{"id":2301100,"date":"2026-02-26T12:31:23","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T12:31:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2301100"},"modified":"2026-02-26T12:31:23","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T12:31:23","slug":"princess-kates-strict-royal-rule-that-meghan-markle-never-followed-royal-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/princess-kates-strict-royal-rule-that-meghan-markle-never-followed-royal-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Princess Kate&#8217;s strict royal rule that Meghan Markle never followed | Royal | News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/latest\/kate-middleton\">Princess Catherine<\/a> reportedly once had a strict royal rule that she would follow <a target=\"_blank\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/news\/royal\/1699250\/kate-middleton-princess-of-wales-fashion-details-cost-of-living-vn\">when it came to designer goods<\/a>. The Princess of Wales, who married into the Royal Family almost 15 years ago, has reportedly always insisted on paying for clothes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p data-mce-linkchecker-status=\"valid\">This was especially the case with Donna Ida, with the founder having revealed to <a target=\"_blank\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/article-15592951\/Princess-Annes-Andrew-Parker-Bowles-RICHARD-EDENS-DIARY.html?ico=authors_pagination_mobile\">the Daily Mail<\/a> that Catherine has always insisted on paying for her jeans. It is believed the princess is the brand\u2019s most prominent customer.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>While there is no doubt Catherine could probably have had the jeans for free, it is believed the royal never accepted this kind of freebie from the brand.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cIt shows that they want it and support your brand and it&#8217;s not just product being chucked around. The royals are very conscious like that, and they would always want to pay for things and support brands. The royals are great.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p data-mce-linkchecker-status=\"valid\">While this may be a rule Catherine follows, it is believed <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/latest\/meghan-markle\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|AutoLink\">Meghan Markle<\/a> has not always been the same.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/3am\/us-celebrity-news\/meghan-markle-royal-family-freebies-28358120\" rel=\"nofollow\">As reported by The Mirror<\/a>, the author claimed: &#8220;She won a reputation among the marketers of luxury brands of being warmly interested in receiving bags of designer swag.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The author also made the suggestion that Meghan sent a message to PRs after she married Prince Harry through one of her new team members. Brown claimed that a member of Meghan&#8217;s new team wrote to a publicist to say: &#8220;Make sure [the publicist] knows that she can still send me anything. She\u2019s always been one of the good ones.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Meghan has never commented on this.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>const Init=()=>{const interval=setInterval(()=>{if(typeof window.utag_data.consentData!=='undefined'){clearInterval(interval);ExpressApp.Log('[Facebook] consent data',window.utag_data.consentData)\nif(!window.isVendorConsented(window.utag_data.consentData,20,!0)){return!1}\nconst publisherPurposes=window.utag_data.consentData.tcfv2consent?.publisher?.consents\nconst consentPurposes=window.utag_data.consentData.tcfv2consent?.purpose?.consents\nif(!publisherPurposes[1]||!publisherPurposes[2]||!publisherPurposes[3]||!publisherPurposes[4]||!consentPurposes[1]||!consentPurposes[2]||!consentPurposes[3]||!consentPurposes[4]){return!1}\n!function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s){if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window,document,'script','https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');fbq('init','331470507705028');fbq('trackSingle','331470507705028','PageView')}else{ExpressApp.Log('[Facebook] Facebook is waiting for consent data')}},100)}\nif(typeof flagTcfLoaded!=='undefined'&&flagTcfLoaded){Init()}else{document.addEventListener('tcfLoaded',()=>{Init()})}<\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.express.co.uk \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Princess Catherine reportedly once had a strict royal rule that she would follow when it came to designer goods. 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