The late Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh reportedly had a rather cutting nickname for Meghan Markle, likening her to another American divorcee who married into the Royal Family, according to a royal commentator.
Prince Philip, who passed away in 2021, was said to be "wary" of the former actress from Suits and saw parallels with Wallis Simpson, the wife of the former King Edward VIII, who became the Duke of Windsor when he abdicated the throne in 1936.The comparison between Meghan and Wallis Simpson, both American divorcees when they wed into the royals, has been drawn before, but it's claimed that Philip took it a step further by bestowing a nickname on Meghan, though he never used it in her presence.
Royal author and expert Ingrid Seward has shared that Prince Philip noticed "similarities" between Meghan and the late Duchess of Windsor and gave her a moniker that connected the two.
In a conversation with GB News, she remarked: "I think Prince Philip was very canny about people and he didn't always see the bad in them, he tried to see the good in them.
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