Meghan Markle was given formal training to help her adapt to life as a senior royal but brushed aside advice and came to believe she should be treated 'as God,' according to claims in a new book about the royal family by biographer Tom Bower, published in the UK this week. The author alleges that Queen Elizabeth II personally instructed that Meghan receive 'divine' treatment after her 2018 marriage to Prince Harry, in contrast to the Duchess of Sussex's public suggestion that she was left to fend for herself.
Meghan has repeatedly indicated in interviews, most notably in her 2021 sit-down with Oprah Winfrey, that she had little guidance when she entered the royal family and struggled behind palace walls without meaningful support. Bower's account in Betrayal: Power, Deceit and the Fight for the Future of the Royal Family sets out to puncture that narrative, positioning itself as an insider-led counterpoint to the Sussexes' own version of events since they stepped back as working royals in 2020 and moved to California.
