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A former royal butler has blamed Meghan Markle for \u201cawakening\u201d Prince Harry\u2019s resentment for King Charles and Prince William – after her own major realisation about the reality of royal life.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
Former palace staffer Grant Harrold served as a butler to King Charles from 2004 until 2011, and knew both Princes William and Harry as well as Princess Catherine.<\/p>\n
Mr Harrold is the author of the new book The Royal Butler, to be released Sept. 23, which chronicles life in the palace as well as the moment Harry met Markle in July 2016.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs soon as Meghan came into his life, everything changed,\u201d Harrold told Page Six while promoting the book.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt could be that Harry had his own awakening and suddenly decided he didn\u2019t like the organisation, but the problem is that Meghan was with him when it happened.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe biggest change in Harry\u2019s life is Meghan.\u201d<\/p>\n
Harry married Meghan within two years of meeting the former Suits actress but the couple stayed in the monarchy for just 18 months before giving up their duties. \u00a0<\/p>\n
The former staffer claimed Markle quickly grew disillusioned with her new life as the Duchess of Sussex after discovering she was not actually a \u201cDisney Princess\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think the problem with Meghan is that she went into the organisation and she assumed that after watching all the Disney princesses that she thought it was going to be like that,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen you join the royal family, you are given rules and protocols to follow.\u201d<\/p>\n
The comments echo similar claims by royal author Tom Bower, who has publicly claimed the Duchess of Sussex used Harry\u2019s status to “woo Hollywood elites”.<\/p>\n
The seemingly differing priorities between the royal family and Markle were on full display during their 2018 wedding, when Meghan opted to invite Hollywood celebrities she barely knew instead of relatives.<\/p>\n
“All his friends were excluded (from the wedding) and all her Hollywood contacts were included, like Oprah Winfrey and George Clooney and all her agents,\u201d Bower said.<\/p>\n
\u201cEveryone was there to help her career.”<\/p>\n