Earlier this month, we reported that Prince Harry had met with his father King Charles. The pair enjoyed a “private tea” in London for around 55 minutes on Wednesday, September 10. This was the first time they had met in person in 19 months.
Yesterday, we reported that insiders are claiming that Harry’s wife Meghan Markle is panicking after this apparent royal reconciliation. According to these sources, Meghan is fighting “tooth and nail” to keep her husband. This comes as she reportedly feels like Harry is slipping away from her.
Now, Meghan’s past has come back to haunt her in a big way. Indeed, royal experts are speaking out to claim that allegations made against Meghan dating back to her sorority days in college show why she was always doomed to clash with the British royal family.
Meghan’s Sorority Past Comes Back To Haunt Her
During her time attending Northwestern University, Meghan joined the Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority. According to Vanity Fair, this sorority was known for its “Midwestern blondes” who were “intelligent hot messes.”
Unfortunately for Meghan, many of her former classmates didn’t find her to be very charming. Her former classmate Ann Meade spoke to Princess Diana biographer Andrew Morton for his book, “Meghan and the Unmasking of the Monarchy.” She alleged that some of Meghan’s classmates found her to be “overly assertive” and “a tad too persuasive.”
“The sorority anecdotes show someone who wanted to organize, steer, and contribute, which are qualities that show up again in Meghan’s approach to royal projects,” royal commentator Amanda Matta told Fox News. “But I can see how the determination that helped her stand out in college would later clash with the royal institution, which doesn’t reward individuality.”
Matta went on to point out that being “too persuasive” and “too assertive” are “qualities that we praise in American settings but are often criticized in the royal context.”
“In Meghan’s case, they appear time and time again as negative qualities. Whether about her as a boss or a duchess managing a staff,” she explained.
In his book “Revenge: Meghan, Harry and the War Between the Windsors,” British royal expert Tom Bower wrote that Meghan moved into the Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority house during her time in college.
“She pledged to be philanthropic, care about her sisters, and abide by the motto ‘aspire to be,’” Bower wrote. “She shone in her charity work, including the Glass Slipper Project that provided dresses for local teenage girls for their prom. And a 30-hour dance marathon to raise money for cancer sufferers.”
Meghan’s ‘Cultural Clash’ With The Royals
Meghan’s former sorority sisters describe her as being “an extrovert” who took pride in standing out among them. When it comes to being a working royal, however, standing out isn’t always a good thing. Instead, it can be a major problem, according to British royals expert Hilary Fordwich.
“Meghan Markle’s sorority experience certainly contributed to her social agility, further fired her ambition but likely foreshadowed the eventual culture clash she experienced within the far more refined monarchy,” Fordwich stated.
“Particularly the sorority values emphasizing individual self-promotion and her craving for visibility clashed with royal expectations of self-effacement and adherence to protocol within the hierarchy,” she added. “She initially was popular as a royal, but her lack of dedication to duty and … her participation in denigrating the royals rendered her popularity irretrievable.”
Earlier this month, Harry met with his father King Charles for the first time in 19 months. This indicated to many that a reconciliation between Harry and the royals could potentially be on the horizon. That’s why the timing of Meghan’s past coming back to haunt her couldn’t be worse right now.
The royals seem to want Harry to be back in the fold. However, they appear to be far more wary of Meghan. Only time will tell how this all turns out for Meghan Markle!