Prince Harry and Meghan supported by unlikely royal as she extends affection to William
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While navigating the protocols of the tight-knit British monarchy has proved extremely challenging for some, the Duchess of Edinburgh has managed to carve out a unique position where she is trusted and beloved by many of her fellow royals. Though others who married into the family, like the late Princess Diana and Meghan Markle, told of their struggles to adapt to the rigorous expectations of The Firm, Sophie, as OK! reports, appears to be universally respected and liked, and her appeal to younger and older royals has seen her dubbed a “bridge between generations”.
As royal commentator Katie Nicholl says, “Sophie is a very popular member of the family because she’s easy-going, there’s never any drama, and she just gets on with the job, quietly and diligently.” One of the Duchess’s key allies at the heart of the royal family appears to be the Princess of Wales, who is a near neighbour in Windsor. “Sophie and Catherine are very close – I think much more so than people realise,” Katie says.
“There’s not a huge age difference between them, and Sophie really welcomed Catherine when she married into the family. She was an outsider and so-called commoner, just as Sophie was, so they had that bond from an early stage.” Photographs of the pair have always hinted at a special friendship, as seen at Royal Ascot in 2017, where they were pictured giggling as Sophie tumbled into their carriage and almost landed on Kate. They have been snapped on joint shopping trips in London and watching Wimbledon together too, while in 2018 they joined forces to host the Commonwealth Fashion Exchange at Buckingham Palace.