{"id":1988159,"date":"2025-08-30T09:10:06","date_gmt":"2025-08-30T09:10:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1988159"},"modified":"2025-08-30T09:10:06","modified_gmt":"2025-08-30T09:10:06","slug":"jennie-bond-i-broke-royal-underwear-rule-its-proof-meghan-didnt-understand-family","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/jennie-bond-i-broke-royal-underwear-rule-its-proof-meghan-didnt-understand-family\/","title":{"rendered":"JENNIE BOND: I broke royal underwear ‘rule’ – it’s proof Meghan didn’t understand family"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/p>\n

\n

With Meghan Markle revealing that she felt \u201cinauthentic\u201d when she had to wear tights on royal engagements, royal expert Jennie Bond explains how relaxed the royal protocol really is<\/h2>\n
\n
<\/figure>
<\/g><\/clippath><\/defs><\/svg><\/span>Royal expert Jennie Bond has shared her own experience of royal fashion expectations after Meghan’s claims<\/span>(Image: Bloomberg Originals\/Youtube)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\n

Meghan Markle hit out at a royal protocol<\/u> <\/a>in a recent interview, as she claims she was forced to wear nude tights while out on public engagements during her time as a working royal.<\/p>\n

During an interview on The Circuit podcast, on which she appeared to promote the second season of her Netflix series With Love, Meghan, the Duchess<\/a> told host Emily Chang that she felt \u201cinauthentic\u201d when adhering to the strict rule, and said she \u201ccouldn\u2019t be as vocal\u201d when she was forced to follow royal customs.<\/p>\n

However, royal expert Jennie Bond – who has spent much time with the Firm<\/a> over the years, has debunked her claims, explaining how relaxed the royal protocol truly is.<\/p>\n

READ MORE: Meghan Markle \u2018protected herself\u2019 from backlash over controversial twerking video<\/a><\/span><\/span>READ MORE: Prince William refuses to see Prince Harry ‘out of hand’ during his rare UK trip<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\n
\n
\"Meghan<\/figure>
<\/g><\/clippath><\/defs><\/svg><\/span>Jennie Bond has debunked Meghan’s claims about royal fashion protocol<\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

The former BBC<\/a> royal commentator told the Mirror<\/a>: \u201cWhile Meghan herself said the comment about pantyhose was a silly example, it illustrated how she felt she could never be herself when she was part of the royal family<\/a>. I did, though, think it was an odd example.<\/p>\n

Jennie added that while the preferred etiquette for royal women is to wear the tights, \u201cWould she really have got in any sort of trouble if she had worn different coloured tights or gone bare legged on a warm day? I doubt it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Further explaining her point, the royal expert recalled when she was invited to a royal engagement, and experienced the relaxed protocol firsthand.<\/p>\n

She said: \u201cI once turned up at a Buckingham Palace<\/a> garden party in a flimsy, not particularly smart, summer frock and no hat because I couldn\u2019t be bothered to dress up in the summer heat. I certainly didn\u2019t wear tights. No one said a word. True, I am not royalty! But it shows that protocol isn\u2019t as strict as some people make out.\u201d<\/p>\n

While Jennie admitted that Meghan\u2019s discussion of the tights rule was a \u201csilly example\u201d, she explained how Meghan\u2019s interpretation of the royal fashion protocol was only further proof that she felt suppressed by the seemingly endless number of royal rules.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s rather like the exaggerated curtsy Meghan dramatically performed in the Netflix<\/a> series she and Harry made,\u201d Jennie said. \u201cNo one curtsies like that, nor are they expected to.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n
\n
\"Meghan<\/figure>
<\/g><\/clippath><\/defs><\/svg><\/span>Meghan made the admission during an interview Emily Chang<\/span>(Image: Bloomberg Originals\/Youtube)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s a further illustration of the fact that this confident and independent woman didn\u2019t understand that she was becoming part of a working team: the Firm. And she might not always be able to do things exactly her way.\u201d<\/p>\n

Despite her jab at the fashion etiquette within the Firm, Jennie said that Meghan clearly seems \u201chappy now\u201d, while admitting she \u201creally doesn’t understand her California speak\u201d.<\/p>\n

She added: \u201cShe says she wants to \u2018show up in that space really organically and authentically\u2019. Whatever that means, I hope she has achieved it.\u201d<\/p>\n