Meghan Markle 'Not As Charming As She Seemed,' 'Upset People Early On,' Royal Biographer Claims

A royal biographer claimed to have heard "bad stories" about Meghan Markle when the Duchess of Sussex first joined the royal family.

British journalist Penny Junor — who has penned multiple books on the royal family, including 2014's "Prince Harry: Brother, Soldier, Son" — spoke about Markle on the ITV documentary "Harry and William: What Went Wrong."

"I was hearing very bad stories from early on that Meghan was upsetting people," Junor was quoted by Page Six as saying.

The royal author further claimed that Markle was "not as charming as she seemed" and that her "showbiz-y approach" to her royal position had ruffled feathers.

"Our Royal Family are not celebrities. They are working members of a public institution," Junor said. "I was appalled by the Oprah interview. These are not statements that should be made for public consumption. This is the sort of thing that should happen in the privacy of a psychiatrist’s couch."

Meanwhile, historian Robert Lacey claimed in the same documentary, citing an unnamed source close to Prince William, that the Duke of Cambridge had been suspicious of his sister-in-law from the beginning.

"Someone close to William told me William felt from an early stage that Meghan had an agenda," claimed Lacey, who explored Prince William and Prince Harry's rift in his book "Battle of Brothers."

In the recently updated version of his book, Lacey claimed Prince William went "ballistic" when he heard that Markle allegedly bullied a palace employee during her time as a working member of the royal family. He was allegedly "astonished and horrified" by the complaints against the duchess and believed she was "undermining some precious principles of the monarchy," the book said.

Lacey further claimed that this led to a "showdown" between the brothers and Prince William initiating a division of his and Prince Harry's households.

Markle has denied the bullying allegations, which first surfaced in March, describing it as "a calculated smear campaign based on misleading and harmful misinformation."

Less than a year after Prince William and Prince Harry separated their royal households, the Sussexes stepped back as working royals and moved to California. Royal author Sean Smith, who wrote "Meghan Misunderstood," felt the duchess was not "appreciated" when she was with the Firm and stressed what the royal family missed after "Megxit."

"Meghan would be great in politics, I think the speeches she gives are very inspirational and I think she is a tremendous public speaker," Smith told Daily Star in January. "She is very, very articulate too and it is a gift that she brought to the Royal Family, a gift that was not properly appreciated."

Smith added, "Meghan Markle is not a dull person, she has a great deal of charisma that is now sadly missing in the Royal Family."

Prince William and Prince Harry reunited in London last week for the unveiling of their mom Princess Diana’s statue. However, the Duke of Sussex did not stay long in the U.K. and immediately flew back to Los Angeles.