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Meghan Markle reportedly changed hairstyles 40 times in three weeks during a tour with Prince Harry, one of her former stylists has claimed. The Duchess of Sussex married into the Royal Family in 2018, but her career with the Firm was cut short when she and her husband decided to leave the UK for a new life in America in 2020.

Despite her short royal tenure, Meghan went on a number of foreign trips, including a 16-day trip in Australia, New Zealand, Fiji and Tonga. Reports have now claimed that the former Suits actress approached her royal appearances "with an actor's eye for detail and a producer's appetite for options," which sometimes clashed with royal pressure.

George Northwood, a London-based celebrity hairstylist, worked with the Duchess throughout her time within the Royal Family and spoke about their time together.

He told Radar Online: "Working with Meghan was a game-changer. I loved her from day one.

"I went on tour with them to Australia, New Zealand, Fiji and Tonga, and we did 40 looks in three weeks."

He claimed that the Duchess would always have ideas regarding her hair, and that Prince Harry would always notice it.

He said: "Meghan always had ideas, but then she'd let me run. And Harry was very, very good at noticing her hair."

He also revealed: "Royal tours are not glamorous all the time. I did Meghan's hair in Morocco in the airport toilets. We had 10 minutes.

"A celebrity can arrive whenever they're ready. A royal has to be out that door at this time, no negotiation. You have three minutes to get that hair into a bun."

Sources who had knowledge of Meghan's tour when she was a working royal said her requests and the volume of them were "extraordinary" by royal standards.

They told the outlet: "Meghan came in with a performer's mindset. Every outfit, every appearance, had to feel distinct.

"That translated into constant hair changes that pushed the team hard."

Another added: "It was not diva behaviour so much as an actress refusing to repeat herself when the cameras were rolling nonstop."

Meanwhile, a former royal aide said of the Duchess: "She was used to having teams iterate until it felt right. The institution works on finality. That tension showed up even in something as basic as hair."

Those constraints, combined with Markle's expectations, created a high-wire act sources say defined her short royal tenure.

One former aide said: "She was used to having teams iterate until it felt right. The institution works on finality. That tension showed up even in something as basic as hair."