{"id":48195,"date":"2023-10-24T00:01:36","date_gmt":"2023-10-24T00:01:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/10\/24\/meghan-duchess-of-sussex-slammed-by-late-queens-childhood-friend-she-thought-shed-be-riding-in-a-golden-coach\/"},"modified":"2023-10-24T00:01:36","modified_gmt":"2023-10-24T00:01:36","slug":"meghan-duchess-of-sussex-slammed-by-late-queens-childhood-friend-she-thought-shed-be-riding-in-a-golden-coach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/10\/24\/meghan-duchess-of-sussex-slammed-by-late-queens-childhood-friend-she-thought-shed-be-riding-in-a-golden-coach\/","title":{"rendered":"Meghan, Duchess of Sussex slammed by late Queen&apos;s childhood friend: &apos;She thought she&apos;d be riding in a golden coach!&apos;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"byline\">\n<time itemprop=\"datePublished\" content=\"2023-10-24\" datetime=\"1698105696\" pubdate=\"\">24 October 2023<\/time>\n<\/p>\n<p>Meghan, Duchess of Sussex has been accused of being deluded about the glamour of life in the royal family by the late <a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/queen-elizabeth\/\" class=\"exposure-link \" data-linktrack=\"LinkTracker,articleExposure,queen-elizabeth\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Queen Elizabeth<\/a>\u2019s childhood friend Lady Glenconner. <\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p class=\"image-caption landscape\">Meghan, Duchess of Sussex has been accused of being deluded about the glamour of life in the royal family by the late Queen Elizabeth\u2019s childhood friend Lady Glenconner<\/p>\n<p>The former \u2018Suits\u2019 actress, 42, married <a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/prince-harry\/\" class=\"exposure-link \" data-linktrack=\"LinkTracker,articleExposure,prince-harry\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Prince Harry<\/a>, 39, in 2018 but two years later the couple infamously fled the UK as part of their \u2018Megxit\u2019 deal to start a new life in America, which they said was to protect their children\u2019s privacy and start a new life outside the pressures of lives as senior royals <\/p>\n<p>But Lady Glenconner, 91, who was one of the late Queen\u2019s maids of honour at her coronation in 1953, claims Meghan thought she would be \u201criding around in a golden coach\u201d and treated like a movie star before she decided to leave the UK.<\/p>\n<p>She added on the \u2018Rosebud with Gyles Brandreth\u2019 podcast: \u201cI think the thing about Meghan was, she had no idea what was expected of her really. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think she just thought it was sort of like being another actress, you know.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\nLady Glenconner added the reality of being in the royal family can be \u201cextremely boring\u201d. <\/p>\n<p>\nShe said most of their days are spent \u201cmeeting hundreds of thousands of people that you\u2019re never going to meet again\u201d, while being forced to put on a smile. <\/p>\n<p>\nThe former maid of honour added: \u201cI think it was very sad and I feel very sad for Harry.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\nLady Glenconner, who was also lady-in-waiting to Queen Elizabeth\u2019s sister Princess Margaret, then recalled a conversation she had with American politician John Kerry, 79, at King Charles\u2019 coronation. <\/p>\n<p>\nWhen the socialite asked John what people in America think about the couple, the 79-year-old allegedly agreed with her about her view on Harry leaving the royals. <\/p>\n<p>\nShe revealed: \u201cHe said, \u2018We all feel very, very sorry for Harry.\u2019 I think I can just leave it at that.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\nMeghan and Harry, who have son Archie, four, and two-year-old daughter Lilibet, have been slammed for alleging the royal family was racist in their infamous tell-all interview with Oprah Winfrey. <\/p>\n<p>\nHarry has also been slammed for laying bare royal secrets in his \u2018Spare\u2019 memoir.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.femalefirst.co.uk\/celebrity\/meghan-duchess-sussex-slammed-late-queens-childhood-friend-thought-riding-golden-coach-1387285.html?f=rss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>24 October 2023 Meghan, Duchess of Sussex has been accused of being deluded about the glamour of life in the royal family by the late Queen Elizabeth\u2019s childhood friend Lady Glenconner. 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