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Meghan Markle seems to have taught her cousin-in-law Princess Eugenie a thing or two when it comes to raising children.
Eugenie, who shares sons August and Ernest with her husband Jack Brooksbank, has opened up about her life as a mother-of-two. She revealed the one parenting rule she makes sure to stick to, having learnt it from Meghan.
"My kids are so wonderful. Augie is a two and a half-year-old firecracker and just listens to me, I don't know why. And Ernie smiles the whole time so they're really easy and wonderful boys," the 33-year-old said during an appearance on the White Wine Question Time podcast.
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Meghan Markle shares two children with Prince Harry (Getty Images)
Princess Eugenie has opened up on mum life (Getty Images)She added: "If there was a tournament in the Olympics of sleeping, I think I would win it. I could sleep for Great Britain as a national sport and so I think my boys have gained that talent, and they are deep, deep sleepers. I hate to say this to all mums listening but they are really good sleepers."
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Then Eugenie spoke about how she is raising her kids, which is also how Meghan has parented her own children - Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet. "Manners maketh man – I'm trying to do that with my kids right now," Eugenie told podcast host Kate Thornton.
Meghan previously opened up about how she has been raising her four-year-old son. "We always tell him, 'Manners make the man. Manners, manners, manners, manners, manners'," Meghan told The Cut.
Meghan said she focuses on manners (PA)While Meghan and Harry stepped back from the Royal Family three years ago, they've maintained a close friendship with Eugenie, despite falling out with other members of The Firm.
Speaking of Harry's connection to his cousin, a source said: "They're still the best of friends and talk constantly." They also said to People that Eugenie "understands" Harry's frustrations with living in "the royal machine".
"Eugenie had always been more than just a cousin to Harry. They were also the closest of friends," authors Omid Scobie and Carolyn Durand wrote in Finding Freedom: Harry and Meghan and the Making of a Modern Royal Family.
They added: "Out of all the Queen's grandchildren, Harry and Eugenie have one of the most natural connections. Like Harry, Eugenie is loyal, honest, and great fun."