Meghan Markle has privately described her time as a working royal as feeling like a "slave princess," RadarOnline.com can reveal – a phrase insiders say typifies her tendency toward hyperbole, given she lived in luxury but resented being told what to do within standard palace rules.

The 44-year-old Duchess of Sussex is said to have struggled with restrictions on her behavior and rank compared with Kate Middleton , the Princess of Wales, 43. Article continues below advertisement

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Author Tom Quinn also claims in a new book that Markle expected more freedom but instead felt constrained by protocol, sparking frustration still fueling her hostility to the idea of Prince Harry returning to the royal fo

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