Harry's strict photo warning plea to Meghan ahead of India trip that left her 'baffled'

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When Prince Harry first began dating Meghan Markle, they were keen to keep their romance behind closed doors.Even when their relationship did become known to the public, the couple did everything they could to remain as private as possible.So much so that the duke even once issued a stern warning to his future wife over taking one specific photograph just before she embarked on a humanitarian trip to India.During the early days of their romance, Meghan travelled to India with World Vision to promote menstrual health management and education access for young girls.However, before she left for her trip, Harry previously confessed that he urged her not to take a photo in front of India's most famous landmark, the Taj Mahal, the Mirror reports.During the Duke's tell-all memoir Spare which was released earlier this year, he explained that he advised her not to do this based on the theory that people may have thought his wife was mimicking his mother Princess Diana.The late Princess of Wales was once pictured sitting alone at the famous landmark on a tour of India and the image became considered symbolic of the state of her relationship with Charles at the time.But Harry explained that when he issued the warning to Meghan, she simply laughed.He wrote: "Do not take a photo in front of the Taj Mahal.

She’d asked why and I’d said: My mum. I’d explained that my mother had posed for a photo there, and it had become iconic, and I didn’t want anyone thinking Meg was trying to mimic my mother. "Meg had never heard of this photo, and found the whole thing baffling, and I loved her for being baffled."Diana was famously pictured alone on a bench in front of the iconic landmark when she was visiting the country with the then Prince