Royal Family behind closed doors revealed from Meghan ‘outrage’ to William’s ‘needier’ side

A brand-new book by Tom Quinn claims to reveal what the workings of a number of royals, including Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, are like behind closed doors, as told by their representatives.

A brand new royal book has hit shelves that claims to expose what the Firm is really like behind closed doors – as told by those who work at the palace.

The Prince and Princess of Wales, Prince Harry, and Meghan Markle were all implicated before sensationally leaving royal life, according to Tom Quinn’s Yes Ma’am: The Secret Life of Royal Servants, which recounts the memories of staff members working in the royal bubble.

From Meghan’s apparent difficulty understanding how the palace machine worked to Queen Camilla’s alleged moans about protocol, The Mirror takes a look at some of the book’s biggest claims…

Meghan’s hug ‘ outrage ‘

When it comes to Meghan trying to navigate life in the Royal Family, the book examines the hurdles she faced. And it claims that her “warm, friendly hug-everyone approach” caused tension to develop between William and Harry, with problems arising “fairly early on”.

Because they weren’t used to giving each other so much affection, Quinn claims Kate, William, and Charles “tended to flinch when she moved in for a hug.” He claims Meghan, a native of California, was “understandably hurt.” Additionally, he claims Meghan left courtiers “outraged” with her affection. The courtiers were almost as upset when Meghan attempted to hug an especially stiff Old Etonian equerry, he added. According to one staffer, he flinched as though she had attempted to poke him in the eye.

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‘ Goody two-shoes ‘

In another part of the book, Meghan’s approach to royal life is compared to that of her sister-in-law, Kate. Quinn quotes a palace insider as saying that Kate” doesn’t jump in straight away “and that she” bides her time “as she is” very intelligent and intuitive”.

But another former Kensington Palace staffer claims that Meghan thought Kate was “just too eager to please, too much a goody-two-shoes girl.” They added that many at the palace did like Meghan’s feisty nature while others felt her making changes was “not an acceptable role for a complete outsider”.

Wild perception

Meghan’s American parents sheltered her from the realities of British royal life, according to the new book. Meghan “sobersaw that she needed to reevaluate other assumptions she’d made about this strange new family,” according to Quinn when she discovered that Harry was only worth about £20 million.

As one royal staff member put it”, She expected a billionaire and she got a millionaire. “A member of her former team is also quoted as saying that the actress” really disliked the hierarchy”. Giving an example of senior royals getting jealous of each other’s materialistic goods, the ex-staff member said:” Meghan thought they behaved like babies. “

Camilla’s request

As another newcomer when she married into the Royal Family almost 20 years ago, the book claims that Queen Camilla also found adapting to royal life tough. And ahead of her wedding to King Charles in April 2005, Quinn claims that Camilla asked her soon-to-be-husband: “Can’t we get away from all this protocol? “It’s all bo****ks.” Charles, who is said to hate swearing, allegedly replied: “You’re doing it [becoming queen] for me, darling.”

Meghan’s nickname

The royals are known for their love of nicknames, and one that Meghan allegedly earned is detailed in the book. According to Quinn, “her nickname for a while was the Duchess of Difficult, but she had other, friendlier nicknames, including Mystic Meg, while came about because she was so new agey, so woke, about so many things”.

The King recognized Meghan’s resilience after it was previously revealed that Charles had a nickname for her while she was a working royal. He affectionately called her Tungten, due to her being ‘ tough and unbending’, it was claimed. The term “tungsten” in the periodic table is used because of its high melting point and core strength.

Part-time Diana

Meanwhile, members of staff for Meghan and Harry reportedly revealed to the author that Princess Diana was a big inspiration for Meghan when she entered royal life and that Meghan said she wanted to “finish” what her late mother-in-law “started”. They also noted that the Duchess of Sussex really would have preferred to undertake their royal duties only on a part-time basis – something that both Harry and Meghan have said themselves.

“Meghan once said, ‘ What Diana started I want to finish, ‘ and we took that to mean she wanted to become a sort of globetrotting champion of the poor and the marginalised”, the insider claimed.

William’s heartbreak

Meanwhile, life was completely different for William and Kate growing up. William was raised in a spotlight and had a difficult family dynamic after his parents split up and his mother tragically passed away, despite Kate’s typical routines and her own. In the book, Quinn talks about William’s “needier side” and reveals a heartbreaking confession a former maid allegedly made about his early life.

The staffer even showed William how to “give the children a piggyback” and claimed Kate had to explain a lot of the things that parents do when they don’t live with the Royal Family. They said: “William said very quietly, ‘ My father never gave me a piggyback'”.

Tom Quinn’s book, The Secret Life of Royal Servants, is out today.

Source: Mirror