Breaking News: Prince Philip used to call Meghan Markle ‘DOW’ in private nickname for Duchess of Sussex

A royal expert has revealed that Prince Philip had a revealing nickname for Meghan Markle and “couldn’t get away from” striking similarities between Meghan and a different Duchess.

According to royal biographer Ingrid Seward, Meghan reminded Philip of The Duchess of Windsor and he nicknamed her “DOW.”

The Duchess of Windsor became one of the most controversial figures in modern royal history after Edward VIII decided to abdicate in December 1936 to be able to marry her

During their years of exile, the Duke and Duchess of Windsor continued to attract headlines – and, most damagingly, visited Nazi Germany in 1937 where they met Adolf Hitler and were photographed giving the notorious Nazi salute.

Speaking on GB News Seward said: “I think that Prince Philip was very canny about people and he didn’t always see bad in people, he often tried to see the good in them.

“He just could not get away from the similarities between Meghan and Harry and Edward and Ms Simpson, which his why he used to call her the Duchess of Windsor. Not to her face though, he used to call her DOW.”