MEGA TheMegaAgency.com Prince Philip gave Prince Harry a stern warning about Meghan Markle before they got married. "One steps out with actresses, one doesn't marry them," Philip reportedly told his grandson. According to royal biographer Ingrid Seward, Philip was "one of the very few wary" of the Suits star. In My Mother and I, Seward wrote that the Duke of Edinburgh viewed Meghan as a Wallis Simpson-like figure. Edward VIII famously abdicated the throne to marry the American socialite and divorcee. Meghan's previous marriage and nationality reminded the patriarch of Simpson, whose union reshaped the monarchy. In private, Philip referred to Harry's bride as "DOW," an abbreviation for Duchess of Windsor. Rowan Griffiths/Mirrorpix/Newscom/The Mega Agency Seward hinted at Philip being saddened by the pair leaving the U.K., which was later dubbed "Megxit." "I think he's very, very disappointed because I think he feels he gave up his naval career in order to stand by the Queen and help the monarchy," Seward told Sky News. "And why can't Meghan just give up her acting career, support her husband and support the monarchy?" Seward continued. "He just cannot understand why she couldn't support Harry and help him rather than wanting to have her voice." James Whatling / MEGA TheMegaAgency.com Similar to his grandfather, Prince William had his own concerns about Meghan. In Spare, Harry revealed William thought the Sussexes' romance moved too quickly. "'It's too fast,' he'd told me. 'Too soon.' In fact, he'd actually been pretty discouraging about me even dating Meg," Harry wrote. As a result, William and Harry's relationship is now fractured. Though Meghan and Harry avoided speaking ill of Philip and Queen Elizabeth II in their tell-alls, they painted William and Kate Middleton as cold toward Meghan. @ ♬ - "I was a hugger and have always been a hugger. I didn't realize that that was really jarring for a lot of Brits," Meghan said in Harry & Meghan, referring to her first time meeting William and Kate. "I guess I started to understand very quickly that the formality on the outside carried through on the inside." "There is a forward-facing way of being, and then you close the door and you are like, 'Oh, great. We can relax now.' But that formality carries over on both sides. And that was surprising to me," the Northwestern alum continued. The post Philip was 'one of the very few wary' of Meghan appeared first on Wonderwall.com.