TWITTER users claim Meghan Markle may have breached Royal protocol after an Irish politician suggested the Duchess was pleased with the country's referendum result on abortion.

Senator Catherine Noone of Fine Gael tweeted a photograph of her speaking to the Duchess during a summer party held at the British Ambassador’s residence in Dublin this evening.

The Duke and Duchess are in Ireland for a two-day trip, marking their first official overseas engagement since their wedding and Meghan's first ever international engagement as a Royal.

The pair were warmly welcomed by the Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar as they arrived at Dublin's Government Buildings - the Irish equivalent of 10 Downing Street - in the afternoon, just hours before attending the summer bash at the Ambassador's residence.

Accompanying the photograph of her meeting with the Duchess, Ms Noone - who is also the Deputy Leader of the Irish Senate - wrote: “A pleasure to meet Prince Harry & the Duchess of Sussex at the British Ambassador's Residence this evening.

“The Duchess & I had a chat about the recent referendum result - she watched with interest & was pleased to see the result.”

Eagle-eyed social media users were quick to jump on the caption, questioning if the newest member of the Royal Family had inadvertently broken protocol by sharing her personal view on a political event.

Neil Fox was quick to fire back: “You may have landed her in hot water there”, while Jean B claimed that it would be a “major faux pas on Meghan’s part”.

The Senator took almost an hour and a half to clarify her post, saying: “*I should say she seemed pleased - she was interested and very measured, not political at all.”

However, it was not enough to placate her audience, who asked if she’d “had her hand slapped yet?”

Others were quick to say that Meghan was “sailing rather close to the wind of partisanship” if the Senator’s tweets were to be taken at face value.

Just a few hours later, the Senator deleted the tweets, reposting the photograph with a simpler caption saying: "A pleasure to meet Prince Harry & the Duchess of Sussex at the British Ambassador's Residence this evening."

The summer party was Meghan's third appearance of the day - and her third outfit change of the day too.

The Duchess was seen in a black Givenchy number during the morning's RAF centenary celebrations before touching down in Ireland hours later in an emerald green number, also Givenchy.

She opted for a simple sleeveless black belted dress by Emilia Wickstead that showed off her enviably slim figure for the evening gathering at Glencairn House.

The new Duchess also came under fire today for choosing to cross her legs again, a manoeuvre deemed inappropriate now that she's a Royal.

Meghan's sitting style has repeatedly been scrutinised, with constant comparisons to the Duchess of Cambridge's slanted leg pose.

Ahead of the flypast at Buckingham palace this morning, she was spied at Westminster Abbey sitting with her legs crossed at the knee, supposedly a no-no for royal ladies.

As she took her seat next to Prince Harry, Meghan was seen putting her right leg over the left just before the service began - much to the horror of etiquette experts.

As for her personal views, today was also not the first time the Royal has cut it close with her comments, most recently expressing her opinion on the subject of women’s empowerment during a Royal Foundation panel.

Speaking to the panel moderator, Meghan said: “I hear a lot of people speaking about girls’ empowerment and women’s empowerment—you will hear people saying they are helping women find their voices.

“I fundamentally disagree with that because women don’t need to find their voices, they need to be empowered to use it and people need to be urged to listen."

She also used her appearance on the panel to comment on the #MeToo and Time's Up campaigns, saying, “Right now with so many campaigns like MeToo and Time’s Up there’s no better time to continue to shine a light on women feeling empowered and people supporting them.”

While this event took place shortly before her wedding to Prince Harry, as an incoming member of the Royal household, Meghan would have been required to start reeling her personal views in.

Kensington Palace refused to comment when contacted by The Sun.