MEGHAN Markle’s “close” relationship with a junior staffer was reportedly deemed “inappropriate” by senior royals.
The friendship between the Duchess of Sussex and a staff member appears to have ruffled some royal feathers.
A former member of the Kensington Palace staff told The Times that Meghan became friends with a “junior” member of the team.
The relationship was seen as “inappropriate” by older senior royals.
A staff member said: “When someone arrives from the United States and tries to change things, the old guard really don’t like it.
“And the old guard are terrific snobs.
“They have to be less obviously snobbish today, but it’s still there.”
“I can tell you that if William had wanted to marry Meghan Markle, it would’ve been a step too far.
“But Harry was never going to be king.
“The courtiers and ladies-in-waiting and communications teams thought Meghan would keep Harry out of trouble, give him something to focus on.”
This follows vile accusations of the Duchess of Sussex flirting with her brother-in-law Prince William in gossip among courtiers, staff claim.
Megan was spotted kissing William on the cheek, a gesture that appears to have caused some controversy.
Tension was caused after she was said to “hug everyone,” a manner that is not normally royal protocol.
Sources said other member of the family, including Princess Kate, William and King Charles would flinch when embraced.
The Prince of Wales was said to be particularly unnerved by the gesture.
“Meghan hugged him virtually every time they bumped into each other,” the newspaper reports.
“The hugging and cheek-kissing fuelled gossip among the staff that Meghan was flirting with William, which she was obviously not, but the tense atmosphere caused by all the touchy-feeliness (and the resultant gossip) deepened the rift between the brothers.
“In fact, William’s rather awkward, even inhibited personality — an inheritance from his father — was baffling for the more spontaneous Meghan.”
This comes as the Duchess of Sussex supposedly said she “disliked the hierarchy” and thought senior royals “behaved like babies.”
She has been accused of flouting protocol and has apparently expressed her distaste for the royal rules.
A former member of Meghan’s team said: “Meghan really disliked the hierarchy. 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.”
Not only this, but it’s also been reported that shortly after meeting Prince Harry, Meghan realised she needed to “reassess assumptions she’d made” about the royals.
It was said the royal “expected a billionaire” but “got a millionaire’” when she married into the family.
This isn’t the first time it’s come to light that royal life isn’t what the Duchess expected, with an ex-worker claiming she struggled to adjust.
An ex-staffer said: “Through absolutely no fault of her own, Meghan wasn’t always great with her staff — she just wasn’t used to it as Harry was.
“It’s true that her nickname for a while was the Duchess of Difficult, but she had other, friendlier nicknames, including Mystic Meg, which came about because she was so new agey, so woke, about so many things.”
Meghan was supposedly branded Mystic Meg for turning Prince Harry into a “tree-hugging leftie” after feeling “constrained by protocol.”
Other bombshell claims include…
- Meghan being accused of “flirting” with William after “hugging & kissing him every time they saw each other”
- Ex-staffer claiming Meghan had a “messiah complex”, and thought senior royals “behaved like babies”
- Meghan “expected a billionaire & got a millionaire” with Harry
- Duchess’ close friendship with junior staffer being seen as “inappropriate” by senior royals
- Meghan thought Kate was “too much a goody-two-shoes girl” before fallout, according to royal sources
- Prince Andrew demanded a staffer be transferred “because he disliked a mole on the man’s face”
- Duchess “really disliked the hierarchy” and wanted to “finish Princess Diana’s work on a part-time basis”
