Meghan Markle allegedly left Buckingham Palace “really worried” when she first joined the Royal Family, because she wanted to do her “own thing” which could risk “outshining” the rest of the royals, a book has claimed. The Duchess of Sussex became a working royal in 2018 when she married Prince Harry.
But her royal tenure did not last long as the Sussex couple quit their working roles and moved to the US in 2020. What followed was a series of accusations from the Sussex camp against the royals, most of which have not been commented on to this day, resulting in a bitter rift and a frosty relationship between the two sides.
A royal book has delved into royal life inside palace walls and revealed what Buckingham Palace allegedly really thought when Meghan was a working royal.
Tom Quinn wrote in his book Yes, Ma’am: The Secret Life of Royal Servants which was released back in March: “Buckingham Palace became really worried when they became aware that 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.
“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.”
The author claimed that a former courtier said: “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.
“She didn’t understand that when you join the Royal Family, you don’t do as you please, you do as you’re told. In a sense, you become a servant of the family.”
Mr Quinn alleged that the Duchess “really disliked the hierachy” within the Royal Family, according to ex-royal staffers.
One told him: “Many of the rules do seem pretty pointless and exist only so that the relative status of each senior royal is protected.
“And the senior royals are such a sensitive bunch — if one gets a gold pen or a new car, they all want one. Meghan thought they behaved like babies.”