Meghan Markle was welcomed into the royal family when she started dating Prince Harry – and it’s safe to say she impressed King Charles with her strength.
Myers explained how Charles gave Meghan the nickname Tungsten “in reference to the metal known for being tough and unbending under extreme pressure.”
The expert insisted the nickname was meant as praise for Meghan, though it’s unclear how she felt about it at the time.
The Tungsten nickname has been hinted at before. In 2018, a source told the Daily Mail that Charles “admires Meghan for her strength and the backbone she gives Harry, who needs a tungsten-type figure in his life as he can be a bit of a softy.”
They added, “It’s become a term of endearment.”
Myers echoed these statements in his book, suggesting Charles was “very fond” of Meghan in the early days and even found her “charming to be around.”
The royal author added, “Meghan was engaging, polite and was clearly in love with his son, so there were certainly no apparent issues he felt the need to address.”
Despite the relationship between Charles and Meghan being a positive one, it’s believed strains within the royal family started to emerge in the lead up to Meghan and Harry’s wedding in May 2018.
Reports suggested Meghan clashed with the late Queen Elizabeth II when planning the wedding. According to Myers, the Duchess of Sussex also struggled to get along with Kate Middleton and the now-Duchess of Edinburgh, Sophie Wessex.
Kate and Sophie made “repeated attempts” to integrate Meghan into royal life, but Myers claimed their attempts were not responded to.
When Meghan and Harry’s relationship with the rest of the royal family completely fell apart, resulting in them moving to America in 2020, Myers suggested Kate concluded there was nothing more she could do.
The Princess of Wales had long been thought of as the “voice of reason” between the feuding factions of the royal family, but eventually turned her back on the Sussexes.
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