Once rumored: Did Prince Harry and Meghan Markle issue a “guideline” for their neighbors at Frogmore?

Published 04/02/2023, 12:30 AM EDT

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A new day, a new royal dispute. Since time immemorial, the royal controversies have proved for themselves that some of them are not even disputed. All it is, is just a mere gossip that spreads around the corner like wildfire. A so-called controversy is a dire example of this situation. Once again thrown into the public by a British tabloid, some unverified and misleading facts about the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, Prince Harry, and Meghan Markle, created much stir all over. 

As reported by The Sun of Britain in the year 2019, a rampant controversy caught fire that some royal flunkies have got a list of Dos and Don’ts on behalf of the Sussex couple. Back in the day, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle had just moved to their royal base in London, the Frogmore Cottage. The news outlet read that, “warnings were made at a recent residents’ meeting the issue of the Sussexes’ to the private Home Park was raised.”

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The lists of guidelines put up by the neighbors of Frogmore legit banned anyone who would fail to adhere to the ones listed. It reportedly restricted the stranger from asking about the just-born Prince Archie and avoided talking in terms of the Sussexes as a whole.

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What were the apparent clauses put up by the neighbors of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle?

The list of guidelines banned the onlookers first from instigating a conversation with the Duke and the Duchess of Sussex. The second condition read that they should only respond to greet them in terms of “Good Morning and Good Night” only if at all they happen to speak to you on their own. The third condition banned everyone not to stroke their pet dogs, “even if dogs presenteth themselves unto thee.” 

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In simpler terms, it meant avoiding their dogs even if they are friendly and easygoing on their part as pet animals. The fourth guideline read that no one should offer a walk to the royal dogs, leave alone stroke them in the first place. The fifth and most important clause that became the hot topic of the town was not the ask to see Prince Archie. The following condition even banned the outsiders from offering any babysitting services. 

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Last but not the least, the seventh rule made it clear that no letters should come into the post boxes by normal citizens. All the above claims were straight away denied by Buckingham Palace, stated Daily Mail. A spokesperson made it clear that the ultimatum was not an official report and that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex had no knowledge of this going up. 

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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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