Meghan Markle, the Duchess of Sussex, has given a new interview to Harper’s Bazaar in which journalist Kaitlyn Greenidge reveals that Meghan has staff announce her—by title—as she wafts around borrowed Upper East Side real estate.

Greenidge slipped the sly dig into what was otherwise largely sympathetic copy, writing:

“We’re in a grand brownstone on the Upper East Side that belongs to one of Meghan’s friends. When I enter, the house manager announces, ‘Meghan, Duchess of Sussex,’ even though we appear to be the only other two people in the house.”

Historically, of course, this isn’t how announcements worked. A herald announced you when you entered a crowded room — not when someone else walked into your friend’s house.

Assuming the house manager didn’t spontaneously wake up and think,

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