“I think the problem with Meghan is that she went into the organisation and she assumed that after watching all the Disney princesses that she thought it was going to be like that,” he explained. “When you join the royal family, you are given rules and protocols to follow.”

Hollywood Over Tradition

Royal author Tom Bower has voiced similar criticisms, accusing Meghan of leveraging Harry’s royal status to gain access to Hollywood circles.

Their 2018 wedding became a symbol of those clashing priorities, Bower said, when Meghan chose to invite celebrity acquaintances over family members.

“All his friends were excluded (from the wedding) and all her Hollywood contacts were included, like Oprah Winfrey and George Clooney and all her agents,” Bower noted. “Everyone was there to help her career.”

Chelsy Davy and a Different Path

Harrold also shared that Harry’s former girlfriend, Chelsy Davy, had been warmly welcomed by Kate Middleton and once blended easily into the princes’ social lives.

“There’s a local pub near Tetbury (and) we used to go in there, and you’d walk into the bar and you’d have William and Harry and Kate and Chelsy Davy, all sitting there,” he recalled. “They were just fun. As I’ve said all the way along, they were just a family that all got on really nicely.”