LONDON: Meghan Markle’s disdain of her status conscious in-laws was exposed when everything about her thoughts towards this hierarchy-led institution was brought to light in a story by Tom Quinn in The Times.
Meghan Markle’s thoughts came across as “pretty pointless rules” she had to follow during her time in Queen Elizabeth’s monarchy. In fact, the piece recounted a candid conversation with a member of Meghan’s former staff, who admitted, “Meghan really disliked the hierarchy,” only because, according to the staff member, “many of the rules do seem pretty pointless and exist only so that the relative status of each senior royal is protected.”
“And the senior royals are such a sensitive bunch — if one gets a gold pen or a new car, they all want one,” the former staffer even went as far as to say. All in all, “Meghan thought they behaved like babies,” the staff member said.
The story also referenced an instance where Prince Andrew displayed his own preferences, reportedly once having a member of staff removed from his employ because he disliked the mole on the man’s face and another instance was when the same happened because another staff member wore a nylon tie whereas upper class, royal standards demand subdued and as far as possible natural materials such as cotton, silk and other such materials rather than common-run, quick-fix fabrics such as rayon and nylon. Another preference would be leather over imitation leather.
Even Prince Edward was noted to have once “tore a strip off his driver” because he was “looking too often in his rear-view mirror.”
