Prince William was too ‘awkward’ to handle sister-in-law Meghan Markle ‘hugging and kissing’ him all the time

“Kate, William, and Charles tended to flinch when she moved in for a hug. Meghan was understandably hurt, as everyone apparently hugs everyone in California,” claims an ex-Royal staffer. Meghan’s hugs caused the most consternation for William, it seems, as he both didn’t appreciate his sister-in-law’s unwanted familiarity with him and also the way it would cause the staff to gossip.

“Meghan hugged him virtually every time they bumped into each other,” the staffer continued. “The hugging and cheek-kissing fuelled gossip among the staff that Meghan was flirting with William, which she was obviously not, but the tense atmosphere caused by all the touchy-feeliness (and the resultant gossip) deepened the rift between the brothers.”

The staffer explains that the “awkward” and “inhibited” William and the more care-free Meghan were simply too different to ever become close: “In fact, William’s rather awkward, even inhibited personality — an inheritance from his father — was baffling for the more spontaneous Meghan.”

All of this is hardly a surprise as both Harry and Meghan have shared their own perspective on how Meghan’s very Californian ways ruffled Royal feathers. In his own book, Spare, Harry recalled how William “recoiled” from Meghan’s hug when they first met, describing the cringe-inducing moment as a “classic collision of cultures.”

Meanwhile, Meghan spoke on the same issue in the couple’s 2022 Netflix docies. “Like I was a hugger, I have always been a hugger I didn’t realize that is really jarring for a lot of Brits,” the duchess itted. “I started to understand that the formality on the outside carried through on the inside, that there is a forward facing way of being and then you close the door and think ‘OK we can relax now.’ But that formality carries over on both sides and that was surprising to me.”

At least we know that, while Royal staff might’ve gossiped, neither Harry nor Kate really had anything to worry about on this front as William and Meghan are the least likely pair of Royals to have an affair. The Royal Family has done some extremely weird things, but anything going on between these natural enemies would be the weirdest.