The royals considered Prince Harry and Meghan Markle to be "extremely difficult to deal with," and some family members "quietly applauded" their decision to resign, according to a new book.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex clashed with the royals after asking for assistance in coping with bad media coverage of them, and Meghan was accused of bullying her staff by a palace official.

Their Kensington Palace joint residence with Prince William and Kate Middleton was separated in 2019, and they announced their retirement from royal life in January 2020.

Andrew Morton, who authored a renowned biography of Princess Diana with her assistance in 1992, has re-released the duchess's book.

"It was apparent that Meghan had ruffled feathers in the family and that they believed she and Harry were very difficult to deal with," he said in new chapters of Meghan: A Hollywood Princess.

"Meghan, for her part, considered certain of its members—not the Queen or Prince Philip—hostile and envious."

"On a personal level, their departure from Britain was discreetly welcomed by some in the Windsor family and their courtiers, but it was a severe blow on an institutional one."

Morton also stated that Prince William appreciated their choice to take a vacation earlier in the year, when they spent Thanksgiving and Christmas in Canada.

While on that vacation, Meghan and Harry initiated talks to resign from their royal obligations while staying at a rented house on Vancouver Island.

"Prince William, like many others, breathed a sigh of relief when Harry and Meghan revealed that they would be stepping aside from royal duties for six weeks or so and spending Thanksgiving and Christmas in North America," Morton wrote.

"The couple ended up living in a secluded luxury house on Vancouver Island, which was loaned to them by a patriotic Canadian businessman." Palace staff, who had been pushing the newlyweds to take a breather, were relieved to see them do so."

Harry and Meghan completed their final royal responsibilities in March 2020 before relocating to California, where they will first reside in Los Angeles while purchasing a home in Montecito.

However, relations with the royal family remained icy, and in November 2020, the palace refused Prince Harry's request for a war wreath to be put on their behalf at Britain's Remembrance Sunday ceremony.

In February, they were deprived of a number of honorary titles and patronages, including Prince Harry's status as captain general of the Royal Marines, and then in March, they appeared on Oprah Winfrey.

Meghan stated that one unidentified royal voiced worry about the skin color of her pregnant child and that she had suicidal thoughts as a result of the harsh news coverage.

The prince revealed in a CBS prime time program that his family cut them off financially after their departure, and that his father stopped answering his phone calls as he was negotiating his way out of royal life.

Then, in May, Prince Harry revealed in his Apple TV docuseries The Me You Can't See how his family had been dismissive of his pleas for media assistance.

"It moved to a whole new level with not just traditional media but also social media platforms," he added. I was absolutely powerless.

"I expected my family to help, yet every single request, request, warning, or request was answered with utter silence or total disregard."

"We tried for four years to make it work. We tried all we could to stay there and continue executing the part and the job, but Meghan was suffering."