Meghan Markle's royal etiquette coach who taught the Duchess how to properly take tea with the Queen revealed he's 'disappointed' with how she and Prince Harry handled their exit from the Royal Family.
Edmund Fry, who is the owner of the authentic English tea room Rose Tree Cottage in Pasadena, California said the Sussexes were given a "great opportunity" to make a positive change in the world, but believes they have spoiled that chance with the comments they have made about the royals in the media.
The 83-year-old expert and Royal fan also claimed that his clients, who visit his tea room regularly, are also feeling disheartened by their behaviour, the Mirror reports.
He claims the "majority of people" were appalled by the Sussexes' interview with Oprah and Harry's bombshell memoir, Spare.
Speaking to The Sun, Mr Fry said: "When they were first talking [about leaving], they were talking about being ambassadors to the world, helping out the Commonwealth, being involved with disabled people.
"They had a great opportunity. There's not really been much heard from them on anything like that.
"Ever since the Netflix thing came up and the Oprah interview and things were being mentioned about racism in the royal family and so on, it tainted it."
The tea room owner added that he was "heartbroken" to see how divided the Firm was during King Charles' historical Coronation which Harry briefly returned home for while Meghan stayed at home in California with their two kids.
Since the Duke and Duchess moved to the States, Mr Fry claims that his tea room customers have made it clear to him and his wife that they "don't even want to talk about" the couple.
He explained: "You couldn't give a book away on Meghan anymore. Not here. It's a different story now to how things were.
"Totally. It is a done deal. Positive comments about Harry and Meghan are out the window now; gone completely."
Instead, he reveals his clients are more interested in King Charles and are intrigued to know what sort of role Queen Camilla will be taking on now that she has been crowned alongside her husband.
However, despite the relationship between the Sussexes and the rest of the Royal Family seemingly being at an all time low, Mr Fry remains hopeful that they will "settle down" in the future but admits he doesn't know how long that will take.
He said it's "wonderful" that Harry and Meghan are "getting on with their life" but hopes that they will start using their success in the US to promote more good causes
He said: "They've made a tremendous amount of money and the success with it. So I hope they can use that money like my wife Mary and I have to start a school for just 12 children in Kenya, which now has 800 [pupils]."
Edmund Fry first hit the headlines in 2017 when the Duchess made a visit to his tearoom.
Meghan tucked into some delicious afternoon tea of cucumber and roast beef finger sandwiches along with jam and cream scones before asking about royal protocol ahead of her first meeting with the late Queen Elizabeth.
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