Meghan Markle is not this guy’s cup of tea anymore.
British etiquette teacher Edmund Fry, who once schooled Markle in the edicts of the upper crest, said he’s disgusted by her conduct since she exited the royal family in 2020.
Fry, 83, runs the Rose Tree Cottage restaurant in Pasadena, Calif. — a place where the former actress took lessons on how to “have tea with Queen [Elizabeth].”
He noted that he was “appalled” with Markle, 41, and her husband Prince Harry’s ill-mannered behaviors when “attacking the monarchy.”
“Ever since the Netflix thing came up and the Oprah [Winfrey] interview and things were being mentioned about racism in the royal family and so on, it tainted it,” he told The Sun.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have released numerous tell-alls about their abrupt departure from the royal family, including a bombshell sit-down with Winfrey, a streaming docuseries titled “Harry & Meghan” as well as Harry’s memoir “Spare.”
Fry then explained how his customers are “loyal to King Charles” and don’t discuss Markle when munching on their petit fours, mini sandwiches and sipping their English Breakfast tea.
Edmund Fry is a British etiquette coach who runs the Rose Tree Cottage restaurant in Pasadena, Calif.AFP via Getty ImagesHis said his clientele felt “let down” by her actions, and he suggested that the couple have “squandered that opportunity” to “help out the Commonwealth.”
“Ordinary and poor people wouldn’t talk about their next-door neighbor like that [as Harry spoke about his family],” Fry said.
Back in 2017 — when Markle became engaged to Harry, 38, and made the grand move to London — Fry said he first met with the “Suits” star.
He told the Daily Mail at the time that he gave her his full support and claimed she “enjoyed” the princess lessons very much.
“Ever since the Netflix thing came up and the Oprah [Winfrey] interview and things were being mentioned about racism in the royal family and so on, it tainted it,” Fry scoffed about the Sussexes.AP“The younger generation doesn’t know what bone china is and certainly don’t know anything about how to handle a cup and saucer, or how to handle a knife and fork,” he scoffed.
He continued: “They come to us mainly to find out, ‘What should we do, as we are having this social event?’
“The same sort of thing happened with Meghan. She knew she would be having tea with the Queen,” he said.
Harry and Markle decided to depart from the royal family in 2020 and moved to Montecito, Calif.APThe Queen died last September at the age of 96 and reports surfaced earlier this month how the announcement of Harry’s 400-page book amid her health problems was “cruel.”
A close friend of the long-reigning sovereign alleged to the Daily Beast that “the queen was in a lot of pain” towards the final months of her life.
“That was the time for Harry and [wife Meghan Markle] to bite their tongue. Instead, they produced this unending stream of incredibly hurtful films and interviews attacking her life’s work,” they fumed.
The friend added: “For Harry to announce he was writing a memoir when his grandmother was not just recently widowed but actually dying herself, as he must have known she was—well, the cruelty of it takes the breath away.”
