King Charles III’s Nickname for Meghan Markle —Tungsten — Reflects Her ‘Toughness and Resilience’

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A royal nickname. King Charles III reportedly has a fitting moniker for his daughter-in-law Meghan Markle even in light of the tension between the Sussexes and the rest of the royal family.“Charles reportedly nicknamed his future daughter-in-law ‘Tungsten’ because of her toughness and resilience,” royal expert Katie Nicholl writes in her new book, The New Royals, according to Entertainment Tonight.

Tungsten, according to the Royal Society of Chemistry, “has the highest melting point of all metals and is alloyed with other metals to strengthen them.”When the Duchess of Sussex, 41, spoke at the Royal Foundation Forum in February 2018 — several months before she and Prince Harry, tied the knot in May 2018 — other members of the family took notice.“It was, according to one aide, the moment William and Kate, who was heavily pregnant [with Prince Louis], realized they needed to up their game,” Nicholl claims in the book. “The Cambridges had already signaled their intention to be more than ‘ornamental royals’ and had, along with Harry, made a huge success of their mental health campaign Heads Together.”The author writes that “Meghan was the breakout star of the foursome.” Nicholl pens, “She was polished, passionate, and funny, using all her TV-honed skills to present her case.

That was a wake-up moment for William and Kate when they realized that Meghan was very impressive, very confident, and very capable, according to a source.”Charles, 73 — who assumed the throne last month upon the death of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II — has allegedly referred to his daughter-in-law by the “Tungsten” nickname for several years.Royal news editor Russell Meyers first mentioned the complimentary moniker in a 2019 appearance on U.K.