When Princess Diana became a member of the royal family, she got everyone's attention, including the media that reportedly annoyed Princess Anne. The same thing happened when Sarah Ferguson married Prince Andrew. These two princesses' experience with the monarchy is now being compared to that of Meghan Markle's, who has been struggling to keep up with the royal life.
The Princess Royal reportedly saw her two former sisters-in-law as "lessening the stature of the royal family." Sadly, according to Express, it seems to be the same assessment that the Duchess of Sussex experiences in the recent months.
Daily Express photographer Steve Wood revealed that Princess Anne was "extremely annoyed" when Princess Diana and Sarah Ferguson took center stage in the early days. They were the new faces that did things differently in the monarchy. But for Anne, they were "too tabloid." Ironically, Meghan Markle was also criticized for being too different from the royal ways.
In the Channel 4 documentary The Real Princess Anne, Wood disclosed that Princess Anne was "extremely annoyed" when Princess Diana and Sarah Ferguson got everyone's attention. Behind them, they allegedly called her "those girls."
"She saw them both as lessening the stature of the royal family," he said. Media, too, dropped Princess Anne like a "hot potato" when the two wives of her brothers, Prince Charles and Prince Andrew, entered the scene.
This scene seemed to mirror the next generation of royals when Meghan Markle became Prince Harry's wife in 2018. She got the media attention - away from the likes of Prince William and Kate Middleton.
All eyes were on her for being a Hollywood actress who turned to be a princess. Growing up in a different culture, she was believed to have a set of values that differed from the royal family. Aside from the alleged rift with the Cambridges, several royal commentators also often criticized Meghan Markle by breaking the royal protocol and not being by the book. With all these, she is being compared to Princess Diana, who was also attacked by the media when she was still alive.
According to Insider, Charles Spencer, Princess Diana's younger brother, revealed that a year before her divorce from Princes Charles, the People's Princess often talked about her desire to leave Britain. In his eulogy, he disclosed that the reason was due to the treatment she received at the hands of the media. He explained that his older sibling never understood why the press always sneered her good intentions, and there was a permanent quest to bring her down.
