Meghan Markle could have been a frontline member of the Royal Family if she had stuck it out a bit longer, according to a royal biographer.

The Duchess of Sussex and Prince Harry stepped away from royal life in early 2020 in a move famously branded 'Megxit' before eventually settling in Montecito, California.

Tell-all interviews, documentaries, and memoirs followed, which all but wrecked their relationship with other senior royals, namely Prince William and Princess Kate.

However, Princess Diana's biographer Andrew Morton believes if the former actress had stayed in the UK with Harry a little longer, she could have made a great member of the family.

Mr Morton told The Mirror's podcast, Pod Save the King, that Meghan's background in charity work made her a "natural royal".

He said: "The great tragedy, I think, is that Meghan and Harry didn't give it long enough to see whether they could give it a go. They were on the out almost before the wedding music had finished.

"Meghan is a natural, I've got pictures of her when she was age 10 leading a march against the first Gulf War at her school. The local TV cameras turned up and she was there giving interviews."

The writer went on: "She spoke at the United Nations with Hillary Clinton. She had the great possibility of using her talent and her position to make a genuine change to the world. I don't think she's going to make such a change living in Montecito."

Mr Morton noted that both she and Prince Harry had the charisma needed to carry off their royal duties.

He said: "Prince Harry was and is a natural, he and his wife have got charisma and there is no denying that.

"People do respond to them in a very positive way when they meet him. There is obviously a lot of negativity surrounding their behaviour and their policies but Harry has always been someone who connects."