Did Prince Philip make a kid cry?
Which royal was almost a runaway bride?
And did Princess Anne really snub the Trumps?
Here are some of the times royals were caught acting rude.
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's wedding looked perfect.
But as time went on, the public learned just how many contentious moments allegedly led
up to their big day.
For instance, The Daily Telegraph reported that Meghan had made Kate Middleton cry during
a dress fitting ahead of the wedding.
But as Meghan told Oprah Winfrey during her tell-all interview,
"The reverse happened."
It's clear that at the very least, there was a major culture clash when Meghan joined the
royal family.
And if you go back and re-watch the wedding, you might see evidence of it in some royals'
facial expressions while a Black, American pastor gave an impassioned, 13-minute-long
sermon about the power of love.
As Bishop Michael Curry spoke, everyone from Princess Beatrice to Kate Middleton appeared
to react, with some seemingly giggling at his speech.
Zara Tindall, Queen Elizabeth II's niece, appeared to be one of the most visibly miffed
by the speech.
However, the pregnant royal told The Telegraph,
"​​I was uncomfortable!
My bum sort of slid over either side and Lena kicked the hell out of me for an hour."
Most people know it's impolite to giggle or smirk during a sermon unless the pastor is
trying to be funny, but the royals aren't most people.
Nowadays, Prince Andrew is known as an associate of the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
But there was a time when palace PR pros and the British media managed to present the prince
as a lovable playboy.
His nickname was "Randy Andy," and in the book "Andrew, the Playboy Prince," royal biographer
Andrew Morton asserted that girls "fainted" at the sight of him.
Now that the prince's alleged wrongdoings are public, though, people have been remembering
other unsavory moments.
Nigel Cawthorne alleged in his book "Prince Andrew: Epstein, Maxwell and the Palace" that
Andrew was "a bully" at school, as well as, quote, "boastful" and "big-headed."
In March 2021, rumors also began swirling that he was at risk of being accused of bullying
aides in the wake of an investigation into Meghan Markle's alleged mistreatment of palace
staff.
As a source told the Daily Mail,
"​​People were shouted at regularly by the Duke of York and there would be crying
in the corridors."
When Princess Anne was seen shrugging in the presence of Donald Trump, people assumed she
was "snubbing" the then-president.
But Valentine Low, a journalist at The Times, cleared it up, tweeting,
"No, she didn't snub the Trumps."
However, a 2004 documentary called "The Real Princess Anne," aired on the UK's Channel
4 and apparently shed light on her real personality.
The documentary revealed,
"[Princess Anne] ​​was regarded in her youth as being rather surly and impolite.
[...] She has been accused of being rude, sulky and difficult."
Perhaps the cruelest example of Anne's crankiness is the time a fan presented her with a bouquet
of flowers and allegedly got mockery in return.
75-year-old Iris Halfpenny reportedly gave Anne flowers, telling the princess that she'd
arranged them herself.
As for Anne's response, the princess reportedly replied,
"What a ridiculous thing to do."
Princess Margaret is known in some circles as somewhat of a royal rebel.
Her booze-and-cigarette-soaked morning routine is the stuff of legend.
But some say her rebellious nature also resulted in some rudeness.
In the Channel 5 documentary "Princess Margaret: Rebel without a Crown," royal expert Jennie
Bond said,
"She was fantastically grand, fantastically snobbish and she did tarnish the reputation
of the royal family by her lifestyle, by her broken marriages, by bringing divorce into
the fold."
According to Theo Aronson's book "Princess Margaret," someone who knew the princess said,
"I have been at the same house parties as her and her arrogance, her petulance, her
rudeness and her plain bad manners were awful."
Margaret's good friend Lady Anne Glenconner wrote in her book "Lady in Waiting: My Extraordinary
Life in the Shadow of the Crown," recalled Margaret seeing a woman feeding squirrels
in the park.
Per Glenconner,
"​​She marched up and started whacking them with an umbrella."
When Queen Elizabeth's husband, Prince Philip, died in 2021, there was an outpouring of grief,
along with quite a few articles recounting his many gaffes that some considered rude
and even racist.
In fact, royal biographer Nigel Cawthorne has written a book about the late prince called
"I Know I Am Rude."
Cawthorne asserts that Philip once said of himself,
"I know I am rude, but it is fun."
Still, the people on the receiving end of his remarks might not have had the best time.
Per The Guardian, he reportedly once asked a businessman of Aboriginal descent in Australia,
"Do you still throw spears at each other?"
And in 2015, he was caught on camera yelling obscenities at a photographer.
Plus, according to the Irish Examiner, he allegedly once told a 13-year-old kid during
a school visit,
"​​You're too fat to be an astronaut."
Of the prince, the Independent opined,
"[He] ​​will be remembered not only as the longest-serving consort but perhaps also
as the most gaffe-prone one."
It's no secret that Prince Harry doesn't love the British tabloid press.
"We all know what the British press can be like.
And it was destroying my mental health.
I was like, this is toxic."
But his attitude may have crossed the line from cautious to rude on a number of occasions.
During a royal tour, a reporter from Sky News asked Harry about a conversation he'd just
had with children and healthcare workers during an official appearance at a hospital.
Rather than answering her questions, Harry abruptly cut her off.
"What?"
"Ask them."
"Is that why it's important for you to come and talk to them?"
