Buckingham Palace might have got excited with the idea that a famed Hollywood actress would be joining the royal family, but everything changed when Meghan Markle set foot in the castle. The 38-year-old royal and the mansion's staff are said to have a "clash of cultures" as the aides didn't approve of her alleged celebrity attitude and her lack of respect for the hierarchy.
Royal expert Camilla Tominey, who covered the royal family for more than a decade, revealed that Prince Harry's wife failed to impress the palace aides despite her star power. The Telegraph contributor told The New Yorker that the staff was not charmed by her showbiz past, fame, confidence, and "feminist habits of assertion."
The royal correspondent added that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's "demands" were not well accepted by the royal aides, either. Hence, it resulted in a clash of cultures because she "didn't understand a lot of the unwritten traditions in the institution."
Tominey even compared the situation to that of the TV series Downton Abbey, where there's a hierarchy of staff who have been in Buckingham Palace for years to serve Queen Elizabeth II and the United Kingdom. So, when the Sussexes made demands, there were questions, especially for the Duchess of Sussex, of who did she think she was.
But despite the tension between the Buckingham Palace aides and Meghan Markle, she seemed to have a better relationship with her people at Frogmore Cottage. According to Cosmopolitan, the former Suits star and Prince Harry even threw a very special surprise lunch for their staff before they left Britain to begin their new lives in Canada and later in Los Angeles.
When the couple officially stepped back from their royal duties on March 31, they moved to California, where Meghan Markle grew up, and her mother, Doria Ragland, lives. However, according to the Duke of Sussex's friend, Dr Jane Goodall, he is "finding life a bit challenging" after moving to North America.
The 86-year-old famed primatologist seems to be always in touch with Prince Harry after he left the U.K. She told Radio Times, as noted by the Daily Mail, that although she doesn't know his plans for his career, she noticed through their constant communication that he is "finding life a bit challenging right now."
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are said to be both fans of the renowned activist. They even invited her to their Frogmore Cottage in Windsor last summer. Dr Jane Goodall, too, is one of the few people outside the royal family that have touched Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor when he was a little baby.
