Huge claims in a new book have asserted that Meghan Markle believed she would be the "Beyonce of the UK" when she married Prince Harry, but later discovered she hated the strict rules of royal life and relinquished her duties as the Duchess of Sussex.
The bombshell extracts of the forthcoming book, Courtiers: The Hidden Power Behind the Crown by Valentine Low, were published by The Times today.
Insiders claimed that the duchess thought she would be Britain's answer to Beyoncé after marrying the Queen's grandson - but was taken aback by the tightly wound protocols as a working member of the royal family and felt increasingly "cornered and misunderstood".
The book also made suggestions that the Queen was forced to take an "either in or out" stance on The Duke and Duchess of Sussex's future at a meeting at Sandringham, where the royals decided Harry and Meghan's future.
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