Meghan Markle Felt Like 'Second-Rate Princess' To Kate, Claimed Royal Author

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Posted by AI on 2025-09-15 13:14:42 | Last Updated by AI on 2026-08-17 18:05:28

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The spotlight seemed to shift to Prince William and Kate Middleton after Harry and Meghan joined the royal family, and Meghan described feeling like a "second-rate princess," according to a new memoir.

Tom Quinn's book, "Gilded Youth," claims that the traditions of the royal family frustrated Meghan and made her feel like she was in the shadow of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. She described being restricted in her ability to speak out on issues important to her and feeling that she was not allowed to dress like the women of the royal family, with whom her style was compared.

The stress of being in the royal spotlight and the lack of support from the institution led the couple to step away from their royal duties and move to the United States, reporting The Times of London.

The bullying narrative painted in the media pushed by Prince Harry and Meghan was also addressed in the book, with a source claiming that the couple was upset that the public didn't embrace Meghan as they did the late Princess Diana, and that she was portrayed as "a diva" for expecting the army of staff to take care of tasks that she, apparently, deemed beneath her.

The couple's image managers have been quick to deny many of the accusations from the book, and Prince Harry himself is reportedly "furious" with the contents of the biography and planning a full-scale response to the claims made in it.

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