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Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s neighbours issued with list banning them from talking to royals or asking to see baby Archie
HARRY and Meghan’s neighbours have been warned by royal flunkies not to talk to the couple or ask to see baby Archie.
They must even avoid stroking the pair’s dogs should they bound over.
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The astonishing “do and don’t commandments” were issued at a residents’ meeting.
One local said: “It would be funny if it wasn’t so over the top.”
Narked neighbours ordered not to talk to Harry and Meghan said last night: “Even the Queen doesn’t demand this.”
Flunkies issued the list of dos and don’ts for people living near the couple’s new Frogmore Cottage home on the Windsor estate.
Locals have been told:
- Don't approach or instigate conversation if you see the Royal couple
- Do say 'Good Morning' or some other pleasantry if they speak to you
- Don't pet or stroke their dogs, even if they come over to you
- Don't offer to walk their dogs
- Don't ask to see baby Archie or offer to babysit
- Don't post anything through the letterbox of Frogmore Cottage
They include royal staff, officials who live in grace-and-favour houses and Crown Estate employees.
Buckingham Palace last night insisted the request had come from an “overly protective palace official” — without Harry and Meghan’s knowledge.
Residents were told not to approach or speak to the privacy-obsessed pair, nor ask to see baby Archie. Patting their two dogs is another no-no.
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A local told The Sun: “It’s extraordinary. We’ve never heard anything like it. Everyone who lives on the estate works for the royals and knows how to behave respectfully.
“We aren’t told how to behave around the Queen like this. She’s very happy for people to greet her.”
The warnings were made at a recent residents’ meeting where the issue of the Sussexes’ move to the private Home Park estate was raised.
Royal commentator Ingrid Seward said: “It sounds as if Harry and Meghan’s incessant demands for privacy means that palace officials are second-guessing what they might want.
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“It’s odd because it’s just good manners to engage your neighbour in conversation in a pleasant way. It’s a very normal British thing to say ‘Good Morning’ and pat a dog.
“The Queen always chats to neighbours and even has tea with people on the estate as she’s very friendly with them. The ‘not petting the dog’ is particularly strange.
“Maybe Harry doesn’t want people approaching them and using their dogs as an excuse to talk. And of course the dog with no name keeps its privacy as they won’t tell us its name!”
Meghan brought rescue beagle Guy over to the UK from Canada, then she and Harry got a black labrador last September.
It’s odd because it’s just good manners to engage your neighbour in conversation in a pleasant way.
Ingrid Seward
They have always refused to reveal her name, even when asked by well-wishers.
The Sussexes have been criticised for spending £2.4million of taxpayers’ cash on their Frogmore home and keeping details of son Archie’s birth and christening private.
They refused to reveal the identity of the two-month-old’s godparents, citing their privacy.
The final bill for their five-bedroom home will be more than £3million once landscaping and gardening are finished.
Around 400 people live in the private Home Park and Great Park area of Windsor, which is run by the Crown Estate.
They include the Queen’s right-hand woman and dresser Angela Kelly, Prince Charles’ old nanny Mabel Anderson and the governor of Windsor Castle.
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A spokesman for Buckingham Palace said: “The Duke and Duchess had no knowledge of this briefing and no involvement in the concept or the content.
“This was a well-intentioned briefing to help a small local community know how to welcome two new residents and help them with any potential encounter.
“There was no handout or letter. The talk was undertaken by a local manager and was widely viewed as being well received.”
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