Princess Charlotte and Prince George proved their Aunty Meghan Markle wrong with a touching gesture at the ITV Royal Family Christmas concert.
The children were seen greeting their grandfather and grandmother King Charles and Queen Consort Camilla with kisses and cuddles – after Meghan hit out at the “formality” of the family.
ITV royal editor Chris Ship said: “The senior Royal Family chose tonight to put on a show of unity – and even some public displays of affection between father/son and grandad/grandchildren. (You might even spot one of those hugs that Meghan said Brits find so ‘jarring’?) I’m sure it’s all just coincidence.”
Earlier this month Meghan took aim at her sister-in-law the Princess of Wales during her Netflix docuseries, claiming she was “surprised” by the behind the scenes formality of members of the royal family.
She recalled a dinner party with Prince William and Kate during the early days of her relationship with Harry, when the two couples lived just a few doors apart in Kensington Palace.
Speaking in episode two of the six-part Harry & Meghan Netflix, she said: “When Will and Kate came over, and I met her for the first time, they came over for dinner, I remember I was in ripped jeans and I was barefoot.
“I was a hugger. I’ve always been a hugger, I didn’t realise that that is really jarring for a lot of Brits.
“I guess I started to understand very quickly that the formality on the outside carried through on the inside.
“There is a forward-facing way of being, and then you close the door and go ‘You can relax now’, but that formality carries over on both sides. And that was surprising to me.”
It’s one of a series of bombshell allegations Meghan and Harry made on their Netflix show.
All filming was completed in August 2022, before the Queen died, and the introduction to the first episode states the royal family declined to comment on the contents of the show.
Harry also recalled Meghan’s first meeting with his grandmother in the programme, describing it as a “shock to the system”.
He said: “My grandmother was the first senior member of the family that Meghan met. She had no idea what it all consisted of so it was a bit of a shock to the system for her.”
Meghan said: “There wasn’t like some big moment of ‘Now you’re going to meet my grandmother’. I didn’t know I was going to meet her until moments before.
“We were in the car and we were going to Royal Lodge for lunch, and he’s like ‘Oh, my grandmother’s here, we’re going to meet her after church’. And I remember we were in the car driving up and he’s like .You know how to curtsy, right? And I just thought it was a joke.”
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