Royal insiders are speaking out to say that palace aides “rolled their eyes” and were “spitting out their tea” over Meghan Markle’s New York baby shower while she was pregnant with son Archie.

Page Six reported that royal biographer Ingrid Seward described the 2019 baby shower as “trashy” with its starry guest list and A-list location at the Mark Hotel on the Upper East Side.

“They walked in through the front entrance carrying these enormous bags from the most expensive shops in New York,” Seward said. “Crowds gathered because they were all celebrities, there was Gayle King from CBS, Serena Williams and Amal Clooney.”

Meghan flew from the United Kingdom to New York City to meet up with her friends for the gathering, which was hosted by Williams and Clooney.

“I remember speaking to a palace aide at the time who rolled their eyes, they were horrified that something so common was happening within the House of Windsor,” said royal expert Omid Scobie. “We had never seen someone throw this very lavish affair to celebrate the impending arrival of a baby.”

Patrick Jephson, Princess Diana’s longtime private secretary, said at the time of the shower that Meghan was risking “alienating” the people who were meant to be looking after her at Kensington Palace.

“This is a clear sign that Meghan thinks that being a royal Duchess is about celebrity — not royalty,” Jephson said.

Scobie agreed with this assessment in speaking about the baby shower this week.

“It’s fair to say that the optics of the somewhat flashy shower did not go down well with certain individuals at the palace,” Scobie said. “While the trip had been a hit with Meghan, senior courtiers back in the UK were spitting out their morning tea when they saw her lavish baby shower thrown by friends turn into a media circus with what looked like carefully stage-managed paparazzi walks of the duchess in big black sunglasses from her hotel to her car and a laundry list of insider party details reported by US press.”

Meghan has since left the royal family with her husband Prince Harry, claiming that she did not get the support that she needed when she was in it. She is now expecting her second child and living in Southern California.