The thorny relationship between Meghan Markle and Kate Middleton: how the feud began that ended in a television scandal
The rumors about the bad relationship between the wives of Prince Harry and William started from the beginning. But the Duchess of Sussex confirmed the tense bond between them by recounting an argument before her wedding in which she ended up crying.
Rumors about the bad relationship between Meghan Markle and Prince William's wife, Kate Middleton, have been circulating since the former "Suits" actress began dating Prince Harry in 2016. It was all speculation until the explosive interview. that Markle and Harry gave to Oprah Winfrey, she recounted that her sister-in-law made her cry just days before the wedding. In addition, she asserted that the family of her husband silenced her so that the story about this discussion is told before the media and the public in such a way that the roles are reversed.
“Kate was upset. Then he apologized and gave me some flowers with a note, "said Harry's wife, who assured that at that time the British Royal House did not intervene to deny the information, despite the fact that" everyone in the institution knew it was not true. , that it was Kate who had made me cry. "
In the early stages of Meghan and Harry's relationship, the TV star was immediately greeted by the British royal family. Not only was Markle seen spending time with Queen Elizabeth II, but she and Harry were also seen in various appearances with William and Kate.
At each engagement, the couples seemed very close and complicit. The couples were quickly dubbed by the public as the "Fabulous Four", and the press followed their every move. What's more, Meghan managed to get the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge to include her in the Royal Foundation, the charity they and Harry had launched together.
However, it didn't take long for the media to report a tension between Markle and Middleton. In 2017, before her engagement to Harry, the first rumor of feud emerged when Markle was not seen at the wedding of Kate's sister, Pippa Middleton.
Some believe that the catalyst for the tension between the two came from their husbands' fights. It was claimed that William had doubts about whether Meghan was a good fit as Harry's wife and expressed his reservations to her brother, who took it very poorly.
The reports about the tensions between Meghan and Kate, covered by the media around the world, came to a head when reports emerged that Meghan made Kate cry days before her wedding to Harry over her supposedly strict guidelines on what that Princess Charlotte could wear as a flower girl who accompanied Markle on her way to the altar of St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle on May 19, 2018.
At that time, the representatives of the royal family did not deny the interdict between them.
The relationship between the couples seemed even more strained when Meghan and Harry decided to move from Kensington Palace in 2018, where William and Kate's residence is located, to Frogmore Cottage, a house lent to them by Queen Elizabeth II and located in the grounds of Windsor Castle. At the time, Meghan was pregnant with Archie.
The situation reached its tipping point when the Duchess of Sussex and Prince Harry announced they would be leaving their royal duties in January last year. Once Charles of Wales' youngest son announced his plans to resign from the royal family, his relationship with William deteriorated, further distancing the wives from him.
Kate was reportedly “exhausted” from having to take on more royal responsibilities after the “Megxit” was up and running, with a source saying at the time: “Kate is furious about the increased workload. She of course she smiles, but she doesn't want this. "
Meghan and Harry officially left their jobs as royalty this year. But the former actress herself claimed that she never planned to resign her position, but that she had to do so for mental health reasons. She even, she said, she got to have suicidal thoughts. "She didn't want to be alive anymore," she confessed to Oprah on the two-hour show that aired on CBS.
During the explosive interview, Meghan made things clear about her relationship with Middleton. She claimed that the media inaccurately reported her discussion with her sister-in-law, saying that it was actually Kate who made her cry. And she took aim at the royal family for not debunking the story.
In their television passage, the couple made scandalous claims about racism by some members of the Crown and delved into the family divisions that deepened after the Megxit. Her statements generated a great debate in public opinion and they reached Buckingham Palace, which came out to answer them on behalf of Queen Elizabeth II herself. Even William also had something to say to the couple: "We are not a racist family," breaking all protocols.
