‘Outrageous’: Meghan Markle’s subtle act sparks anger as she nods to her ‘banned’ HRH title

Meghan Markle‘s latest act has been called a ‘step in the wrong direction’ with claims she knows ‘exactly what she’s doing’.

Meghan Markle is facing criticism after she subtly nodded to her former Your Royal Highness (HRH) title, despite being “banned” from using it by the monarchy.

Meghan, who recently launched her new podcast, took to Instagram on Tuesday to share a message from a politician who addressed her as Your Royal Highness.

Instead of cropping out the introduction, Meghan included it within the screenshot posted to her millions of followers.

While Meghan and Harry never formally surrendered their HRH titles, they agreed not to use them post-departure from the monarchy.

Harry and Meghan.

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The letter in question came from Ukraine’s vice president, who sent Meghan a letter to express his gratitude at her charitable work.

In response to Meghan’s refusal to hide the title from the letter, an associate of King Charles told The Express: “It’s outrageous. Every time you think they can’t make it worse, they make it worse.”

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“The deal with the HRH was a way to stop them cashing in while letting them walk away with pride and dignity and trust, and now Markle is using her HRH on a website which seems to exist to sell jam.”

However, the insider mentioned that the King nowadays chooses not to be riled by such matters.

An insider said that King Charles tries not to get “riled up” nowadays. Picture: AFP.

A friend of Prince William told The Daily Beast: “It’s actually quite a clever way of testing the water, because there is deniability there, she can say, ‘Well, I just wanted to publish this nice letter to raise awareness for Ukraine, and oops! they got my name wrong, but oh, actually, now I think of it, I never gave the title up anyway, and maybe I will start using it again.’”.

They continued: “It’s a step in the wrong direction, basically, away from the agreement. You’d have to be an idiot to believe that she didn’t know exactly what she was doing when she posted that message, unedited, to her stories.”

The letter from Ukrainian vice President thanked Meghan and Harry for their recent trip to the country.

Originally published as ‘Outrageous’: Meghan Markle’s subtle act sparks anger as she nods to her ‘banned’ HRH title