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Daily Mirror
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Jennifer Newton

Meghan Markle didn't realise Diana 'worked like dog' before becoming icon, says author

Meghan Markle didn't understand that Princess Diana had to "work like a dog" before becoming a global superstar, a royal author has claimed.

Tina Brown, whose explosive new book The Palace Papers has just been released, says Meghan "didn't understand her role" when she became royal and thought she could follow the same path as her late mother-in-law.

But according to the former Vanity Fair editor, Diana carried out "a great deal of very humdrum assignments" before becoming a global icon.

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