Meghan Markle “thought she knew it all” when she joined the Royal Family, a royal author has said. The Duchess of Sussex married into the Royal Family in 2018 when she exchanged wedding vows with her husband Prince Harry in Windsor.
While it is believed she had high hopes about her future as a working royal, this didn’t last long. Instead, less than two years after their big day, it was confirmed that Harry and Meghan wanted to leave royal duty and the UK, which they did in 2020. While they have recently relocated back to Britain, they have not returned to life as working royals.
Royal author disputes Meghan's claims
Although Meghan has spoken very critically of her time as a royal, claiming she had limited help, one royal biographer has disputed this. Speaking on The Daily Expresso, royal biographer Dickie Arbiter said Meghan would have been given advice by the Palace, but ignored it as she thought she “knew it all”.
He said: “There would have been advice given but she was an independent woman who thought she knew it all, you could see in photos when she was made to stand in the back haughtily looking down that the writing was on the wall.”
Meghan's own admission
Meghan herself once admitted that she did not know exactly what to expect from royal life when she became involved with her husband Harry. In her 2021 interview with Oprah Winfrey, Meghan said she entered royal life “naively” and knew little about the monarchy.
She also claimed she never researched her husband, and was not fully aware what her day-to-day life would look like as a royal. She told Oprah: “I went into it naively because I didn't grow up knowing much about the Royal Family. I didn't fully understand what the job was.”
No return to royal duty
Meghan and Harry, now they are living back in Britain, are not to become working royals again. This was made clear in a letter released on behalf of King Charles this week, confirming that Harry and Meghan are “private citizens”.
