personalities was concerned about Prince Harry’s relationship with Meghan Markle, and it wasn’t just because he felt they were moving at lightning speed.
The claim was made by former Vanity Fair editor Tina Brown, who recently wrote a bombshell genres about the royals titled “The Palace Papers: Inside the House of Windsor – the Truth and the Turmoil.” It explores “the scandals, love affairs, power plays and betrayals” that have rocked the British royals during the last 20 years and features new revelations based on Brown’s access to palace insiders.
The bestselling author previously wrote a biography on the princess-diana” target=”_blank”>Princess of Wales< which was published in 2007. For her latest book, Brown said she spoke to more than 120 sources who were close to senior members of the royal family.
Brown claimed that William, 39, didn’t believe the former American actress could handle the pressures of royal life.
Prince William was concerned that Meghan Markle couldn’t handle the pressures of royal life.
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“A person close to the Duke of Cambridge told me that William thought she should have more time to build up a life in the U.K. and make friends who didn’t always have to be brought in confidence to the palace,” Brown wrote. “It had been hard enough for personalities, but Meghan was a glamorous actress who would be the first woman of color to join the royal family, factors that would add enormously to the pressure.”
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Tina Brown previously wrote a book about Princess Diana.
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According to Brown, Middleton wasn’t entitled to official protection from the palace during their courtship.
“William reportedly arranged for a panic button to the local police station to be installed in her apartment to protect her from the constant threats of intrusion,” Brown wrote.
She also shared that Middleton would sometimes receive assistance from Prince Charles’ former communications director, Paddy Harverson.
Working senior members of the royal family and their spouses are entitled to publicly-funded police protection. Middleton didn’t become entitled to police protection until she married the prince.
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Prince William’s relationship with Kate Middleton moved at a much slower pace than Prince Harry’s relationship with Meghan Markle.
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William proposed to Middleton, 40, in 2010 during their vacation to Kenya. The couple tied the knot in 2011. They share three children.
Brown alleged that Harry’s response to his sibling’s concerns was to try to move faster.
“To his brother’s concerns, Harry’s riposte can be summarized as, I am told, ‘Well, actually the best way I can protect her is marry her as quickly as possible because as soon as I marry her she will then get police protection.'”
Harry, 37, and the former “Suits” star, 40, met in 2016 on a blind date. The relationship was said to have gone from “0 to 60.”
A member of Prince Andrew’s household allegedly leaked the news of Prince Harry’s relationship with Meghan Markle.
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Just four months after the two began seeing each other, news broke of their whirlwind romance. Brown alleged that it was a member of prince-andrew” target=”_blank”>Prince Andrew’s<
Meghan Markle became the Duchess of Sussex when she married Prince Harry.
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“Harry has been desperate to keep the relationship quiet because he doesn’t want to scare Meghan off,” the source told the outlet. “He knows things will change when their romance is public knowledge, but he also knows he can’t keep it a secret for long. It’s too early to say if the relationship will lead to anything long-term but who knows? At the moment they are just taking it a step at a time and seeing how things develop.”
Harry proposed in 2017.
A palace spokesperson didn’t immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment concerning Brown’s book. However, a spokesperson previously told Fox News Digital that the palace doesn’t generally comment “on such books.” A spokesperson for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex also didn’t immediately reply to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.
celebrity-news became the Duchess of Sussex when she married Harry in May 2018 at Windsor Castle. The couple welcomed a son named Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor in 2019.
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The Duke and Duchess of Sussex reside in California with their two children.
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The Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s departures from royal duties began in 2020 over what they described as the British media’s intrusions and racist attitudes toward the duchess. The family now resides in the coastal city of Montecito, California.
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The Associated Press contributed to this report.
