Meghan Markle has something in common with Prince Philip – they both felt disrespected and downplayed by palace officials when they married their royal husbands.
The prince felt that he was being treated as a “foreigner” and “patron” when he married the then Princess Elizabeth, just as Markle says he was treated when he married Prince Harry.
“In the beginning, life in the yard was very frustrating for him. It was very stifling, “said Lord Brabourne, a relative of Philips, according to Ingrid Seward in her book,” My Husband and I: The Inner Story of Royal Marriage. “
The courtiers were not very keen on Philip from the beginning. Despite being related to the queen, they did not like being born in Greece and therefore a foreigner, Seward wrote.
“Tommy Lascelles (the king’s private secretary) was impossible. They were bloody to him. They patronized him. They treated him like a stranger. It wasn’t too much fun, “she said.
“She laughed, of course, but she must have been in pain. I’m not sure Princess Elizabeth noticed that. He probably didn’t see her. ”
But the Queen, who had fallen in love with Philip at the age of 13, was not interested in what the Palace officials thought. The couple married in 1947.
In those days, the courtiers and high members of the royal household had enormous influence and power.
Prince Philip, who said his mind and did not suffer foolishly, was upset by the palace advisers who found him “abrasive and rude.”
“He knew he was entering the lions’ den. He was well aware of the way he had been treated and how hard he would have to fight for his position and independence (against the institution). What he didn’t know was how scary it would be, “said Philip’s cousin, Lady Pamela Hicks, according to Seward’s book.
When Elizabeth’s father died unexpectedly in 1952, making her sovereign ruler at the age of 25, the world changed Philip. He was forced to give up his career with Marina and carve out a new position.
“Philip was constantly crushed, cleaned, ticked, beaten on the joints,” said the former private secretary to the duke, Mike Parker, according to Express. “It was intolerable. The problem was simply that Philip had energy, ideas, fatigue and that doesn’t fit the unity, not even a little bit. “
And, like her grandfather, Meghan Markle’s problems with the Palace began almost immediately after she and Prince Harry got married in May 2018.
There were rumors that the former “Suits” star was sending an e-mail to her staff at 5 am with ideas on how to model her role and was accused of “breaking the royal manual”.
And just as Philip was criticized for his lack of deference and his non-British background, so was Markle.
Royal expert Camilla Tominey told The New Yorker that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s evil with the royal family was triggered by a “clash” between the old Californian and the palace staff who dislike the perceived lack of respect for palace traditions and are suspicious of Hollywood. her background.
“I described it in a clash of cultures, in the sense that it came from a world of celebrities, which is very fast and quite demanding,” said Tominey. “The royal world is very different – it has to be slower and extremely hierarchical.”
A few days before the bombing of the California-based couple with Oprah Winfrey, the palace claimed that Markle assaulted staff during her period of royal operation at Kensington Palace – which her office strongly denied.