Prince Harry Shuts Down Explosive Claims That Meghan Markle Broke Royal Protocol!
Before Prince Harry and Meghan Markle quit life as working royals, the American actress was criticised for ‘breaking royal protocol’ – which the Duke strongly denied
Meghan and Prince Harry came from completely different worlds – and by her own admission, life as a working royal took a lot of adapting to for the American actress.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex met in the summer of 2016 and it didn’t take long for their relationship to become public knowledge after a trip to Botswana. Over the following two years, Meghan became part of the Royal Family and “learnt a lot” about the British way of life, including the royal anthem and wave.
As they started a new chapter, the couple sat down for their famous Oprah interview before the Duke released his bombshell memoir, Spare, and they filmed an intimate Netflix series that showed a never-before-seen look into their lives. On the docuseries, Harry shut down claims that Meghan had broken royal protocol when she joined the family.
The doc saw Meghan discuss her early appearances and explain that she initially didn’t realise that the Royal Family champion “deliberately non-controversial causes”. Speaking about her reference to the #MeToo movement at a forum in 2018, she said: “I didn’t know that that would be taboo to talk about”, but explained that, “I knew that there was a protocol for how things were done.”
“There’s no class [where] some person goes, ‘Sit like this, cross your legs like this, use this fork, don’t do this, curtsy then, wear this kind of hat’,” Meghan said. “It doesn’t happen. So I needed to learn a lot.” She said that she was never taught how to do the ‘royal wave’ or sing the national anthem, but knew “you don’t wanna wave like an American” so taught herself. The late Queen reportedly offered Meghan guidance from Sophie, the Duchess of Edinburgh, but had her offer turned down.