"Rhiannon, don't behave like this."
The Sky News journalist in question responded to the exchange during the BBC documentary,
"The Princes and the Press," saying,
"Most people looked at it and thought, well, hang on, it was a polite question.
Why did it blow up?
But looking back at it now, I had basically kicked the wasps' nest."
Princess Michael of Kent, who's married to the queen's cousin Prince Michael of Kent,
made headlines in December 2017 when she wore a "blackamoor" brooch to a Christmas lunch
where Meghan Markle would be in attendance.
Pieces of "blackamoor" art or jewelry are recognized as being insensitive, racist, and
outdated depictions of Black people.
Needless to say, wearing the brooch at all is a questionable choice.
Royal correspondent Charlie Proctor tweeted,
"Princess Michael of Kent appears to have officially turned into a parody of herself
as she attends The Queen's Christmas Party wearing a blackamoor brooch."
Princess Michael was already alleged to be a racist before the brooch incident, after
reportedly making racially charged comments to people of color while in a restaurant.
According to The Guardian, she also allegedly insisted she couldn't be racist during an
ITV1 interview because she once dyed her hair and pretended to be biracial.
A spokesperson apologized to TMZ on behalf of Princess Michael of Kent for her offensive
choice of accessory, but clearly, the damage to her reputation was done years before the
brooch incident.
Prince Charles has always been careful not to speak ill of the British press.
But there was one instance when he got caught talking smack about a news reporter.
Charles was on a ski trip with his sons in Switzerland in 2005, and the trio said a brief
hello to the press.
BBC correspondent Nicholas Witchell asked Charles if he was looking forward to his wedding
to Camilla Parker Bowles the following week.
After answering the question, Charles seemingly forgot he was still wearing a hot mic and
whispered to William and Harry,
"Bloody people.
I can't bear that man.
He's so awful, he really is."
Witchell later said of the incident, per the Daily Mail,
"There has never been an apology, and why should there be?
He was probably quite right.
You know, awful man.
[...] We're not there to be liked."
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle announced they'd be stepping back as senior members of the
royal family in early 2020.
Speculation of a feud between the couple and Prince William and Kate Middleton abounded.
No matter what the status of the former "Fab Four" is now, there seemed to be frosty feelings
on display at the Commonwealth Day service in Westminster Abbey in 2020.
Harry and Meghan were only in London for a few days after having decamped to Canada,
and the service coincided with the end of their royal duties.
Footage of the event shows Meghan and Harry smiling at William and Kate as they take their
own seats.
But it looks like William and Kate refuse to even make eye contact with the couple.
The book "Finding Freedom: Meghan and Harry and the Making of a Modern Royal Family" reported
that the snub was done on purpose, revealing,
"Although Meghan tried to make eye contact with Kate, the duchess barely acknowledged
her."
But by August 2021, the two women seemed to be in a better place, with Us Weekly reporting
that they'd been in contact with one another.
To say Prince Charles and Camilla Parker Bowles' relationship was controversial would be an
understatement.
The Prince of Wales even publicly admitted he'd cheated on Princess Diana during a television
interview.
Still, Charles' bond with Camilla has stood the test of time.
The couple reportedly first met in 1970, but they had a rocky few decades before their
marriage in 2005.
They've seemingly been together with zero relationship scandals since they tied the
knot, though.
Despite this, Charles' mother, Queen Elizabeth II, is allegedly not Parker Bowles' biggest fan
Royal author Katie Nicholl claimed in the UK's Channel 5 documentary "Royals at War,"
"The queen did everything she possibly could not to have Camilla's name mentioned in her
presence.
And if the queen was to refer to Camilla, I don't even think it was by name."
The queen's dislike of the future Duchess of Cornwall appeared to carry over to Charles
and Camila's wedding day, when the queen refused to attend their civil marriage ceremony.
However, a royal insider told The Telegraph that the queen felt she couldn't sanction
the wedding due to her position as head of the Church of England.
She did turn up for the photographs and a subsequent wedding blessing later in the day,
which has got to count for something, right?
South African athlete Charlene Wittstock's marriage to Prince Albert of Monaco has often
been in the news cycle.
In fact, gossip columns lit up with reports that she tried not once, not twice, but three
times to leave the country and escape her wedding.
French newspapers reported that Wittstock's passport was taken at least twice.
The papers speculated that her alleged distress came from discovering that her fiancé, Prince
Albert of Monaco, had previously fathered three children out of wedlock instead of the
previously reported two kids.
A palace official denied the runaway bride narrative, however, and the 2011 wedding did
proceed as planned.
Charlene cried during the ceremony, and she later told Times Weekend Magazine,
"Everything was just so overwhelming and there were all the mixed emotions because of the
rumors, and obviously the tension built up and I burst into tears."
Later, a source would tell The Daily Beast that they witnessed Charlene sobbing during
lunch at the palace in Monaco.
The insider recalled,
"Albert didn't acknowledge his wife was crying at all."
In 2021 People reported that Charlene spent six months in South Africa, then returned
to Monaco, where she underwent treatment at an undisclosed facility.
Prince Albert stated,
"I'm probably going to say this several times, but this has nothing to do with our relationship.
I want to make that very clear."
He went on to explain that Charlene was suffering from exhaustion.
But the world will never forget the bride's tears.
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