{"id":2435,"date":"2018-11-24T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-11-24T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/uncategorised\/the-one-long-standing-royal-rule-meghan-markle-breaking\/"},"modified":"2018-11-24T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2018-11-24T00:00:00","slug":"the-one-long-standing-royal-rule-meghan-markle-breaking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.smooth.com.au\/entertainment\/the-one-long-standing-royal-rule-meghan-markle-breaking\/","title":{"rendered":"The one long-standing royal rule Meghan Markle is breaking"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Between <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nova969.com.au\/entertainment\/reports-meghan-markle-mistreating-staff\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">getting up at 5am and bombarding her staff with texts<\/a> to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nova969.com.au\/entertainment\/meghan-markle-slammed-unprofessional-habit-during-aus-tour\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">putting her hands in her pockets<\/a> (which is apparently a no no),&nbsp;it goes without saying that Meghan Markle has been singing to her own tune and doing things a little differently ever since she offiically became part of the Royal Family.<\/p>\n<p>But it appears that Meghan&#8217;s individual streak has spread to her royal public engagements.<\/p>\n<p>According to a new documentary,&nbsp;<em>Meghan&#8217;s New Life: The Real Princess Diaries&nbsp;<\/em>(via&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.news.com.au\/entertainment\/celebrity-life\/royals\/big-royal-rule-meghan-is-breaking\/news-story\/b6bbe3c18e83e0fffd444f016a257e61\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>news.com.au<\/em><\/a>), the Duchess of Sussex likes to write her own speeches, which goes against royal protocol.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In fact, we got a sampling of some of Meghan&#8217;s own words when she gave a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nova969.com.au\/entertainment\/samantha-markle-accuses-meghan-lying-during-her-speech-fiji\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">speech during her visit to Fiji<\/a> recently.<\/p>\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">COMING UP:  &quot;Meghan Markle is the feminist princess of our dreams&#8230;&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DebRobertsABC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DebRobertsABC<\/a> brings us a first look at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ABC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@ABC<\/a>\u2019s new documentary, \u201cMeghan\u2019s New Life:  The Real Princess Diaries\u201d. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/W1vUNLSAev\">https:\/\/t.co\/W1vUNLSAev<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Ny9M0g8MSP\">pic.twitter.com\/Ny9M0g8MSP<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Good Morning America (@GMA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GMA\/status\/1065205684269137921?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 21, 2018<\/a><\/blockquote>&#13;\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>&#13;\n\n<p>For those who are unaware, protocol dictates that royal family members will write speeches with help from their aides and staff.<\/p>\n<p>Meghan writing speeches on her own is considered to be a little unusual, bordering on controversial given how she reportedly likes to &#8220;push the envelope&#8221; with her speeches on feminism.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, the only time a royal family member writes their own speech without any assistance is when Queen Elizabeth gives her annual Christmas TV address.<\/p>\n<p>While this may count as breaking a royal rule, we&#8217;re digging how Meghan is singing to her own tune and will definitely pay even closer attention to all of her future speeches from now on.<\/p>\n<p><em>Image: Samir Hussein\/WireImage\/Getty Images<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Definitely unusual.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":2436,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[418,209],"tags":[],"geo_market":[],"class_list":["post-2435","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrity","category-entertainment"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v20.10 (Yoast SEO v21.5) - 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