Lady Frederick Windsor claimed the members of the royal family live in “total hell.”

“The more I get to know the royal family, the more I get that their lives are total hell and that level of unasked-for fame is a form of torture,” the British actress, born Sophie Winkleman, told the Times in an interview published Wednesday.

“None of them went on [the British music competition television series] ‘Pop Idol’ or something to be famous,” she added.

“To have that sort of blinding spotlight in your face from when you’re born, not knowing quite whom you can trust, not knowing if someone’s going to betray you, people writing lies about you the whole time, is just brutal.”

Lady Frederick Windsor — who married Lord Frederick Windsor, the son of Prince Michael of Kent, who is King Charles III’

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