'Tragically CHILDISH': Meghan slammed for implying Kate Middleton is 'cold' as she isn't a 'hugger'

'Tragically CHILDISH': Meghan slammed for implying Kate Middleton is 'cold' as she isn't a 'hugger'
Meghan Markle appeared to suggest that Kate Middleton was 'cold' at their first meeting (YouTube/Netflix, Matthias Nareyek/Getty Images)

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA: Meghan Markle was excoriated on social media after she appeared to suggest that Prince William's wife Kate Middleton was "cold" at their first meeting. In the brand new Netflix documentary 'Harry & Meghan' – released on Thursday, December 8 – Meghan said she was "surprised" at how the royal family continued to remain "formal" in a private setting, before taking a thinly-veiled swipe at the Princess of Wales.

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Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, said she was unaware of the formality that comes with royal life and greeted Prince William and Kate Middleton barefoot in ripped jeans. “I was a hugger and have always been a hugger. I didn’t realize that that was really jarring for a lot of Brits,” Meghan said of her first meeting with Middleton, as quoted by Page Six. “I guess I started to understand very quickly that the formality on the outside, carried through on the inside,” she added.