Meghan Markle's reaction to discovering Prince Harry 'isn't a billionaire'

Having been calved and raised successful the US, Meghan Markle reportedly had to "reassess" immoderate "assumptions" she'd made astir the royals aft she began dating Prince Harry

Meghan Markle had to "reassess" "assumptions" she'd made astir the realities of British royal beingness aft gathering Prince Harry, it has been claimed.

The 43-year old, who present lives successful Montecito with Prince Harry and their 2 children Prince Archie, five, and Princess Lilibet, three, was calved and raised successful Los Angeles earlier moving to Illinois to be Northwestern University. According to a caller book, Meghan’s American upbringing meant that she made “assumptions” astir the royals that reportedly differed from reality.

Writing successful his caller book, Yes Ma'am: The Secret Life of Royal Servants - which has been excerpted successful The Times - Tom Quinn alleged that erstwhile the Duchess of Sussex discovered that Harry was lone worthy astir £20million, she “quickly realised” that she needed to “reassess different assumptions she'd made astir this unusual caller family”.

As reported by the publication, Tom claimed: “Meghan Markle had a typically American presumption of the royal family earlier she joined it - for her, beingness was each astir castles, glittering balls and limitless wealthiness and ease.

“As 1 royal unit subordinate enactment it, “She expected a billionaire and she got a millionaire”.”

In the past, Meghan has opened up astir her acquisition getting to grips with royal life. As portion of the Harry & Meghan Netflix docuseries, the erstwhile Suits prima discussed the infinitesimal she was taught however to curtsy soon earlier gathering the precocious Queen Elizabeth II.

“I mean, it's surreal. There wasn't similar immoderate large infinitesimal of ‘Now you're gonna conscionable my grandmother’. I didn't cognize I was going to conscionable her until moments before. We were successful the car and we were going to the Royal Lodge for lunch, and helium was like, ‘Oh, my grandma is here, she's gonna beryllium determination aft church,’” she recalled.

“I retrieve we were successful the car, driving and he's like, ‘You cognize however to curtsy, right?’. And I conscionable thought it was a joke.”

Meanwhile, Prince Harry added: “How bash you explicate that to people? How bash you explicate that you bow to your grandmother? And that you would request to curtsy, particularly to an American. That's weird.”

Continuing the discussion, Meghan said: “Now I'm starting to realise this is simply a large deal. I mean, Americans volition recognize this. We person Medieval Times meal and tournament. It was similar that. Like, I curtsied arsenic though I was like... ‘Pleasure to conscionable you your Majesty.'

“It was truthful intense. And past erstwhile she left, Eugenie and Jack and Fergie accidental ‘you did great!’. Thanks. I didn't cognize what I was doing.”

Similarly, Harry discussed successful Spare however Fergie had asked Meghan if she knew however to curtsy. He wrote: “Meg shook her head. Fergie demonstrated once. Meg imitated her.”

Elsewhere, Meghan said that she didn’t hunt up Prince Harry connected the net erstwhile she was archetypal welcomed into the royal family. Speaking to Oprah Winfrey successful a 2021 CBS interview, she explained however she hadn’t researched her now-husband anterior to marrying him.

“Thank God I didn’t cognize a batch astir the family,” she said. “Thank God I hadn’t researched. I would’ve been truthful successful my caput astir it.”

Yes Ma'am: The Secret Life of Royal Servants by Tom Quinn is retired connected February 18.