Meghan Markle and Prince Harry are struggling with being low down in the pecking order in Hollywood, according to a former friend of the Duchess of Sussex.
Nick Ede claims he was friends with Meghan Markle before she met Prince Harry.
Ede said about his relationship with Meghan: "We became really good friends. You know, we had a really nice, fun, good relationship.
"And were friends for a few years."
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle stepped down as working royals in 2020
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Ede, who is the presenter of The Royal Agenda and The Royal Box, continued: "I think it's quite interesting to have known her to now see what it's like in LA for her.
"I've got lots of friends who live there, who know what their reputation is like, and it's changed a lot."
He added: "The thing is that you forget that in Hollywood royalty isn't somebody with a title.
"It's J.Lo, it's Sharon Stone, it's Beyonce, it's the Kardashians. That's their royalty.
"And also the Obamas or Clintons. If you've been in office, apart from Trump, then you're seen as being a top dog.
"I think they have underestimated that in many ways."
The royal commentator also stated he felt Meghan and Harry expected to be A-listers the moment they moved to Hollywood.
He said: "I think they came in and thought that the number one people on the block and they're not really.
The Sussexes currently live in Californian town Montecito with their two children Archie and Lilibet.
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"They're kind of quite far down really in that pecking order. And I think that's been an issue with them, in that sense of stepping down."
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry stepped down as working members of the Royal Family in 2020.
The couple moved to California following a short spell in Canada after leaving the UK.
The Sussexes currently live in Californian town Montecito with their two children Archie and Lilibet.
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