Meghan Markle has gone back to the moment she met members of the British royal family, especially her first meeting with Kate Middleton. An instant that helped her understand much of what was to come.
As expected, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle throw the occasional barb at the British royal family in their Netflix documentary series. In the second chapter of this project that is now available on the platform, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex go back to moments such as their marriage proposal, the first meeting between Meghan and Kate Middleton, or the occasion in which the actress met Elizabeth II. Meghan Markle has recalled how these moments marked her arrival at the institution. A landing that was not easy at all and in which she already realized how things could end. Something that she has made clear with a devastating phrase about the feelings she had when she felt that she did not fit in.
The first meeting of Meghan Markle and Kate Middleton
Meghan Markle has told how she was aware that belonging to the British royal family meant changing her way of life, not only on a public level. Prince Harry's wife has explained it by revealing what her first time with Kate Middleton was like. Meghan has commented that when she arrived without much idea of how things worked, “I was able to be myself without so much preparation. Even when Guillermo and Catalina came home and I met her for the first time, I was wearing ripped jeans and was barefoot.” In this way, Meghan was relaxed for this first meeting with her brothers-in-law.
But this changed when he realized that “I am a big hugger and I didn't know that was strange for many Britons. I quickly understood that the exterior formality was transferred to the interior. It seemed like there was a way to go outside but then you closed the door and wow, great, we can relax now. But that formality goes inside and it surprised me.” With this she has made reference to how she realized the coldness that was in the air, even in private meetings like the one she had with Prince William and Kate Middleton.
The first meeting of Meghan Markle and Elizabeth II
What Meghan and Harry have also talked about in the Netflix documentary series was the first time the actress met Elizabeth II. The Duke of Sussex recalled that “Meghan had no idea what it was all about so it was a bit of a shock for her.” For her part, she said that “it was surreal, it wasn't a great moment like now you're going to meet my grandmother. She knew a few minutes before. We were in the car and Enrique told me, you know how to bow, right? I thought it was a joke. When she left, Eugenia and Jack and Fergie told me, 'You've done great.' Something she was happy with, although later everything changed.
The royal family's first impressions of Meghan Markle
Prince Harry has commented on the royal family's first impressions of Meghan Markle that “when my family met her, they were impressed. I think they were in for a surprise. They were still surprised that he flirted with a beautiful and intelligent woman. But the fact that she was an actress was what conditioned them at the beginning.” Meghan Markle has also spoken about this, and she has reiterated that “her being an actress was the biggest problem. “There is a general idea of what that is like for the British.”
Meghan Markle's devastating phrase about her feelings
Despite this, she was willing to give it her all and took the step forward to commit to Prince Harry. Meghan Markle has said that “at that moment I still believed what they told me. That it will pass, everything will be better, that's what they do at the beginning. The promise that once you're married, everything will get better. When you get used to it, everything will be better. But the truth is, no matter how hard she tried and no matter how good she was, it didn't matter what she did.” Something that he concluded with a devastating phrase: “They would find a way to finish me off.”
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