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Unlike her sister-in-law, Kate Middleton, who spent most of her adulthood being groomed for a royal role, Meghan had a very different journey. Before she started dating Prince Harry in 2016, was a successful actress and her big break was her appearance on legal drama Suits. She once described herself on her lifestyle blog ‘The Tig’ as the California girl who “lives by the ethos that most things can be cured with either yoga, the beach, or a few avocados”.
It is not surprising then, that Meghan “did not know much” about Harry before meeting him, as she claimed during their post-engagement interview in 2017.
In a newly-resurfaced interview, Meghan also appeared to not be very well prepared on “Britishness” either.
In a 2016 Dave interview, Meghan – at the time most famous for her acting work – was asked several questions to test her British knowledge.
When asked what the national animal of England was, the future Duchess of Sussex looked clueless.
She said: “Am I supposed to know that?”
Looking at someone behind the camera, she added: “You don’t know that.
“She doesn’t know it either.”
When the animal was finally revealed to her, Meghan rebutted with much surprise: “It’s a lion.
“Oh, appropriate!”
Since then, her knowledge on all things British has without a doubt improved.
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“That might exist for other members of the family. That was not something that was offered to me.”
Meghan insisted no one had prepared her or told her what to expect, so she took it upon herself to learn the British national anthem and hymns sung in church services.
She added: “Even down to the national anthem. No one thought to say, ‘Oh, you’re American. You’re not going to know that’.”
She claimed she had to google the national anthem and learned various hymns “late at night” ahead of a televised service because she didn’t “want to embarrass them.”
She also told Oprah that Prince Harry taught her to curtsy just before her first meeting with the Queen.
Meghan said: “I learned it very quickly.
“Right in front of the house, we just practiced and then walked in.”
“I met her and, apparently, I did a very deep curtsy.”
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