Meghan Markle was caught in an
awkward moment involving a bouquet of flowers while mourning the loss of
Queen Elizabeth II alongside her husband, Prince Harry, as well as Prince
William and Kate Middleton.
In a video captured by a
mourner outside Windsor Castle on Saturday, Markle was seen holding the
bouquet when a royal aide approached her to ask whether he could take the
flowers off her hands. Markle appeared to decline the offer and told the aide
she was going to put them down herself before turning back to the crowd with
the bundle still in her arms.
But moments later, another
aide walked up to take flowers that Harry got from a member of the public and
then reached for Markle’s bouquet, too. The “Suits” alum seemed to resist at
first, but after the aide appeared to explain the situation, Markle obliged and
handed over the floral arrangement.
“The big guns had to step in
when Meghan refused to let go of the flowers the first aide tried to take from
her as she herself wanted to walk them over to the other tributes,” a fan
account tweeted.
Several Twitter users surmised that Markle wanted to hold on to the flowers
and place them down at the fence for photo-op purposes.
“She wanted it for the optics
but it got squashed by people who know exactly what she’s trying to achieve.,”
one viewer tweeted, adding, “I’m thinking so she gets the money shot when she
places the flowers down with the other floral tributes.”
“She probably wanted to be
captured and filmed when she walks alone put flowers over there and put an
action. Actually, if you think about it, she really is a narcissist, always
trying to make everything about her on every occasion! Glad she was stopped!” a
second agreed.
“She probably didn’t
understand that the flowers are taken off them for safety purposes. After all,
there could be a small explosive device, nerve gas, a poisonous insect, any
number of things, concealed in them,” a second fan explained of royal protocol.
“Oh my God……STOP IT!!!! Leave
this poor woman alone. Take a breath…. this will play out as it will play out.
Be glad the whole world isn’t weighing in on every move YOU make. Enough
already,” one more wrote.
