If you think Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, had a tough time stepping into the royal family, think again. It might be fair to say that Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh and wife of Prince Edward, had a much bumpier start to royal life. While Meghan's estranged father, Thomas Markle , caused quite the spectacle ahead of her royal wedding, Sophie was forced to weather a string of royal controversies.

For one, a former colleague of Sophie's, Kara Noble, leaked topless photographs of the duchess-to-be to the British press, which earned her a whopping £40,000 (equivalent to around $64,000 at that time). It was a bad look, and according to Sean Smith's book, "Sophie: Saving the Royal Family," the subsequent media tempest left Sophie in tears. "She was so upset because she felt that she was 'letting th

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