Meghan Markle will have to work extra hard to be accepted in her new social circle, claims commentator.
Meghan Markle will have to work extra hard to be accepted into her new social surroundings in the UK, it has been claimed. The Duchess of Sussex moved back to Prince Harry’s home country in August, six years after the couple left for a new, financially independent life in the US.
While the exact location of the Sussexes new refuge cannot be revealed, Harry and Meghan have found home in a non-royal residence, believed to be in the Cotswolds. But the Telegraph’s Eilidh Hargreaves said cracking the Cotswolds scene will be “much trickier” than anything else they’ve done before as locals do not see them, and especially Meghan, in a favourable light.
She wrote: “The challenge of becoming a member of the Daylesford scene won’t be the only uphill battle for Meghan as she seeks to become accepted in the Cotswolds. At a grand dinner party last Saturday night, one social friend conducted an experiment: ‘I sat next to these men and started talking about Meghan, and one almost left. He said, ‘If you say that word one more time…’ .
The writer made an observation after talking with her new neighbours, writing: “So it wasn’t only ‘We don’t want anything to do with her’, but ‘Do not degrade my house by bringing it up’.”
The Sussexes are back in the UK (Image: Getty)
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Earl Spencer and Prince Harry were accused of forming an alliance against the King (Image: Getty)
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Camilla spoke at the Queen’s Reading Room Festival (Image: Getty)
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Earl Spencer (Image: Getty)