Meghan Markle 'hysterical' after defying Prince Harry's 'strict' instructions

Meghan Markle was allegedly not happy with one of her interviews before she was engaged to Prince Harry, a royal author reveals.

Meghan Markle

One of Meghan Markle's interviews before her engagement didn't go to plan (Image: Getty)

Meghan Markle was allegedly left "hysterical" after she defied Prince Harry's strict instructions during an interview before their engagement was announced, a royal author has claimed.

The Duchess of Sussex gave an interview to Vanity Fair and journalist Sam Kashner all the way back in 2017, just two months before they revealed their engagement to the world.

According to royal author Tom Bower, her future husband instructed her to not talk about three key things during the interview - Donald Trump, race and their relationship.

But things didn't turn out as Harry had hoped as the former Suits actress appeared on the magazine cover with the headline "She's Just Wild About Harry".

Mr Bower wrote in his book Revenge: Meghan, Harry and the War between the Windsors: "Kashner arrived at Meghan's home and was told that his interviewee had been given strict instructions by both Harry and Keleigh Thomas Morgan [a publicist at PR firm Sunshine Sachs].

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle announced their engagement in 2017 (Image: Getty)
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"Knowing that Diana and Sarah Ferguson had ruined their reputations in interviews, Harry had asked Meghan to keep quiet about sensitive subjects - Donald Trump, race, their relationship and especially himself. He was not to be mentioned."

After the cover was published the couple were allegedly left "unhappy" with Meghan ending up calling the PR company to complain.

The author continued: "Within hours, Meghan called Ken Sunshine [founder of Sunshine Sachs Consultants] and Keleigh Thomas Morgan.

"Hysterically, she described Buckingham Palace's fury at 'Wild About Harry'.

"Sunshine Sachs said Meghan should have ensured that her comments about Harry were removed. Why wasn't the focus on her philanthropy and activism?".

The couple have been asking for privacy when it comes to their private life ever since, particularly after they left the Royal Family and moved to the US in 2020.

Despite this, however, they've gone on to give a series of bombshell interviews detailing their lives within the Firm, while they also made a Netflix docuseries about their love story and the duke released his explosive memoir, Spare.

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