Meghan Markle, who became the Duchess of Sussex when she married Prince Harry on May 19, 2018, is a member of the royal family — and don’t you forget it.
The former actress, 44, was profiled for the December/January cover of Harper’s Bazaar, and in the article — which was released online last week — it was revealed that Meghan was announced by her title before meeting with the publication’s reporter.
“We’re in a grand brownstone on the Upper East Side that belongs to one of Meghan’s friends. When I enter, the house manager announces, ‘Meghan, Duchess of Sussex,’ even though we appear to be the only other two people in the house,” journalist Kaitlyn Greenidge wrote in the story.
Though Meghan and Harry, 41, stepped back from their royal duties in January 2020 and moved to California, royal experts now claim that the onetime Suits star can’t part with some of the royal perks.
“Meghan loves the pomp, sparkle and drama,” British broadcaster and photographer Helena Chard told Fox News Digital in an article published Tuesday, November 25. “She works on the premise that all publicity is good publicity. Visibility is her thing — but it can also lead to the collapse of a person or brand.”
Chard claimed that announcing Meghan as the Duchess of Sussex in this particular case is “not protocol, let alone royal protocol.”
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The royal expert called the instance “bizarre” and said she believes it “highlights that Meghan attaches enormous importance to her royal status.”
In another instance from the Harper’s Bazaar article, author Greenidge wrote that they met at La Brea Tar Pits, a museum in Los Angeles. “A golf cart pulls up, the gravel crunching beneath its tires,” she wrote. “‘The Duchess of Sussex,’ someone in the scrum announces.”
Hilary Fordwich, another royal expert, told Fox Digital, “Nothing [Meghan] does is by accident. This was very intentional. Instructions were given, so it appears she was making a point — sadly for her, probably not the point she intended. The use of her royal title is beyond pretentious. It’s hypocritical at best.”
Meghan — who will return to acting as part of the cast of the upcoming film Close Personal Friends — and Harry stepped back from their senior royal duties in 2020. Since then, they have been working with Netflix and promoting their various projects.
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