Meghan Markle may no longer be a senior working royal anymore, however there was once a time when everyone thought she was going to excel at her job as Duchess of Sussex in the royal household. Just less than two years after getting married, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle decided to stop being senior working royals and instead carve out their own lives in the US instead.

While the couple have kept their titles as the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, neither Harry, 40, or Meghan, 43, work for the monarchy or live in the UK. This is something that nobody would have expected during the early days of their marriage, with the American actress reportedly seeming very keen and confident in early meetings about royal life at Kensington Palace.

As reported by The Daily Mail, some of Meghan’s former staff told royal author Tom Quinn that Meghan wanted to grab “the bull by the horns”, however it seems her approach was not too successful.

Talking about the early days of Meghan’s life as a royal, a former staff member of the duchess said: “It was extraordinary because she was so confident that you could see she wanted to run the meeting rather than learn about the Royal Family through the meeting.

“She was a great believer in grabbing the bull by the horns – except the Royal Family is not really a bull.”

Another reportedly told the royal author: “Meghan thought she knew better than an institution that has been in business for 1,000 years and more.”

This was reportedly met with amusement by some of the duchess’ former staff members.

While the duchess may have had high ambitions at the start of her royal career, it seems royal life was not meant to be when in 2020, Harry and Meghan decided to step away from their roles.

Harry has said over the years that he made the move to leave royal life behind in a bid to protect his family. Earlier this week, Harry appeared in court in the UK to appeal a decision made by the Home Office and Ravec in 2020 to reduce his security entitlement in the UK.

He told the court that he and his wife “felt forced” to step down as senior working members of the Royal Family back in 2020 as they thought they were “not being protected by the institution”.

Since moving to Montecito in California, the couple have shown no ambition to return to their royal roles and instead have praised the new lifestyle they share in the US with their two children Prince Archie, five, and Princess Lilibet, three.