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Meghan Markle Reveals the Stuffy Piece of Royal Protocol She’s Happy to Leave Behind

Per the duchess, it felt ’inauthentic’

Rachel Bowie

By Rachel Bowie

Published Aug 29, 2025

How many episodes of the second season of With Love, Meghan have you watched? It only dropped on Tuesday and already there is quite a bit of royal tea to digest. Still, it was Meghan’s interview with Bloomberg’s Emily Chang for her “On the Circuit” series that caused the most hubbub. Specifically, a conversation about authenticity—and an aspect of royal protocol that felt anything but.

Senior Director, Special Projects and Royals

Rachel Bowie

Senior Director, Special Projects and Royals

  • Writes and produces family, fashion, wellness, relationships, money and royals content
  • Podcast co-host and published author with a book about the British Royal Family
  • Studied sociology at Wheaton College and received a masters degree in journalism from Emerson College

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