{"id":112420,"date":"2025-05-18T19:02:08","date_gmt":"2025-05-18T19:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/112420\/"},"modified":"2025-05-18T19:02:08","modified_gmt":"2025-05-18T19:02:08","slug":"meghan-markle-berated-wedding-caterer-royal-author-claims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/112420\/","title":{"rendered":"Meghan Markle &#8216;berated&#8217; wedding caterer, royal author claims"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Meghan Markle \u201cberated\u201d one of her wedding caterers so badly that Queen Elizabeth II had to intervene, royals biographer Katie Nicholl claimed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn one occasion in the run-up to <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2018\/05\/19\/meghan-markle-and-prince-harry-are-married\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the wedding<\/a>, Meghan went to Windsor Castle for a menu-tasting and ended up having a tense exchange with a member of staff,\u201d Nicholl claimed in her book \u201cThe New Royals,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/royals\/article-14672675\/meghan-markle-berated-caterer-late-queen-intervened.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">per the Daily Mail<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMeghan was at the castle to taste some of the dishes, and told one of the caterers she could taste egg,\u201d a source claimed.<\/p>\n<p>Royal author Katie Nicholl claimed Meghan Markle \u201cberated\u201d one of her wedding caterers so badly that Queen Elizabeth II stepped in. POOL\/AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>In her book \u201cThe New Royals,\u201d Nicholl claimed the incident took place during a menu-tasting. POOL\/AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe got quite upset, saying that the dish was meant to be vegan and macrobiotic.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to Nicholl\u2019s source, the incident got back to the queen who allegedly decided to address the issue.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSuddenly the Queen walked in and said: \u2018Meghan, in this family we don\u2019t speak to people like that,&#8217;\u201d the insider claimed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMeghan was at the castle to taste some of the dishes, and told one of the caterers she could taste egg,\u201d a source claimed. POOL\/AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe got quite upset, saying that the dish was meant to be vegan and macrobiotic.\u201d Getty Images for TIME<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWant more celebrity and pop culture news?\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"inline-module__cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStart your day with Page Six Daily.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>A rep for the Duchess of Sussex did not immediately respond to Page Six\u2019s request for comment. <\/p>\n<p>This wouldn\u2019t be the first time Markle, 43, has been accused of being \u201cdifficult\u201d with palace staff.<\/p>\n<p>In February, British journalist Tom Quinn claimed she <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/02\/06\/royal-family\/meghan-markle-was-allegedly-dubbed-duchess-of-difficult-by-staffers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">earned the nickname \u201cDuchess of Difficult\u201d<\/a> before she and husband Prince Harry <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2021\/02\/19\/prince-harry-meghan-markle-resign-from-all-royal-duties\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">stepped down from their royal duties<\/a> and moved to the US in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe could be difficult because she was finding life difficult \u2014 trying to feel her way and work out the intricacies of a positively medieval, labyrinthine system,\u201d an anonymous palace staff member reportedly told him.<\/p>\n<p>Afterward, Queen Elizabeth II allegedly got involved. Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Queen walked in and said: \u2018Meghan, in this family we don\u2019t speak to people like that,&#8217;\u201d the insider claimed. POOL\/AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>The insider claimed the \u201cSuits\u201d alum was also called \u201cMystic Meg\u201d because of her \u201cnew agey\u201d views, which were deemed \u201cso woke.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The source further claimed, \u201cThrough absolutely no fault of her own, Meghan wasn\u2019t always great with her staff \u2014 she just wasn\u2019t used to it as Harry was.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>They continued, \u201cOne minute she would be really friendly, perhaps overfriendly, hugging staff and trying to make friends with them, and the next she would be irritated by the fact they wouldn\u2019t respond instantly at all times of the day and night.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cWith Love, Meghan\u201d star was also <a href=\"https:\/\/pagesix.com\/2025\/02\/23\/royal-family\/former-royal-aide-who-accused-meghan-markle-of-bullying-has-no-regrets\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">accused of bullying<\/a> a young member of the palace staff in 2018.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Meghan Markle \u201cberated\u201d one of her wedding caterers so badly that Queen Elizabeth II had to intervene, royals&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":112421,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7708],"tags":[50993,3444,4082,1281,447,1763,5105,7710,519,448],"class_list":{"0":"post-112420","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-royals","8":"tag-biographies","9":"tag-books","10":"tag-celebrity-news","11":"tag-meghan-markle","12":"tag-prince-harry","13":"tag-queen-elizabeth-ii","14":"tag-royal","15":"tag-royal-families","16":"tag-royal-family","17":"tag-royals"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114530389286938043","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112420","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=112420"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112420\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/112421"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=112420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=112420"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=112420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}