Meghan Markle "hated" life in the Royal Family due to constantly being "told what to do" according to a royal insider.
The Duchess of Sussex married Prince Harry in May 2018 and became a senior member of the Royal Family.
However, less than two years after Meghan joined the monarchy the Sussexes agreed on exit terms in early 2020.
Meghan and Harry moved to California via a brief spell in Canada and have since launched multiple attacks on the Royal Family in public interviews and books.
Meghan and Harry moved to California via a brief spell in Canada
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Writing in his new book Gilded Youth, royal biographer Tom Quinn claimed he spoked to a 'Kensington Palace staffer who "remembered Meghan well".
The insider claimed: "I don’t think in the whole of history there was ever a greater divide between what someone expected when they became a member of the Royal Family and what they discovered it was really like."
"She was a global superstar but was being told what she could and could not do, what she could and could not say."
They added: "She hated it."
Another insider claimed Meghan was surprised she "never first in the pecking order."
It comes as Meghan Markle and Prince Harry are struggling with being low down in the pecking order in Hollywood, according to a former friend of the Duchess of Sussex.
Nick Ede claims he was friends with Meghan Markle before she met Prince Harry.
Ede said: "I think it's quite interesting to have known her to now see what it's like in LA for her.
"I've got lots of friends who live there, who know what their reputation is like, and it's changed a lot."
He added: "The thing is that you forget that in Hollywood royalty isn't somebody with a title.
"It's J.Lo, it's Sharon Stone, it's Beyonce, it's the Kardashians. That's their royalty.
"And also the Obamas or Clintons. If you've been in office, apart from Trump, then you're seen as being a top dog.
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry got married in May 2018
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"I think they have underestimated that in many ways."
The royal commentator also stated he felt Meghan and Harry expected to be A-listers the moment they moved to Hollywood.
He said: "I think they came in and thought that the number one people on the block and they're not really.
"They're kind of quite far down really in that pecking order. And I think that's been an issue with them, in that sense of stepping down."
