'Made me really uncomfortable': The viral moment that 'shocked' Queen Mary's most loyal supporters

Royal Briefing is a new vodcast on nine.com.au discussing the biggest royal stories around the world. The first two episodes are available to watch now on YouTube.

There was universal shock when Queen Mary appeared to be publicly reprimanded by her mother-in-law for patting a dog late last week.

Nine.com.au's royal reporter Natalie Oliveri says vision of the incident "actually shocked me".

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In what was her first public appearance since the death of her father five days before, Queen Mary had joined King Frederik on the steps of Fredensborg Palace, north of Copenhagen, to celebrate Queen Margrethe II's 86th birthday.

When Mary bent down to pat the queen's dachshund Tilia, Margrethe is seen telling her: "Now is not the time for that".

"This moment really made me uncomfortable," Oliveri says in the latest episode of the new vodcast Royal Briefing.

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In Royal Briefing, Oliveri unpacks the now-viral moment with entertainment editor Nicole Douglas, who suggests Margrethe perhaps was been trying to avert a potential disaster.

"If that dog had jumped up and bit Mary, can you imagine the absolute scenes it would have caused, chaos," Douglas says.

Oliveri thinks the situation was poorly handled.

"You could see on [Mary's] face just how uncomfortable she was, having to parade herself in front of the cameras," Oliveri says.

"Mary was putting on a brave face and she gets told off by her mother-in-law!"

Douglas says the moment was a rare insight into the royal family inner-workings.

"She probably didn't even realise she said that," Douglas says.

"I love it when a little bit of personality comes through in the royal family and you don't see it a lot when the mask just slips a bit."

Also on Royal Briefing, Oliveri and Douglas delve into the most talked-about issue surrounding Prince Harry and Meghan's recent quasi-royal tour of Australia.

"The biggest problem was the commercialisation of Meghan's wardrobe," Oliveri says.

The Duchess of Sussex is able to earn a commission through sales of her clothing worn at various engagements, including charity events, via a new shopping platform utilising affiliate links.

"The problem with this is that when you're going to a children's hospital and you're making money off flogging a $1200 designer dress, that's in bad taste," Oliveri says.

But Douglas thinks Meghan's move is "strategy genius".

"It's great because, as we know, whenever Kate [the Princess of Wales] steps out, it doesn't matter what engagement she goes to, everybody wants to buy exactly what dress Kate is wearing," Douglas says.

Oliveri disagrees, arguing: "The difference here is that Meghan is earning a commission... Meghan gets a cut".

Douglas says the duchess is simply "supporting local designers the exact way that she wants to do it".

"People just find ways to make it bad."

Oliveri adds: "I guess, for many royal watchers, it's just very jarring".

Douglas replies: "Oh it's always jarring for these royal watches, honestly, they're always jarred".

Watch the Royal Briefing vodcast in full on YouTube here