Meghan Markle’s ‘Windsor Suite Demand’ in Bid to Compete with Princess Kate Exposed by Royal Expert
Fresh revelations regarding Meghan Markle’s early days in the Royal Family have surfaced, with royal commentator Kinsey Schofield claiming the Duchess of Sussex requested private living quarters inside Windsor Castle following her May 2018 royal wedding. Speaking on GB News, Schofield alleged that the Duchess approached royal authorities seeking a dedicated suite within the historic fortress to secure accommodation comparable to that enjoyed by Princess Kate.
According to Schofield, Meghan sought to share the sovereign’s official residence alongside the late Queen Elizabeth II, but the request was firmly turned down by the Palace. Primary concerns centered on personal privacy and practical logistics, given that extensive sections of Windsor Castle host public tourist walkthroughs year-round. Schofield argued that the ambitious housing request stemmed from Meghan’s “fixation” on Kate’s royal privileges, driven by an acute desire to secure “something of similar value” to rival her sister-in-law’s standing within the royal hierarchy.
At the time, Prince William and Kate resided in the expansive Apartment 1A at Kensington Palace—a four-storey, 20-room residence gifted by Queen Elizabeth II as a wedding present in 2011 and substantially renovated before they moved in. By contrast, Prince Harry and Meghan were initially housed at Nottingham Cottage, a comparatively modest two-bedroom property situated on the Kensington Palace grounds. The stark disparity later formed a focal point in their Netflix docuseries, where Harry lamented that public assumptions of palace luxury did not match the reality of living in a “cottage,” and Meghan remarked that the property was unexpectedly cramped.
Following the refusal of suites at Windsor Castle, the couple was ultimately allocated Frogmore Cottage on the Windsor Estate, which underwent an extensive £2.4 million renovation funded initially by the Sovereign Grant before Harry repaid the taxpayer funds in full. While these claims represent the analysis of independent royal commentators rather than formal Palace records, they illustrate the enduring public fascination with the institutional rivalries and residential status symbols that shaped the Sussexes’ brief tenure as working British royals.
