The royal family is, allegedly, seething at Meghan Markle for saying that they didn’t protect her from the press.

A source told Us Weekly that even though Markle hasn’t directly talked to the media about her issues with the royal family, her recent statements are causing tension between her and the royals.

“They do their utmost to protect their family, especially since Princess Diana’s death, but it’s impossible for them to completely control what the public says about Meghan. Some of the stories about her are true, so she didn’t exactly help herself,” the source said.

However, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex still don’t think that the royal family did enough to protect them. Back then, Markle was still pregnant with her son, Archie.

“Harry feels guilty about the stress he’s causing the queen, but he stands by Meghan,” the source said.

According to People, Markle is also frustrated with the royal family’s no comment approach to false tabloid stories. A source close to Markle and Prince Harry told the publication that there were a lot of times when Markle knew that the stories being written about her were false but she couldn’t say anything.

“The go-to position [at the palace] was no comment or to ignore stories, and people actively prevented her from responding to stuff that we knew to be untrue. That is what she is taking issue with,” the source said.

But a source close to the royal family came to their defense by saying that their stance on not responding to tabloid stories is there to prevent from heightening the situation further.

However, in Markle’s case, the lack of denial or defense from the royals, Markle, and Prince Harry only became a source for more dubious stories to be written about them.

The palace teams are faced with the difficulty that when things go wrong — particularly on private life matters — quite often any action taken with the media makes it worse. It’s not that the royal household doesn’t want to help – more that they don’t want to make it worse by giving a gossipy story more oxygen,” the source said.

Markle is also defending five of her friends who spoke on her behalf during an interview with People earlier this year. Their identities haven’t been revealed by Mail on Sunday is threatening to expose them.

The Duchess of Sussex is urging the publication not to do so to protect her friends.