Royals found Meghan Markle’s twerking video ‘tacky’ and ‘very sad illustration’ of Sussexes’ desperation

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM: Meghan Markle’s now-infa­mous twerk­ing video that she filmed dur­ing the birth of her daugh­ter Princess Lili­bet has not only received crit­i­cism from her detrac­tors, but even the roy­al fam­i­ly was not hap­py with it.

On the occa­sion of Lilibet’s fourth birth­day, the Duchess of Sus­sex shared the video, which showed her as well as her hus­band, Prince Har­ry, danc­ing to Star­rkeisha’s viral ‘Baby Mom­ma Dance’ song.

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Royals found Meghan Markle’s dance video ‘a very sad illustration’ of the Sussexes’ desperation

Now, a source has spilled, as per RadarOn­line, that the roy­al fam­i­ly mem­bers “thought it was so tacky and a very sad illus­tra­tion of just how des­per­ate and shame­less the Sus­sex­es have become with their atten­tion-seek­ing behav­ior.”

Kate Mid­dle­ton and Prince William “could­n’t believe their eyes when they saw the video.”

Catherine, Princess of Wales and Prince William, Prince of Wales attend the Ceremonial Welcome, at Horse Guards Parade, for the The Amir of the State of Qatar on day one of his State Visit to the United Kingdom on December 3, 2024 in London, England. His Highness Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Amir of the State of Qatar, accompanied by Her Highness Sheikha Jawaher bint Hamad bin Suhaim Al Thani, will hold several engagements with The Prince and Princess of Wales, The King and Queen as well as political figures. (Photo by Max Mumby/Indigo/Getty Images)

Anoth­er source revealed, “Kate pri­vate­ly told peo­ple that she would­n’t be caught dead act­ing in such a vul­gar fash­ion. And it was incred­i­bly galling for William to see his broth­er fool­ing around like a goofy teenag­er.”

Kate Middleton ‘is very conscious’ of her public conduct as a royal figure

One tip­ster even com­pared Meghan Markle with Kate Mid­dle­ton as they not­ed that the future Queen “is very con­scious that she needs to con­duct and car­ry her­self in a man­ner that’s becom­ing of a roy­al fig­ure.”

Catherine, Princess of Wales, Princess Charlotte of Wales, Prince George of Wales, Prince William, Prince of Wales, Prince Louis of Wales attend the Christmas Morning Service at Sandringham Church on December 25, 2023 in Sandringham, Norfolk. (Photo by Samir Hussein/WireImage)

Kate Mid­dle­ton, Princess Char­lotte, Prince George, Prince William, and Prince Louis attend the Christ­mas Morn­ing Ser­vice at San­dring­ham Church on Decem­ber 25, 2023, in San­dring­ham, Nor­folk (Pho­to by Samir Hussein/WireImage)

Even her and William’s chil­dren — Prince George, 11, Princess Char­lotte, 10, and Prince Louis, sev­en — “are all being raised to under­stand they’re held to high­er behav­ioral stan­dards. It’s as sim­ple as that,” the source added.

This came after many slammed Meghan after she shared the video on her Insta­gram with the cap­tion, “Four years ago today, this also hap­pened. Both of our chil­dren were a week past their due dates… so when spicy food, all that walk­ing, and acupunc­ture didn’t work — there was only one thing left to do

Meghan Markle called her twerking video ‘real, authentic, fun life’

Con­ser­v­a­tive com­men­ta­tor Meg­yn Kel­ly called the deci­sion to pub­lish the video Meghan Markle’s “ego trip,” as she claimed that she’s try­ing to say “‘look at me danc­ing, I’m still fun and I’m sexy, and I have this great mar­riage, and here’s Har­ry being, like, a nor­mal guy.’”

It’s “dis­re­spect­ful, I think, to the moment, to the child and, tru­ly, to the sanc­ti­ty of what goes on for any humans who are actu­al­ly in that sit­u­a­tion,” Kel­ly added.

Meghan, Duchess of Sussex speaks onstage during the 2025 TIME100 Summit at Jazz at Lincoln Center on April 23, 2025, in New York City (Jemal Countess/Getty Images for TIME)

How­ev­er, Meghan did not find any wrong with her post.

She told Emma Grede dur­ing the ‘Aspire pod­cast’, as per Yahoo, “That was four years ago. So it’s also a real­ly great reminder that, with all the noise or what­ev­er peo­ple do, there’s still a whole life. A real, authen­tic, fun life that’s hap­pen­ing behind the scenes.”