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Are Meghan Markle’s Politics An Issue For Fitting Into The Royal Family?

It certainly looks like it...

Meghan Markle has fitted seamlessly into the royal family from the moment she started dating Prince Harry, from bonding with the Queen’s corgis to getting an early invite to spend Christmas at Sandringham with the Windsors.

And now that the couple have tied the knot, Meghan is officially a royal, with the Queen giving Prince Harry and Meghan Markle the titles, Duke and Duchess of Sussex, as a wedding present.

Public speeches, solo appearances and an imminent royal tour – Meghan is taking the being a Duchess like a duck to water.

It emerged this week however, that there is one thing standing in her way – her politics, a subject that royals aren’t supposed to talk about.

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According to unofficial protocol, the royals should avoid publicly expressing their thoughts on politics, but behind closed doors, we’re sure that politics is discussed over the dinner party.

In fact according to a member of the royal inner circle, this is something that could prove problematic for Meghan.

‘Her politics are an issue,’ Lady Colin Campbell told The Daily Beast. ‘She is ultra-liberal and that trendy-lefty stuff does not go down well with some of Harry’s friends. He has introduced her to them all at parties and weddings and private dinners, but she is very anti- a lot of the things that their world functions upon, such as shooting.’

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This article originally appeared on Marie Claire UK. 

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