A Hollywood cameraman who worked with Meghan Markle years before she met Prince Harry is speaking out this week to recall her “difficult” and “demanding” behavior that earned her the nickname of “princess” long before she became a royal.

The videographer, whose name was not identified, told Daily Mail that Meghan always arrived onset with a huge entourage and that she laid down a strict set of rules that included not shooting her feet. It was clear to the cameraman that Meghan “hates her feet,” and he went on to say that she behaved like a “superstar” even though she was a relatively unknown actress at the time.

“She was very high maintenance and rude,” the cameraman said. “She was difficult and demanding.”

He explained that he worked with Meghan on a promotional project in Toronto, Canada during her days starring in the television show “Suits,” and he had been warned going into it that she would likely be difficult.

“People told me, ”get ready because she is a lot.’ They used to call her ‘the princess,'” the cameraman recalled. “When I saw her, right away from the moment she arrived, I didn’t even know who she was and she was acting like a diva. It was the attitude, how she talked to people, the rules.

“She came in wearing a (baseball) cap, hiding her face and she had her head down and just walked back towards the make-up room,” he added. “It was like it was the big diva coming in, and she doesn’t want people to see her, like you would do if you’re walking in the street and you don’t want the paparazzi to take your picture. So I was like, ‘wow.’ I wasn’t impressed. Everyone thought, ”she is acting like an A-lister when she is not even a D-lister.’ But it was kind of like a caricature of someone playing the superstar, you know, because a real superstar, generally unless it’s a super bad day, they will play it naturally and be generous with their presence.”

The videographer went on to add that Meghan came with her own team and her own list of demands:

“She was putting pressure on from the start that she was going to have to approve everything The girl was really easy to shoot. Once you say ”action”, she knows how to do her job. But after the camera stops, she’s not the most friendly person.

There were all these demands – you have to get a specific type of flower, you can’t film her while she is getting her make-up on, you have to get a certain brand of champagne for the shoot. You have to ask permission to shoot anything. She’s the boss. You felt like you were walking on eggshells.

She had a team with her, like her make-up artist and publicist, and it was like something out of Mean Girls. They were a clique, looking at other people and laughing and having fun among themselves.”

Unfortunately, Meghan’s attitude did not improve at all as the shoot went on.

“Normally when you suggest things on a shoot the star will not contradict you, they will say, ‘I will try that.’ But she had her own ideas,” he said. “She had a lot of decision (power) but at some point… you’re an actor and I’m the director, let me do my thing.”

In the end, Meghan left an incredibly negative impression on the industry professional.

“Even if you are dating the prince, it doesn’t impress me – I’m doing my job, you’re doing your job, let’s just do what we do,” he said. “If they would have offered me another job with her, I would have rejected it. I wouldn’t want to work with someone like that again.”