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As Meghan Markle readies herself for a starring role in Windsor Family Values and a life devoid of bellytops and privacy, it is the royal family who should count themselves lucky

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle attend an official photocall to announce their engagement at Kensington Palace in London last week. Getty

Is Meghan Markle lucky to have been given the opportunity to become a member of the royal family? Nonsense, they’re the ones who are lucky – lucky that she agreed to step up to the plate.

For all the royalist claptrap that will be spouted between now and Markle’s wedding to Prince Harry in May, that’s the truth of the matter. Everyone says they’d love to be a princess and sometimes they even ...