Prince Harry “shoehorned” Meghan Markle into the royal family despite her not being suited to it, a royal commentator has claimed.
Writer and broadcaster Esther Krakue was on Sky News Australia to discuss claims that the Duchess of Sussex had no intention of pulling her weight as a royal.
She said: “The reason why these claims have come up is because the King and Princess Kate are out of action. It really calls into question how Meghan could have picked up some of the slack if she was still a working royal.
“The reality is she was not necessarily the best suited to life in the royal family, and I don’t blame her for that. I don’t think she was well prepared for the role she would undertake and by extension whether she would even have wanted to take that role.
“One of the advantages that Kate had was that she was with William for almost a decade before they got married and she assumed the roles she had. Harry effectively shoehorned Meghan into the institution.
“And it wasn’t a matter of him marrying her and they were creating a life together. He married her with the intention of also having her as a working royal. He could have married her and stepped back, but he didn’t.
“I suspect that Meghan didn’t have the temperament to do it. I don’t think she was well suited for the role. I don’t think she would have been interested in playing second fiddle to the Waleses. I don’t think she would have liked the regimented, strict lifestyle of a working royal.”
She added: “And I think she might have had her own intentions, with the exposure and the platform she had as a duchess being very handy, and will always be handy – she will always get attention now.
“One of the things that was missing was duty. Did she ever show a sense of duty? Given the length of time she and Harry stayed as working royals and how they left acrimoniously, everything that’s followed – I think the answer is no.”
Ms Krakue also addressed rumours of Meghan’s return to the TV show Suits, which she was on for seven years.
The creator of the show has written a spin-off and rumours are now swirling that Meghan may have a role “tailor-made” for her.
But Ms Krakue doesn’t believe Meghan would go back to Suits as an actor, preferring to pursue her own projects in a more behind-the-scenes role.
“This is someone who, it was rumoured, had political ambitions. So you never really know what to expect from the couple.”
