MEGHAN and Kate weren’t treated differently – in fact, the Duchess of Sussex was loved by the public and Royal Family alike, an expert has said.
Charles Rae, a legendary former royal correspondent for The Sun, believes that Prince Harry’s wife was “lauded” when she joined The Firm
Rae spoke on The Sun’s Royal Exclusive show about Megxit, recalling how public attitude towards her was fantastic in 2017 and 2018.
“When you saw Meghan with Harry when they were out and about, the crowds were 10 to 12 people deep,” he said.
“It was back to the good old days of royal walkabouts – it was fantastic.
“It only started to go wrong when we started to hear there were a few strops being thrown by Meghan.
“Did she make Catherine cry, did she make Charlotte cry?
“You’ve got to accept that any bride is going to be right up there, the nerves are going to be sharp – so, you’ve got to take that into account.
“But I think it all went wrong when they decided they were gonna up sticks and go.”
Harry and Meghan announced that they were going to step down as senior royals in January 2020.
In June 2020, they moved to California, US saying they wanted space to raise their son Archie, who was born in May 2019.
Their daughter Lilibet was born exactly a year later in the Golden State in June 2021.
When asked if there was ever a possibility for the Sussexes to return as working royals with a connection to the British public “like William and Kate”, Charles remarked that the “ship has sailed”.
“I think they were lauded at one time, I think there was great hopes for the pair of them coming into the Royal Family,” he said.
“And given the problems she had with her own father, the King – then Prince of Wales – walked her halfway down the aisle.
“That was touching and I don’t believe it could have happened for Princess Diana or Sarah Ferguson.”
“I think that she was given every help and everything she could have possibly had to help her root into the Royal Family as clean and as clear as possible,” Rae continued.
“I think she just threw it in their faces in the end.”
Rae believes that Meghan wanted to leave Britain and the Royal Family when she realised she couldn’t be the star of the show.
“Meghan was the one who decided she didn’t want to be on this road,” he claimed.
“I don’t believe that she understood the pecking order of the Royal Family.