A ROYAL adept says she knows what King Charles and Prince William REALLY thought of Meghan Markle – arsenic rumours swirled astir her ‘flirting’.
Today, a slew of royal unit revealed shocking caller allegations astir Meghan and Harry's clip successful the Firm.
Claims were published successful The Times saying that touchy-feely Meg had a "hug everyone" approach, portion immoderate unit reported gossip astir Meghan 'flirting' with Prince William.
One ex-staffer said: "The hugging and cheek-kissing fuelled gossip among the unit that Meghan was flirting with William, which she was evidently not, but the tense ambiance caused by each the touchy-feeliness (and the resultant gossip) deepened the rift betwixt the brothers."
Here, Royal Biographer Ingrid Seward examines the claims - and what they uncover astir Meghan and Harry.
"I deliberation that Meghan's full cognition is antithetic from the royal family's due to the fact that she was brought up successful Los Angeles," she said.
"She's an histrion and [in that industry] it's precise touchy-feely but the royal household were brought up to beryllium precise formal.
In different bombshell claims made by staffers...
- Meghan was branded Mystic Meg by unit for turning Harry into "tree-hugging leftie"
- Ex-staffer claiming Meghan had a "messiah complex", and thought elder royals "behaved similar babies"
- Meghan "expected a billionaire & got a millionaire" with Harry
- Duchess' adjacent relationship with inferior staffer being seen arsenic "inappropriate" by elder royals
- Meghan thought Kate was "too overmuch a goody-two-shoes girl" earlier fallout, according to royal sources
- Prince Andrew demanded a staffer beryllium transferred "because helium disliked a mole connected the man’s face"
- Duchess "really disliked the hierarchy" and wanted to "finish Princess Diana's enactment connected a part-time basis"
"Meghan does flirt with men due to the fact that she benignant of sees herself arsenic an histrion and she's portraying the information that 'aren't I beautiful' - which she is - and she needs that benignant of adulation."
Ingrid said Meghan whitethorn person 'flirted' due to the fact that it was the lone mode she could link with stiff-upper-lip new family.
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She said: "I deliberation precise decidedly she flirted with William, but I deliberation it was truly her mode of connecting to men."
And Meghan's behaviour wouldn't person gone down good with Prince William and King Charles.
Ingrid added: "Prince William would conscionable beryllium alternatively embarrassed due to the fact that it would beryllium a spot alien to him to beryllium truthful huggy with idiosyncratic that helium did not privation to beryllium huggy with.
"Your assemblage automatically stiffens if idiosyncratic comes and hugs you that you don't similar oregon don't privation adjacent you.
"I deliberation William conscionable felt awkward."
Royal protocol traditionally prevents hugging but The Firm has seen this inclination unbend successful caller years, with Princess Kate and King Charles himself some being seen to hug members of the public.
Ingrid explained: "Normally, erstwhile they conscionable each different - it surely utilized to beryllium - determination would beryllium a dropped curtsy oregon a bow and past a buss connected each cheek.
"But things person changed due to the fact that we present spot King Charles hugging people.
"It's conscionable moved to a antithetic genre."
While she did admit that royals of the past, particularly Princess Diana, would beryllium comfy hugging, this was usually with idiosyncratic she knew good oregon with idiosyncratic that was suffering.
Ingrid said: "She [Diana] was precise huggy and that's the situation successful which William has been brought up.
"Yes, huggy, with radical you privation to beryllium huggy with, but it's got to beryllium connected your ain terms."
Jack Whitehall claims helium was ‘Markled’ by Meghan arsenic erstwhile ‘good friend’ Prince Harry ‘dropped’ him
JACK Whitehall has revealed helium had a ''good'' relationship with Prince Harry earlier Meghan Markle entered the representation - but helium got ''dropped'' erstwhile the mates ''settled'' down.
The comedian, 36, who is presently in Australia touring his latest drama amusement Jack and Michael Whitehall Live, appeared on Melbourne breakfast vigor Nova 100's Jase & Lauren, earlier this week.
Speaking to the hosts, Jack revealed helium and Harry, 40, utilized to beryllium rather adjacent friends erstwhile helium was ''a tearaway'' - but past the royal settled down aft meeting Meghan, 43.
Dad-of-one Jack said: ''I was rather bully friends with Prince Harry backmost successful the day, pre-Meghan erstwhile helium was a tearaway.''
Host Lauren Phillips asked the actor if helium was ''dropped'' by the now-estranged royal after tying the knot the former Suits star.
He told the hosts: ''Yeah I mean I wasn't portion of his interior circle… but I had a fewer nights retired with him erstwhile helium was rather fun.''
However, successful caller years, focusing again connected the King, she said Charles had "dived" into the assemblage aft his coronation and hugged people, indicating a imaginable alteration successful protocol and possibly comfortableness with Meghan's behaviour.
Highlighting the Duchess of Sussex's conflict with royal protocol, Ingrid said: "She [Meghan] couldn't rather recognize it.
"Being American, the full curtsying happening is precise alien, and surely the precocious Queen wouldn't marque Meghan curtsy to her but she would bash it retired of politeness - conscionable not each time."
This comes aft Meghan's "close" narration with inferior staffers was reportedly deemed "inappropriate" by elder royals.
A erstwhile subordinate of the Kensington Palace unit told The Times: "When idiosyncratic arrives from the United States and tries to alteration things, the aged defender truly don’t similar it."
Another unit subordinate recalled to The Times that Meghan asked wherefore William and Charles "sound truthful superior each the time", and joked Harry had antithetic parents arsenic helium "isn't pompous astatine all".
A scope of bombshell claims were made, including that Meghan is said to person been nicknamed Mystic Meg for turning Harry into a "tree-hugging leftie" with her woke, caller property views.
Also covered was Princess Kate, who it was claimed enjoys teasing William astir his family, alongside often having to calm the prince down.
As helium gets older, she believes helium looks much similar his great-great-great-grandfather Edward VII, the sources claimed.
And Camilla descends from Edward's favourite mistress, which Kate loves to punctual her hubby about.
It's reported that Kate - not yet knowing the strict rules for dress - erstwhile laid retired an outfit for her aboriginal hubby and helium joked "she looked arsenic if she’d conscionable tally done a foundation store covered successful superglue".
The sources accidental the royals' upbringing - having grown up with servants to organise everything - clashed with Meghan's autarkic mindset.
It was her who picked up connected however Harry seemed to beryllium being pushed speech successful favour of William, with 1 subordinate of the royal comms squad saying she didn't deliberation Harry adjacent thought astir the information helium was a spare "until good into the marriage".
A moving gag was reportedly that Harry was precise overmuch similar the Prince Regent quality successful Blackadder.
It was joked that the duke would, without a servant, instrumentality 2 weeks to enactment connected his trousers.
The Times besides claimed that owed to each the rules - which Camilla herself is said to person told Charles were "b******s" - royals are often prone to temper tantrums.
Running baths astatine precisely the aforesaid clip each time and having to person consultations astir perfectly pressed suits means if things don't spell precisely to program immoderate members of The Firm are liable to explode.
Prince Andrew, for example, is said to person fired a unit subordinate aft taking a disliking to a mole connected his face.
And Prince Edward erstwhile tore into his operator for looking successful his rear-view reflector excessively much.