Meghan Markle's three-word response when she realised she'd upstaged the Queen
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Meghan Markle felt terrible when she realised she had upstaged the late Queen Elizabeth II during an outing with the Royal Family and gave a shocked three-word response. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex opened up about their time in The Firm in their bombshell Netflix documentary, Harry & Meghan. In the show, the couple recalled joining the other members of the Royal Family to mark Remembrance Day in 2018. Harry said that event, as well as their visit to Australia earlier that year, started a domino effect which led to his and Meghan's fallout with the Royal Family. He explained: "The issue is when someone who's marrying in, who should be a supporting act, is then stealing the limelight, or is doing the job better than the person who is born to do this.".
The Duke of Sussex said Meghan shifted the balance when she joined the Royal Family and admitted: "That upsets people." Harry explained: "You've been led to believe that the only way that your charities can succeed and the only way that your reputation can be grown or improved is if you're on the front page of those newspapers.".
Reflecting on the 2018 Remembrance Day, Harry said "the penny dropped" for Meghan when she saw herself on the front cover of a newspaper. He said: "M and I spent the night in a room in Buckingham Palace after an event where every single member of the family had been, including the Queen." Meghan explained how they went for breakfast the next morning. There, she saw herself on the front page of The Sunday Telegraph.
