Meghan Markle ‘thought she was going to be the Beyonce of the UK’, claims a former palace insider in author Valentine Low’s new book ‘Brokers: Intrigue, Ambition, and the Power Players Behind the House of Windsor’ ‘. The Duchess of Sussex stepped back from royal duties in March 2020 to become financially independent from the royal family. She and Harry have since signed multi-million dollar deals with streaming giants.
Low told Fox News, “I think they felt she wanted fame, she wanted adulation. »
He claimed the Duchess was “less interested in cutting ribbons, opening hospitals and doing all the downright boring things that members of the royal family often have to do”.
“She loved fame. She liked the attention.
“Although she appreciated the attention, Meghan did not understand the point of all the wanderings, shaking hands with countless strangers. »
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The announcement comes as Netflix announced that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s recent explosive series is the second highest rated documentary of all time.
Netflix released its fourth quarter results on Thursday and revealed a gain of 7.7 million subscribers in the October-December period, a period that included the debut of an ad-supported option for seven dollars (5 £.65) per month.
Buckingham and Kensington Palace have remained silent over Harry’s claims on the show that the Prince of Wales left his brother terrified after he yelled and yelled at him during the Sandringham summit.
Harry also claimed in the series that Kensington Palace “lied to protect my brother” when it released a statement denying the story that William had cut him out of the Royal Family.
And he accused Charles of lying during the tense meeting with the Queen over the Megxit crisis in January 2020.
It comes as Harry’s controversial memoir has become the fastest-selling non-fiction book in the UK since recordings began in 1998.
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According to Nielsen BookData, which collects and provides information on the distribution and measurement of book sales, Harry’s headline-grabbing autobiography Spare sold 467,183 copies in its first week.
In his memoir, which was published on January 10, Harry claims, among other things, that the Prince of Wales physically attacked him and made fun of his panic attacks, and that the king put his own interests before those of Harry and was jealous of the Duchess of Sussex and the Princess of Wales.
As the Duke continued a series of high-profile promotional interviews, he said he ‘wants nothing more’ than to see his children have a relationship with the Royal Family.
His remarks about his son and daughter came despite criticism he leveled at his brother, father and stepmother Camilla.
He also described his late mother, Diana, Princess of Wales, as his “guardian angel” and said she was with him “all the time”.
