Meghan Markle was “outshining” Princess Kate as a public speaker before the Sussexes split from the Royal Family, but the Princess of Wales didn’t let it get to her, according to a royal expert.

Speaking on GB News, royal expert Charlotte Griffiths said: “There was a time in 2018 when Meghan and Kate were speaking at a forum together, and Meghan was speaking a lot better than Kate.”

She continued: “It started to become very apparent that there was a real risk here, that Meghan might outshine Kate in the public speaking arena.”

The commentator added: “But what Kate’s done, which is what she’s brilliant at, is just stood back, stayed calm, and just waited for Harry and Meghan to thrash it out, tie themselves in knots, throw lurid accusations her way via the royal biographer, apparently, via Meghan.

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Instead, Princess Kate “stayed calm, stayed quiet, and she’s emerged the victor,” Ms Griffiths opined.

The royal watcher claimed that, before Meghan left with Prince Harry for America, much of the UK media saw her as the next Princess Diana.

She added: “Kate can give things time, she has that ability, to play the long game and Meghan wasn’t able to, and she just tied herself in knots and burned out quite quickly.”

The Duchess of Sussex and the Princes of Wales didn’t see eye-to-eye, even before Meghan and Harry left for the US, according to Ms Griffiths.

She said: “They were never friends in the first place. I think Kate could probably put on a good show if she had to. A bit like when the Queen died, they had to walk around the crowds together.

“That wasn’t too convincing, but she might be able to do a more convincing double act if it came to it many years down the line, and they ended up doing a royal engagement together again.