{"id":1696,"date":"2026-05-11T23:20:35","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T23:20:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rankinfor.com\/?p=1696"},"modified":"2026-05-11T23:20:35","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T23:20:35","slug":"king-charles-one-word-nickname-for-meghan-revealed-and-you-wont-guess-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rankinfor.com\/?p=1696","title":{"rendered":"King Charles one-word nickname for Meghan revealed, and you won\u2019t guess it"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"entry-header\">\n<h1 class=\"entry-title\"><\/h1>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<div class=\"show-inline-featured-image wp-caption alignnone\">\n<figure class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-main-thumbnail size-main-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/11\/17182454\/meghancharles-664x350.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 664px) 100vw, 664px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/11\/17182454\/meghancharles-664x350.jpg 664w, https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/11\/17182454\/meghancharles-400x210.jpg 400w, https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/11\/17182454\/meghancharles-412x216.jpg 412w, https:\/\/cdn-main.newsner.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2025\/11\/17182454\/meghancharles.jpg 1200w\" alt=\"Meghan Markle, King Charles. Credit: Getty Images\" width=\"664\" height=\"350\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>King Charles and Meghan Markle had a good relationship while she was still part of the Royal Family. Not much is known of Charles\u2019 feelings about her nowadays, but one can imagine it\u2019s quite a strained relationship. Still, the king has had a nickname for her, and it\u2019s not one you\u2019d imagine.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>King Charles, then Prince Charles, was quite surprised when he found out his son, Prince Harry, was dating Meghan Markle. At first, as claimed in royal experts Omid Scobie and Carolyn Durand\u2019s book\u00a0<em>Finding Freedom: Harry and Meghan and the Making of the Modern Royal Family<\/em>, he had no idea that Harry was dating Meghan.<\/p>\n<div id=\"newsner-afb1b3e63817efac47c7c0793cd4c71a\" class=\"newsner-afb1b3e63817efac47c7c0793cd4c71a newsner-bluebillywig_instream\">\n<div id=\"newsner-1634070578\" class=\"newsner-bluebillywig_instream\">\n<div id=\"\">\n<div id=\"bb-iawr-newsner_english_playout-1601396675571335\" class=\"bb_iawr\">\n<div id=\"bb-wr-newsner_english_playout-1601396675571335\" class=\"bb-media bb_wrapper bb-muted bb-phase-init bb-mode-video\" data-flags=\"{}\" data-softembargoremainingtime=\"0\" data-sid=\"lscG8U978TdF\" data-isready=\"true\">\n<div class=\"bb-layer bb-context-layer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>According to the authors, the first time he heard about their relationship was a mere 20 minutes before it was made public. King Charles and his staff at Clarence House were said to have been left \u201ccrushed\u201d by the surprise news regarding Harry\u2019s new girlfriend.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-2\">\n<div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1973331\" data-uid=\"06266\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Interestingly, though, this wasn\u2019t necessarily because Harry was Charles\u2019s son, but rather more because Charles feared it would overshadow his royal duties.<\/p>\n<div id=\"newsner-4ef3efb0a2072d8f42d9b39abb3baf64\" class=\"newsner-4ef3efb0a2072d8f42d9b39abb3baf64 newsner-incide_content_once\">\n<div id=\"newsner-1597906777\" class=\"newsner-incide_content_once\">\n<div id=\"taboola-mid-article-thumbnails\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The then-Prince of Wales was about to embark on a sensitive tour of the Middle East. King Charles and his staff at Clarence House were said to have been left \u201ccrushed\u201d by the surprise news regarding Harry\u2019s new girlfriend.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-king-charles-amp-meghan-markle\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">King Charles &amp; Meghan Markle<\/h2>\n<p>Interestingly, though, this wasn\u2019t necessarily because Harry was Charles\u2019s son, but rather more because Charles feared it would overshadow his royal duties.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was a critical moment that had been in the works for months,\u201d Scobie and Durand wrote in the book. \u201cA statement from Kensington Palace condemning the Press and, in the same breath, confirming Harry\u2019s new girlfriend would all but eliminate coverage of Prince Charles\u2019s tour of the Gulf.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The royal authors added: \u201cThe team at Clarence House, which had spent months putting together Prince Charles\u2019 tour in the hopes that it would be covered significantly, was crushed.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"newsner-993498000\" class=\"newsner-article_inside_content\">\n<div id=\"ad-modul_intext_180433_1\" class=\"ad-space\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/125128856\/en_newsner_com\/modul_0__container__\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"newsner-df7a3551396908cbd3211922ec1b5400\" class=\"newsner-df7a3551396908cbd3211922ec1b5400 newsner-amp_article_inside_content\"><\/div>\n<p>Moreover, Scobie and Durand claimed that although King Charles was \u201cdisappointed\u201d with the announcement\u2019s timing, he \u201cunderstood\u201d that the couple needed to share the news about their relationship.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-king-charles-nickname-for-meghan\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">King Charles nickname for Meghan<\/h2>\n<p>As time passed, however, Charles and Meghan\u2019s relationship grew stronger. The woman his son dated became his daughter-in-law, and Charles even followed her down the aisle as she had banned her father from attending.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, Palace insider Charlotte Griffiths wrote for the\u00a0Mail\u00a0that he called her \u201cTungsten\u201d \u2013 a chemical element that has the highest melting point. It was a \u201cterm of endearment,\u201d Griffiths wrote in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPrince Charles (now King Charles) admires Meghan for her strength and the backbone she gives Harry, who needs a tungsten-type figure in his life as he can be a bit of a softy. It\u2019s become a term of endearment,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n<p><strong>DO you think King Charles is a good monarch? Please share your thoughts in the comment section.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>King Charles and Meghan Markle had a good relationship while she was still part of the Royal Family. 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