The royal family has long been governed by protocol and tradition, which has helped see the monarchy stand the test of time. And in their highly-anticipated Netflix series, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle talked about how they navigated royal life together at the beginning of their romance.
The pair talked about how aspects of their early time together from their engagement to their first official royal visit, was all down to royal customs.
But it seems that some of the traditions that they cited in the first few episodes of their Netflix show are surrounded in some confusion...
Proposal ban
In the second episode of the series, Harry told viewers that he was forced to propose to Meghan in the UK.
He claims he had to ask the late Queen for her approval to get down on one knee and then had to pop the question in the UK, which happened while they were roasting a chicken.
"I wanted to do it earlier but because I wanted to ask permission from my grandmother, I couldn't do it outside of the UK," he says.
"I did pop a bottle of champagne while she was greasing the chicken and that kind of slightly gave the game away cos she was like 'You don't drink champagne. What’s the occasion?' I was like 'I just have it around'."
The Queen gave formal permission for her 'dearly beloved' grandson to marry his American bride but it seems odd that Harry would be banned from carrying out his proposal outside of the UK.
That's because his brother and future King, Prince William, proposed to Kate during a trip to Kenya in 2010.
'Orchestrated' engagement
In another claim about their engagement, Meghan says they were "not allowed" to tell their story and it was instead an "orchestrated reality show" when they gave an interview to the BBC.
Reflecting on the 2018 interview, Meghan says: "It was rehearsed. We did the thing outside with the press, we went right inside, took the coat off and did the interview. It was all in the same moment."
She adds: "My point is we weren't allowed to tell pour story because they didn't allow it."
However, BBC journalist Mishal Husain who conducted that interview with the Sussexes, has strongly disputed Meghan's claim.
"My recollection is definitely very much, asked to do an interview, and do said interview," Mishal said on BBC Radio 4 this morning.
She added: "We know recollections may vary on this particular subject but my recollection is definitely very much, asked to do an interview, and do said interview."
Colour clash
Meanwhile, claims Meghan made about her outfits while a working royal and the traditions behind them have come under scrutiny.
In the third episode, she says she rarely wore colourful clothes on these shores.
"When I was in the UK I rarely wore colour," she remarks, explaining the reason being that she would not clash with the late Queen.
"I wore a lot of muted tones. I also wore it so I could just blend in," says Meghan. "I'm not trying to stand out here. I don't want to embarrass the family."
However, it does not seem to be a protocol behind this as royal ladies including Kate, Camilla and Sophie Wessex have all been snapped in vivid colours while on engagements with the late Queen or wider royal family.
Walkabout woes
In the third episode, Meghan also claims she didn't know what a royal walkabout was before embarking on her first ever royal engagement.
Her first royal visit came in December 2017 when she and Harry were newly-engaged and enjoyed a day in Nottingham.
There they met the crowds who gathered to see them but Meghan claims: "I never saw pictures or videos of a walkabout. Like, what's a walkabout?"
Harry explained: 'I could talk her through as much as I knew from my own experience of what I'd seen."
However, royals have long said that there is no training for walkabouts and it is a case of learning as you go.
Prince Edward once admitted in a Sky News interview that before his first walkabout "there was abdolutely no instruction whatsoever".
