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John Bett

Prince Harry's shooting party pals 'told sexist and trans jokes', book claims

Prince Harry' s friends allegedly told sexist and trans jokes until they were "reprimanded" by Meghan Markle, a new book has claimed.

Revenge: Meghan, Harry and the War Between the Windsors, by Tom Bower, claims that the prince's Etonian friends thought "princessy" Meghan had no sense of humour when she took offence to their jokes.

On the day in question, the Duke had been with 16 friends during a shooting party at Sandringham, just after he revealed his relationship with Megan in 2016.

The book states that the guests allegedly made jokes "involving sexism, feminism and transgender people" - and that Meghan "challenged every guest whose conversation contravened her values".

Prince Harry apparently didn't expect such a reaction (Getty Images)

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In the book, Tom wrote: "He had not anticipated Meghan's reaction - Their jokes, involving sexism, feminism and transgender people, ricocheted around the living rooms and dining rooms.

"Without hesitation, Meghan challenged every guest whose conversation contravened her values.

"Again and again she reprimanded them about the slightest inappropriate nuance. Driving home after Sunday lunch, the texts pinged between the cars: 'OMG what about HER?' said one; 'Harry must be f---ing nuts'."

She has since praised the prince for being a feminist (Chris Jackson/Getty Images)

Off to a sour start, the book alleges that Meghan's relationship with Prince Harry's friends deteriorated further during a trip to Jamaica a few months later.

They had travelled to the area for the wedding of one the royal's oldest friends, Tom "Skippy" Inskip.

The book states that his friends found her "princessy" for complaining about the food, and one is quoted as saying "She wasn't interested in us".

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Since then, Meghan has gushed about Prince Harry being a feminist and a 'beautiful' role model for their son Archie in an interview about the importance of voting.

The Duchess of Sussex spoke excitedly about her husband's influence to US rights activist Gloria Steinem as they discussed female representation in politics.

In a black and white clip released on Tuesday Gloria tells the 39-year-old that not only women can be feminists but so can men.

Megan replies effusively saying: "Like my husband! I love that when he just came in he said, ‘You know that I’m a feminist too, right Gloria?! It’s really important to me that you know that.

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