“Breath of fresh air”- Meghan Markle Had Surprisingly Left King Charles ‘Captivated’ Before the Megxit

Published 04/19/2023, 12:30 AM EDT

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Despite the present controversies, the Royal House of Windsor and the Duchess of Sussex Meghan Markle were not always on bad terms with each other. For all we know, the late Queen and the present monarch, King Charles, were immensely accepting of the Duchess. Although the former American mannequin could not run lines with the Walses, she did win the hearts of the monarchs on various occasions. The King especially admired his youngest daughter-in-law so much that he even had an adorable nickname, tungsten for Meghan Markle. 

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Another excerpt from Robert Jobson’s new royal publication has created quite a stir in social media. While the book sourced many revelations earlier this month, this comes as a surprising yet wholesome flashback for the now estranged royals. In the book, as stated by Mirror wrote, the Duchess of Sussex had won over her now father-in-law. “Charles was captivated by Meghan’s intelligence and vivacious personality, ” said Jobson in his book.

Before the tragedy struck and the Duke and the Duchess called it quits with their UK Sovereigns, Meghan Markle had successfully impressed King Charles by being just as she was. In fact, the book also adds that the father of Prince Harry perceived Markle as a “breath of fresh air” within the Palace doors. Owing to the drastic changes that came along with Meghan Markle’s entry into the royal family, King Charles was all for it. 

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How else did Meghan Markle win the hearts of King Charles?

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Robert Jobson writes further in his book while giving an initial insight into the relationship between King Charles to Meghan Markle. The King was in fact impressed by Markle’s “work ethics and charitable acts” towards the institution and mankind as a whole. Meanwhile, the Duke and the Duchess had claimed exactly the opposite in their back-to-back attacks on the royal family. 

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They repeatedly claimed that the institution used Meghan Markle as a scapegoat. In addition to it, they also accused the seniors of protecting them when they needed the Palace’s security the most. 

What are your opinions about the same? On which grounds do you stand? Let us know in the comments below if you believe King Charles really admired Meghan and vice versa.

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Shraddha Das is a Content Lead and the Sub Group Head at Netflix Junkie. Captivated by the power of storytelling and the written word at a young age, which led her to pursue a career in journalism at the Esteemed KIIT School of Journalism and Mass Communication, in Orissa. She has over 1500 articles to her name.

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