A source close to the Markle family is speaking out this week to say that Meghan Markle could have prevented her infamous family drama if she’d simply told her relatives about her relationship with Prince Harry sooner.

The insider told Fox News that while the Markles have said harsh words about Meghan publicly, she could have prevented all of this if she’d been more honest with her family years ago.

“If Meghan was smart all she would have had to do was prep her family. All she had to do was call them, let them know what was about to happen, and say, ‘Don’t do this, this and this, and I guarantee it would have never been a problem,'” said the family source.

The insider went on to blame Meghan for “having plenty of conversations” with Harry about the scrutiny she’d face yet allowing her family members to be blindsided.

“She had to think of the fact that it was going to be global attention and nonstop,” the source said. “That’s the royals for you.”

The insider then said that Meghan’s claims about not knowing her distant relatives that have been speaking out against her are false.

“Meghan’s storyline about not really ever being close to her Markle family members is bulls–t,” said the source, adding that Meghan had spent years going to family events and meeting her relatives.

“She was seen by her family during that time. She knows her family. She knows her half-siblings,” the insider continued.

This comes after Meghan’s father Thomas Markle, who she has been estranged from since before her 2018 wedding, spoke out to express his wishes to meet his grandchildren Archie and Lilibet.

“We shouldn’t be punishing [Lili] for Meghan and Harry’s bad behavior,” Thomas said. “Archie and Lili are small children. They’re not politics. They’re not pawns. They’re not part of the game. And they’re also royal and entitled to the same rights as any other royal.”

“… I will be petitioning the California courts for the rights to see my grandchildren in the very near future,” he added.

Thomas then slammed Harry for writing a memoir, which is due out next year.

“Harry doesn’t have too much more to tell,” said Thomas. “After three sessions with the psychiatrists and Oprah Winfrey, I don’t know what more is there to tell.”