A professional embroiderer who helped make Meghan Markle’s wedding dress has come forward to say that she thinks the American former actress “misjudged the role of being a royal” going into her marriage to Prince Harry in 2018.

“I think she misjudged the role,” Chloe Savage told Insider. “The royal family has broken people before. Kate had plenty of time to adapt and adjust to it. They gave her time, whereas Meghan sort of dived in headfirst.”

Savage, who also helped make Kate’s wedding dress before her 2011 wedding to Prince William, added that she does not think Meghan was prepared for all of the “rules and regulations” that are required of a British royal.

“It virtually broke Diana. It broke Sarah Ferguson,” she said. “It has broken people before. I know it’s looser now than it used to be, but even then, I don’t think she was prepared for the things she could and couldn’t do, say, and wear.”

“She could have carved herself an outstanding role, but I think she found the whole thing very difficult,” Savage continued. “She’s always been able to do as she’s pleased when she’s pleased, and unfortunately, with the royal family, granny rules – quite simply.”

Harry and Meghan shocked the world a year ago when they stepped down as senior royals and moved across the world to Souther California. There, they have since signed lucrative deals to create content for Netflix and Spotify.

This comes days after Harry opened up about how he feels that the media pushed a “false narrative” about his and Meghan’s relationship.

“My story had been told one way, my wife’s story had been told one way, and then our union sparked something that made the telling of that story very different,” he told Fast Company. “That false narrative became the mothership for all of the harassment you’re referring to. It wouldn’t have even begun had our story just been told truthfully.”

Yahoo News reported that Meghan claimed in a 2019 documentary that she had no idea what she was getting into when she married Harry.

“It’s hard. I don’t think anyone can understand that, but in all fairness, I had no idea,” she said, referring to the media scrutiny.

“My British friends said to me, ‘I’m sure he’s great, but you shouldn’t do it because the British tabloids will destroy your life,'” Meghan added, going on to say that she thought they were overreacting and that she “didn’t get it.”

“I tried, I tried. But I think what that does internally is probably really damaging,” Meghan continued. “It’s not enough to just survive something, right? That’s not the point of life. You’ve got to thrive; you’ve got to feel happy.”