A resurfaced moment from back in 2022 shows Meghan Markle encountering a lesser-known rule of royal protocol as she met mourners in Windsor following the death of Queen Elizabeth II, a lip reader claims.

The Duchess came out to meet the hundreds of royal fans that had gathered outside the Queen’s home just two days after her death on September 8 of that year, aged 96.

In a now iconic image, Meghan, and her husband Prince Harry, walked out alongside the Prince and Princess of Wales and met with the crowds of people at the palace to pay their respects.

For Meghan, who had only joined the Royal Family four years ago when she married Harry, it may have seemed like another gear in terms of the pressures and scrutiny The Firm faces.

The Duchess smiled sympathetically as she met the scores of people lined up along the castle’s Long Walk, and amid the pressures of the day seemingly, and quite understandably, deviated from normal royal protocol.

The actor and former star of legal drama Suits, graciously accepted several bouquets of flowers as people offered their condolences.

The protocol in these circumstances is to hand the flowers to private secretaries and personal assistants, so that Royals can continue to shake hands, but also due to the risk that objects handed to them could contain explosives or dangerous substances.

But in a viral clip, Meghan appears to politely push back when an aide approaches her apparently to take the flowers away.

A lip reader speaking to MailOnline claimed the royal was asked: “Would you like any help with those at all?”, to which she replied: “Oh thanks some are over there (or they may have said I’ll put them over there)”, pointing ahead of her.

According to the lip reader, she then added: “I’ll take these, thanks appreciate it.”

A separate clip showed another aide asking to take the flowers from Meghan, and she does so at the encouragement of Prince Harry, as per the outlet.

It’s apparently not the only rule surrounding flowers, with bouquets handed to royals always stripped of their plastic wrapping by aides before being laid down to avoid it blowing off, MailOnline reports.

In most cases the flowers will be passed on to local hospitals and charities, though if royals are on tour they may be put on display in their hotel rooms, as per the outlet.

Harry and Meghan had stepped down as senior royals two years earlier, in 2020, aiming to split their time between the UK and North America and be financially independent from the Royal Family.

They now live in California with their two children: Archie, 5, and Lilibet, 3.