Meghan warned not to ‘mimic’ Taj Mahal photo

The Duke of Sussex told his wife not to pose for a photo in front of the Taj Mahal as he did not want people to think she was mimicking his mother.

In 1992, the Princess of Wales was pictured sitting alone at the landmark on a tour of India, in an image considered symbolic of the state of her relationship with Charles.

Writing in his memoir Spare, harry says he and Meghan laughed about the advice he gave her ahead of a trip she was taking to the country.

‘Do not take a photo in front of the Taj Mahal. She’d asked why and I’d said: My mum,’ he wrote.

‘I’d explained that my mother had posed for a photo there, and it had become iconic, and I didn’t want anyone thinking Meg was trying to mimic my mother.

‘ Meg had never heard of this photo, and found the whole thing baffling, and I loved her for being baffled.’

harry seemed to be worried the Duchess would have been criticised over the image.