The 5 mistakes of Meghan Markle

And why we secretly find her even more likable

Meghan has now been the Duchess of Sussex for a month and has already made 8 blunders. Before that, she also made mistakes by walking in front of Harry instead of behind him and by handing out a signature. Royal rules, of course, are mainly there to be delightfully disregarded in your Givenchy boots. Everyone is outraged, except for the Queen herself. Edie finds it all quite entertaining. And so do we.

1. Those skin-colored tights

At first, people thought it was a mistake. Meghan apparently was not aware of the protocol. Because a member of the royal family always, we repeat; always, wears skin-colored tights. But when Meghan recently appeared bare-legged again, everyone knew: this is intentional. Those shiny legs of Meghan, we will admire them uncovered more often. I cheer now like Ruud van Nistelrooij did when he first missed a penalty, was laughed at by his opponent, and then smoothly scored and stood in front of the laugher cheering. Go Meghan, go Meghan.

2. Bye with your name tag

Meghan was at the horse races at Ascot and donned a lovely soft pink ensemble from Givenchy. Now, the custom is that all attendees at Ascot wear such a silly name tag. And when they say ‘everyone’, they mean everyone. Except for the Queen, of course. Total nonsense. Because finding someone who doesn't know Meghan is harder than finding a Louis Vuitton boutique without a line of Asians. So Meghan thought: forget your name tag. I’ll just hold it in my hand, next to my bag. I'm not going to drill a hole in my silk Givenchy dress. Bye. More fuss. Fuss.

3. Hand in hand

We all want a wedding of the century and lots of love babies, but when Meghan and Harry walk hand in hand, the country is too small. Because oh oh oh and ah ah ah, that is not allowed. Showing affection is strictly forbidden. Come on guys, they’re not pulling a Katja and Freekje telling how often and how great they do it all? Okay, this requires some nuance, but still. They walk hand in hand, people. Hand in hand.

4. First into the car

Meghan undertook a number of official events with the Queen and when they were going from one to the other, she asked the Queen what she preferred. ‘You go first,’ said the Queen, and so it happened. ‘Shame!’ the people cried. Because Meghan should have followed the Queen, of course. If she eats, then you eat. If she stops, then you stop. But the one who cared the least was the Queen herself, of course. She found it all quite cute and entertaining. And let's be honest: it was meant to be polite anyway.

5. Bare shoulders

I just noticed that I found Meghan's clothing style very conservative after her ‘I do' (I understand that those ripped jeans can no longer be worn, but I still miss them), until chef Adeline pointed out a load of criticism to me. Meghan wore a soft pink dress during Trooping the Colour from Carolina Herrera with a hat from English designer Philip Treacy (by the way, are you also intensely curious about her clothing budget?). Nothing wrong, you would think, but oh la la, the shoulders were bare and that, that is on the unreadably long list of things you cannot do when you marry a prince.

Meghan, you chose this life to be an example. Keep it up. And again that dance.