Meghan Markle and Prince Harry broke 'cardinal rule of royalty' - royal fans hit out
MEGHAN MARKLE and Prince Harry have been accused of breaking a key rule within the Royal Family by an outraged fan.
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Meghan and Prince Harry's unofficial biography Finding Freedom has divided readers, with some siding with the Duke and Duchess of Sussex over issues raised in the book, while others attacked them. One royal fan launched a blistering attack against the couple, saying they breached the one rule senior royals should always follow.
A Twitter user with the nickname Great Horse Fallen Off wrote: "They broke the cardinal rule of royalty: NEVER COMPLAIN, NEVER EXPLAIN!"
This rule was first forged by former British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli and adopted by several high ranking Britons - including Stanley Baldwin and Winston Churchill.
Queen Elizabeth, the late Queen Mother, is believed to have introduced the saying within the royal household.
The palace has been adopting this motto ever since, preferring not to comment on most claims and stories and keeping private details exactly that.
However, Meghan is believed to have been unhappy with this approach.
In late June, the Duchess of Sussex' legal team filed a series of statements as part of her court case against the Associated Newspapers.
Meghan claimed to have felt unprotected and barred from defending herself.
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The statement, released after Associated Newspapers asked why Meghan was feeling vulnerable at the time the Mail on Sunday decided to publish her private letter to her father in February 2019, read: "The Claimant had become the subject of a large number of false and damaging articles by the UK tabloid media, specifically by the Defendant, which caused tremendous emotional distress and damage to her mental health.
"As her friends had never seen her in this state before, they were rightly concerned for her welfare, specifically as she was pregnant, unprotected by the Institution, and prohibited from defending herself."
While some commentators believed the Duchess was referring to members of the Royal Family, a source told The Times Meghan was actually unhappy with her former communication team and their 'never complain, never explain' approach.
Meghan had already voiced her uneasiness with the so-called British stiff upper lip in October last year, when she appeared on the ITV documentary Harry & Meghan: An African Journey.
Speaking to journalist Tom Bradby, the Duchess of Sussex said: "I've said for a long time to H, that's what I call him, it is not enough to just survive something, right?
"That's not the point of life.
"You've got to thrive, you’ve got to feel happy and I think I really tried to adopt this British sensibility of a stiff upper lip.
"I tried, I really tried.
"But I think what that does internally is probably really damaging."
In Finding Freedom, the unauthorised biography of Prince Harry and Meghan written by Omid Scobie and Carolyn Durand, the Sussexes' friends and close circle voice their grievances against either palace aides or members of the Royal Family.
In one instance, a friend of the couple who spoke to Mr Scobie and Ms Durand called the old guard of aides at Buckingham Palace "vipers".
A friend also claimed Prince Harry deemed Prince William a snob for urging him to take his time with Meghan.