizabeth always had to be the centre and focus of everything the Royal Family did and I don't think Meghan understood why that had to make her do things she didn't want to do,” they concluded.
Why did Meghan Markle leave the royal family?
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry stepped down as senior working royals in 2020 due to intense media scrutiny, a lack of support from the Palace, and personal struggles with the rigid expectations of royal life. They later relocated to California to pursue an independent life.
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