Buckingham Palace offered Meghan Markle the queen’s oldest staff to serve as “mentors” before being linked to Prince Harry, according to a report, contradicting her claim that she had received no help in moving to the royal family.
“It is very pointless to make such a comprehensive generalization,” a source told the Daily Mail. “It was a brilliant team of very experienced and loyal assistants to help them. Unfortunately, she and Harry were willing not to listen to anyone. And this is the honest truth. ”
In fact, Queen Elizabeth II has recruited her most trusted adviser, Samantha Cohen, to help Meghan prepare for her wedding and royal life, sources told the British tabloid.
Cohen was also responsible for giving the former actress regular tutoring sessions on everything from royal etiquette to diplomatic protocol at Kensington Palace.
“The queen gave Sam the most reliable, safest set of hands,” the source told Mail.
“However, Meghan told Oprah Winfrey that while the queen was personally ‘wonderful’, she received no guidance on how to behave like a royal – leaving her obliged to Google the national anthem,” she added. the insider.
In the explosive interview aired for the first time on CBS on Sunday night, Markle claimed that she did not receive any support before her wedding and even had to ask Google for the British national anthem to mingle with the royal family.
“Unlike what you see in movies, there’s no class on how to talk, how to cross your legs, how to be regal,” Markle told Winfrey. “There was no training for other family members. I wasn’t offered that. ”
Markle also revealed that the Duchess of York, Sarah Ferguson and the former wife of Prince Andrew, taught her how to court before meeting Her Majesty for the first time.
The Duchess of Sussex also made headlines worldwide when she claimed that someone in the royal family had expressed “concerns” to Harry about “how dark” their son Archie’s skin would be. Markle is biracial.
On Tuesday, the queen issued a statement saying: “The whole family is saddened to find out how difficult the last period was for Harry and Meghan.”
“The issues raised, especially those related to race, are worrying. Although some memories may vary, they are taken very seriously and will be approached privately by the family “, added the queen. “Harry, Meghan and Archie will always be much-loved family members.”