New royal brides have jumped so effortlessly into the deep end of Royal life as Meghan Markle. In the month since she became the new Duchess of Sussex in St George’s Chapel at Windsor Castle, Meghan has hardly put a foot wrong accompanying her husband, smiling and fresh-faced, to four royal engagements and a wedding.
She has seemingly won over her in laws – Prince Charles has bestowed her with the (slightly odd) nickname Tungsten, after the precious metal known for strong, unbending qualities – and the Queen was so keen to get to know her new granddaughter-in-law that she whisked her off on a sleepover tour to the North, à deux.
There have been some early stumbling blocks: Meghan’s father, Thomas...