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Royal family member calls life in royal family ‘total hell’

by 18/11/2025
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A member of the royal family has claimed that royal life is “a form of torture”.

Sophie Winkleman, the wife of Lord Frederick Windsor, told The Times, “The more I get to know the royal family, the more I get that their lives are total hell and that level of unasked-for fame is a form of torture.”

“I don’t think a life with that much scrutiny and pressure is remotely healthy, but they have no choice.”

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She added, “To have that sort of blinding spotlight in your face from when you’re born… people writing lies about you the whole time, is just brutal.”

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A member of the royal family has claimed that royal life is a form of torture.

Sophie Winkleman, wife of Lord Frederick Windsor, told The Times.

The more I get to know the Royal Family, the more I realize their lives are total hell.

And that level of unasked-for fame is a form of torture.

I don’t think a life with such scrutiny and pressure is remotely healthy.

But they have no choice.

She added, to have that sort of blinding Spotlight in your face from when youre born, People writing lies about you all the time.

Just brutal.

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