Meghan Markle accused of ‘distancing’ herself from Firm with jibe against royals

Meghan Markle’s comments in a recent speech have come under question and even left many accusing the royal of trying to cut herself off from the royal family.

This claim’s been made by royal expert and author Daniela Elser. She made this claim in a new piece for news.com.au and started by admitting that Meghan “had a suspicious whiff of a dig about it” and claimed she “use[d] this opportunity to drag her ‘husband’s family' into the mix”.

She also wrote, “The issue here isn’t the point she was making about the apolitical nature of helping new parents but that she chose to yank the Royal Family into things, especially at a time when, back in the UK, the palace has been contending with the Queen’s biggest health crisis, perhaps ever.”

The conversation in question occurred while Meghan sat down for a panel with DealBook founder Andrew Ross Sorkin on the official panel.

There she claimed, “I don’t see this as a political issue, frankly. Look there’s certainly a precedent in my husband’s family, the royal family, of not having any involvement in politics but paid leave, from my standpoint, is just a humanitarian issue.”