Meghan Markle joined the Royal Family with a bang in 2018, leading her father-in-law, King Charles to give her a fitting nickname.
In a peculiar yet meaningful gesture, King Charles reportedly bestowed upon Meghan the nickname Tungsten, symbolising her toughness.
Royal expert Katie Nicholl shared this revelation in her 2022 book, The New Royals: Queen Elizabeth’s Legacy and the Future of the Crown. Meghan’s remarkable attributes were particularly evident during her first joint appearance with Harry, William, and Kate at the Royal Foundation Forum in February 2018.
She said: “Charles reportedly nicknamed his future daughter-in-law Tungsten because of her toughness and resilience.
“It was, according to one aide, the moment William and Kate, who was heavily pregnant, realised they needed to up their game.”
She continued: “The Cambridges had already signalled their intention to be more than ornamental royals and had, along with Harry, made a huge success of their mental health campaign Heads Together. But Meghan was the breakout star of the foursome.
“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 realised that Meghan was very impressive, very confident, and very capable, according to a source.”
In another part of the book, Nicholl delved into the Queen’s desire for Meghan to reconcile with her father, Thomas Markle, before her wedding to Harry.
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Despite the public revelation of Meghan’s strained relationship with her father, the Queen supported the couple.
Concerned that Prince Harry had never met Thomas, the monarch encouraged Meghan to mend fences with her father before the wedding on May 19, 2018.
A close family friend revealed: “It was the Queen’s feeling that Meghan should sort things out with her father and that Harry should have met Thomas before the wedding.
“She thought the whole thing could have been better handled. From a practical point, the Queen did what she could for the family’s newest member and given Meghan’s boots-on-ground approach made sure the new duchess had the support she needed.”
