No one is completely prepared to marry into the royal family, but according to sources, Meghan Markle was given a "30-point dossier to become a duchess" six months before she married Prince Harry in May 2018, according to multiple news outlets, and was not fully prepared to marry into the royal family The Sun claims that Meghan's claim that she was "completely unprepared" to marry into the royal family is "an outright lie."

The information sheet, which was given to her by Harry's then-private secretary Ed Lane Fox (aka Elf), apparently covered everything from fashion to maid of honor, art in England, and how to spend time in public.

In the newly released Netflix documentary Harry & Meghan, Meghan said she didn't know what a walkabout was or how to bow, and admitted that she had to Google the anthem before marrying Harry. 'When I joined this family, I learned that there is a protocol for how things are done,' she said. It reminded me of that old movie 'The Princess Diaries' with Anne Hathaway. There is no class or person that says, 'Sit like this,' or 'Cross your legs like this,' or 'Use this fork,' or 'Don't do this,' or 'Bow then,' or 'Wear a hat like this. There is no such thing. So I had to learn a lot."

However, according to the Times (opens in new tab), "Even though I was engaged to someone who had done it hundreds of times, I was prepared for the walkabout, the clothes, everything. The clothes, everything. The source added this specifically about the documents. The elves went to great lengths to give her access to everyone. [One was Sir Christopher Geith, then Sir Christopher, now Sir Christopher, private secretary to His late Majesty the King, and the other was to meet with "a very well-connected and trusted fashion person" to get advice on wardrobe.