Meghan Markle's 'lost her spark' moment goes viral

Meghan Markle's attendance at a Remembrance Sunday event was seen as evidence of the moment the duchess “lost her spark” at a time when private royal conflicts have been spilled into the public eye.

The Duchess of Sussex had recently returned from a successful tour of Australia and the South Pacific in 2018 when a royal biography was published. Charles at 70He initially portrayed her as a demanding figure, implying that Prince Harry had told palace staff: “Whatever Meghan wants, Meghan gets.”

And reports in the press suggested that Queen Elizabeth II had warned Harry about Meghan's behavior regarding her tiara before their wedding in May.

It was the beginning of an era that Meghan would later say was the turning point in which her royal experience took a turn for the worse, and just days after the stories came to light, she attended Britain's national memorial service on November 11, 2018 Cenotaph in London.

A clip of her watching the moving event went viral on TikTok after the British-based royals, including Princess Kate, turned up for this year's Remembrance Sunday service on November 10.

The footage was liked 8,000 times and viewed 180,000 times after it was posted with the message: “Once upon a time, the memorial service was something to look forward to.”🖤

“And when I knew my Princess Meghan had lost her spark, I could see it in her eyes.

“But thank God she made it, she is now thriving with her wonderful family.”

One response was, “Bless them. She looks so scared,” while another said: “Meghan wasn't in the room with us. You can see the sadness 🥺 Thank God she has the light in her eyes again.”

A third person wrote: “One day the royal family will beg them to come back ❤❤these two.”

Meghan, Queen Elizabeth II and Princess Kate all watched the service from a balcony, although Meghan sat on a separate balcony with Elke Budenbender, the first lady of Germany.

The stories in the British press were the public expression of a royal division that was already taking shape behind closed doors.

In October this year, Jason Knauf, communications secretary at Kensington Palace, sent a superior a private email in which he accused the duchess of bullying two secretaries of state from the royal household.

And back in June 2018, the Sussexes sat down with Prince William and Princess Kate to try to sort out the issues between the two couples.

Harry enrolled Spare part that Kate said Meghan “hurt my feelings” when she suggested she had baby brain shortly after the birth of Prince Louis.

“That’s rude, Meghan. “That’s not what’s done here in the UK,” William replied. Meghan then said: “Please get your finger out of my face.”

“Did that really happen?” Harry wrote. “Was it really that time? Yelling at each other about place cards and hormones?”

“Meg said she would never intentionally do anything to hurt Kate, even if she ever did
She asked Kate to just tell her so that something like this doesn't happen again.

Jack Royston is Newsweekis chief royal correspondent based in London. You can find him on X (formerly Twitter) at @jack_royston and continue reading his stories Newsweekis the Royals' Facebook page.

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