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Charles is believed to have started calling Meghan ‘Tungsten’ in the early days of her royal duties.<\/p>\n
Meghan Markle was given several nick names by Palace staff and members of the Royal Family before she and Prince Harry stepped back from their royal duties.<\/p>\n
The Duchess of Sussex, 44, was reportedly dubbed ‘The American’ by Palace staff-a subtle reference to Wallis Simpson, the twice divorced US socialite who married King Edward VIII and became the Duchess of Windsor.<\/p>\n
However, that wasn’t the only nickname Meghan earned during her time with the Firm.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Prince Philip is said to have referred to her as ‘DOW,’ short for Duchess of Windsor, again drawing a parallel reference to Simpson.\u00a0<\/p>\n
King Charles also gave Meghan a nickname: ‘Tungsten,’ in reference to the tough and ‘unbending’ metal, highlighting her inner strength.<\/p>\n
Interestingly, the nickname Tungsten was not meant as an insult. In fact, it carried a touching meaning.<\/p>\n
For context, Charles is believed to have started calling Meghan ‘Tungsten’ in the early days of her royal duties.<\/p>\n
According to the Mail On Sunday’s Griffiths in June 2018 A Palace source said:<\/p>\n
‘Prince Charles admires Meghan for her strength and the backbone she gives Harry, who needs a tungsten-type figure in his life as he can be a bit of softy. It’s become a term of endearment.’<\/p>\n
Author Katie Nicholl offered more insight in her 2022 book The New Royals: Queen Elizabeth’s Legacy and the Future of the Crown.<\/p>\n
She wrote: ‘Charles gave Meghan the name when she began officially working as a royal after allegedly noticing her ‘resilience’ and that she was able to hold her own in the public eye.’<\/p>\n
Beyond the Palace walls, Meghan also received\u00a0 cruel nicknames online, ranging from ‘Me-gain’ and Duchess Difficult’ to MeMeMeghan,’ reflecting the harsh scrutiny she face from the public and media.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Charles is believed to have started calling Meghan ‘Tungsten’ in the early days of her royal duties. Meghan…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":512812,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7708],"tags":[7709,7730,7731,1760,7710,519],"class_list":{"0":"post-512811","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-royals","8":"tag-british-royal-family","9":"tag-charles","10":"tag-charles-iii","11":"tag-king-charles","12":"tag-royal-families","13":"tag-royal-family"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115402975084627426","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/512811","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=512811"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/512811\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/512812"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=512811"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=512811"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=512811"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}