Meghan Markle’s royal exit had warning signs years earlier, veteran correspondent reveals

Meghan Markle’s rocky tenure as a working royal may have stemmed from a "culture clash" with palace aides, according to a veteran royal correspondent who covered her time as a working royal.

Simon Vigar, one of Britain's longest-serving royal correspondents, examines those tensions in his new book, "The Four Wives of Windsor." Kensington Palace told Fox News Digital it does not comment on books.

A spokesperson for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex told Fox News Digital, "This is not something we would comment on." PRINCE HARRY, MEGHAN MARKLE’S HOLLYWOOD DREAMS HIT WALL AS EXPERT WARNS OF ‘TOXIC BRAND’ STIGMA "There was a culture clash there," Vigar told Fox News Digital.

"I think it's a crying shame.

It was avoidable, and egos got in the way on both sides.

I think she thought that there would be more control over events, public events, than there was. ...

The narrative now is that the British media was always against Harry and Meghan.

That is not how I remember it, and many of my colleagues remember it." "Harry and Meghan were great," Vigar said.

"I saw her on her first engagement in Nottingham.

She was brilliant with the crowds.

She was an absolute natural, which is why it's so sad that they're not part of [the working royals] now.

The tour of Australia, New Zealand, Fiji and Tonga [in 2018] went really well.

"The crowds were massive.

But ... the palace press officers were trying to spin three different stories after that.