Royal author Tom Quinn revealed that former palace aides accused Meghan Markle of possessing a 'messiah complex' before she and Prince Harry left the royal family. He interviewed many employees who noted that Meghan believed she could help fix societal issues like poverty. However, aides perceived her ambitions as unrealistic for a single royal, fearing she might overshadow the royal family's image and trying to emulate Princess Diana. Staffers concluded that her desire to be loved and impactful was seen as grandiose and potentially detrimental.
Several of the aides that I spoke to, as well as the more junior staff, said that Meghan had what they called a 'messiah complex.' I think what they meant was that, as a working royal, she could save all the people whose lives were difficult. She could help with all sorts of problems, including poverty.
The aides saw her ideas of doing good as completely out of proportion to what she actually could do. There was also a suspicion that Meghan was trying to be more like William and Harry's mother, Princess Diana.
Markle was focused on how she could become the best-known and most-loved member of the royal family. She once said, 'What Diana started I want to finish,' and we took that to mean she wanted to become a sort of globetrotting champion of the poor.
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