Sophie Winkleman, also known as Lady Frederick Windsor, doesn’t envy the royal family’s lifestyle.

Winkleman — who is married to Lord Frederick Windsor, the son of Prince Michael of Kent, first cousin to the late Queen Elizabeth II — spoke about the more senior royals in a new interview with The Times UK.

“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,” Winkleman, 45, said.

The British actress continued, “None of them went on ‘Pop Idol’ or something to be famous. 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.”

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