King Charles III 'had no idea' Meghan Markle was biracial, claims royal author
Upon first meeting Meghan Markle, King Charles reportedly did not realise she was biracial, a royal author has claimed in a new book.
Christopher Anderson, author of The King: The Life of Charles III, alleged the new monarch was unaware of the Duchess of Sussex's heritage.
"At the time, Prince Charles had no idea that Harry's new girlfriend was biracial," a source told Anderson. "Not that it would have mattered at all, of course."
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Charles did not realise his future daughter-in-law was biracial upon first meeting her, an author says. Getty
In fact, the then-Prince of Wales found his future daughter-in-law "completely charming", and similar in appearance to Pippa Middleton, Kate Middleton's sister.
It was not "until later" that Charles realised Markle was mixed race.
However, Markle's account of her life in the royal family was not exactly the same, having been nicknamed "Duchess Difficult" in the early days of her life as a senior royal, according to some reports.
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Prince Charles escorted Meghan Markle to the altar at her wedding to Prince Harry. Getty
It was her tendency to do things like send emails at 5am to staff at Kensington Palace that lead to claims that she was demanding and pushy, even leading to extended claims of bullying, which she has strictly denied.
The duchess addressed the unsavoury title on her podcast, Archetypes, aligning the word "difficult" with another "very charged word".
Markle says that "difficult" is "really just a euphemism – or is probably not even a euphemism, it's really a code word – for the b-word."
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Meghan Markle addressed the unsavoury title in her podcast, Archetypes. Spotify
"What these people are implying when they use that very charged word is that this woman, 'Oh, she's difficult'," the duchess explained on episode nine of her podcast, with guests Mellody Hobson and Victoria Jackson
"Labelling women as the b-word, or as difficult, is often a deflection. A way to hide some of her really awesome qualities – her persistence, her strength, her perseverance, her strong opinion, maybe even her resilience."
Meghan continued to say that it was very "convenient" for people to give tis title to assertive, powerful women, as it "becomes a way to take their power away, keep them in their place."
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