Meghan Markle was slammed by a royal expert for her “silly demand” to be announced by a member of staff after her latest interview sparked fury. The Duchess of Sussex spoke to Harper’s Bazaar journalist Kaitlyn Greenidge for a cover story accompanying the December 2025/January 2026 issue.
Ms Greedige wrote in her article: “We’re in a grand brownstone on the Upper East Side that belongs to one of Meghan’s friends. When I enter, the house manager announces, ‘Meghan, Duchess of Sussex,’ even though we appear to be the only other two people in the house.” But royal fans and watchers alike quickly picked up on the way Meghan was addressed and took to social media to express their views.
One of those was veteran royal commentator Richard Fitzwilliams, who is also an etiquette expert and former editor of The International Who’s Who.
He said that Meghan’s announcement by a member of staff broke royal protocol.
He told the Daily Mail: “I have often felt that Meghan took to heart Oscar Wilde’s dictum, ‘To love oneself is the beginning of a lifetime’s romance’.”
He noted that the announcement would make a “wonderful skit in the South Park series,” adding: “It speaks volumes, in an interview calculated not to offend, about the importance Meghan attaches to her royal status.”
But Mr Fitzwilliams added that while Meghan was “rightly” announced as the Duchess of Sussex earlier in the interview, when she was introduced to a group of young girls during the event, on the occasion of the journalist meeting her at one of her pal’s houses, it broke royal protocol for one particular reason.
He explained it was the journalist who should have been announced to the duchess and not the other way around.
Mr Fitzwilliams said: “So this breaks protocol. It also makes her look silly.”
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex still retain their royal titles, despite leaving the Firm in 2020, but no longer use them commercially, following a mutual agreement with the royals.
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