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Will Meghan and Kate Ever Get Along
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12/23/2023
Will Meghan and Kate Ever Get Along
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Word is that the Princess of Wales, Kate Middleton, isn't exactly thrilled about the idea of
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running into the Duke and Duchess of Sussex.
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There's some chatter that she's feeling a bit anxious about the possibility of Harry
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and Meghan getting an invite for Christmas 2023.
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Like I could only imagine her anxiety and how it extends not just on this occasion but
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other occasions that members of the royal family usually attend together.
00:31
And just thinking about the potential awkwardness of a royal family Christmas that has Meghan,
00:37
Harry, William, Kate and King Charles all in one room, yeah, that gives me anxiety.
00:49
But getting into the details though, insiders have shared that Kate is kind of on edge thinking
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that Meghan and her family might show up uninvited for a royal face-off during Christmas 2023.
01:03
Recent news suggests that Meghan really wants Prince Harry to mend things with his dad and
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brother, and Kate's concerned that this family drama might spark up again like crazy
01:14
throughout the holiday season.
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The insider also specifically had this to say.
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She's made no secret of the fact that she's also concerned they may effectively try to
01:29
gatecrash the family festivities.
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If that happened, she'd be furious.
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The plans are all so up in the air, they're not sure what's happening, which is naturally
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creating a lot of unsettled feelings, and Kate is feeling stressed and on edge about
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it all.
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Kate just wants a peaceful family Christmas without drama, and she knows that if Harry
01:52
and Meghan show up, it will ruin it, and they'll be forced to endure yet more conflict and
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upset.
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The source spilled some more details too, saying that Prince William is also feeling
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just as on edge as Kate is.
02:07
Apparently he's not too thrilled about the idea of catching up with his brother Harry
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or Harry's wife Meghan, but he's all in to see his niece and nephew though.
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But where does Harry and Meghan stand on this issue?
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In response to this, one journalist named Lynn Carrot reports that apparently Meghan
02:26
and Harry are open to spending some time with the family during the holidays.
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And here's what she had to say, and I quote,
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According to friends of Meghan and Harry, they are keen to return to the family fold
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to see more of Charles, allow their children Archie and Lilibet to spend the festive season
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with their grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins, which they have never done before.
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One thing to mention is that Kate Middleton and Meghan Markle's rocky relationship goes
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back a few years, and according to a writer, Omid Scobie, in his new book Endgame, Inside
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the Royal Family and the Monarchy's Fight for Survival, he says that Kate wasn't really
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in favour of Meghan from the start.
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He says that her doubts began when Meghan first joined the royal family and things got
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even more strange since Prince Harry and Meghan took a step back from their senior royal roles
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and moved to California in 2020.
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And of course, Prince William and Harry's relationship was a bit strained too, especially
03:28
after Harry claimed in his book Spare that William got physical with him during an altercation
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one time.
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Insiders are saying that Meghan Markle felt she was more qualified than Kate Middleton
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to speak on charitable matters.
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Yep, that is quite the claim.
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Reuters tells The Telegraph that Meghan believed her background in philanthropy granted her
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a greater authority to address certain issues compared to Princess Kate.
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The insider added that upon joining the royal family, the Duchess of Sussex felt she could
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share her wisdom and teach the royal family a thing or two about charity.
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Meghan was also allegedly uncomfortable with the Prince and Princess of Wales holding a
04:12
higher status in the palace hierarchy.
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So now this is where the claims get even nastier.
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As we know, Meghan was an actress prior to joining the royal family, so sources say that
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Meghan felt like she was a self-made woman, having built a career for herself before Prince
04:33
Harry.
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Whereas she felt Kate hadn't really had her own career, so the source said, "She seemed
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to feel like she had more of a right to speak than her sister-in-law, who had married into
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the family as an unknown, whereas Meghan regarded herself as a philanthropist."
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I hope these comments are true.
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First of all, it shouldn't be a contest for who's more charitable, and that's kinda what
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it feels like.
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And second, I think it's unfair to discredit someone's success like that, especially considering
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Prince William and Princess Kate met in college, so majority of her adulthood has been spent
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with him.
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Not to mention, success means different things to different people.
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However, these allegations are simply from a royal insider, and not the royal family.
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Who knows what was really said, if anything at all.
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Now we know there's been rumblings about a feud between Meghan and Kate over the years.
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Omid Scobie previously wrote in his book, Finding Freedom, that Kate did not establish
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a meaningful relationship with Meghan.
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Reports also suggested that Meghan received a lukewarm reception from a more formal William
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and Kate, as the relationship with Prince Harry became serious.
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So in Harry's book, Spare, he mentioned that when he first introduced Meghan to his brother,
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Kate remained in the garden.
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So that wasn't exactly the warm welcome that they had anticipated.
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Of course, Omid's latest book, Endgame, Inside the Royal Family and the Monarchy's Fight
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for Survival, makes even more comments about the apparent royal rift.
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Harry and Meghan are currently facing a lot of backlash, as they stay silent on some of
06:02
the more explosive accusations published, specifically regarding the comments two royals
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allegedly made about their son, Archie.
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Though Meghan and Harry previously made these claims to Oprah during their 2021 Tell All
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interview, Meghan said there were conversations in the palace about Archie's skin color.
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However they did not mention by name who made these comments.
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But the Dutch version of Scobie's book revealed that the two royals were King Charles and
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Kate Middleton, allegedly.
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This allegation was only in the Dutch version, and since it was released, Omid has apparently
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insisted that he did not include the names, so I'm not exactly sure what happened there,
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but these are some serious accusations.
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The royal family has yet to publicly comment on any of the stories in Endgame, which is
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a business as usual approach for the firm, but apparently legal action is not off the
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table.
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According to sources, the final decision to take legal action lies with King Charles,
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and he apparently will not act hastily.
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Sources close to the Duke and Duchess of Sussex tell the Daily Mail that Meghan never intended
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for King Charles and Princess Kate to be identified in the book.
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Meghan Markle and Princess Kate have had their fair share of difficulties in their relationship,
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and there have been some clear signs that these two women just can't get along at all.
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Author Omid Scobie pointed fingers at Kate Middleton, accusing her of not building a
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meaningful friendship with Meghan in his book, Finding Freedom, written with the collaboration
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of the Sussexes.
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The Duchess, Meghan, never progressed beyond a courteous relationship with Kate, and it
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seems like Kate didn't go out of her way either to make Meghan feel included.
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The Sussexes reportedly believed Kate didn't play a role in bridging the divide between
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the brothers, Harry and William, as she remained fiercely loyal to her husband and the royal
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family.
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Outside of that, though, Meghan is said to have felt that she had a greater right to
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speak compared to her sister-in-law, Kate.
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According to a source from the Telegraph, the Duchess of Sussex saw herself as a self-made
08:23
woman with more life experience than Kate, who has, per Meghan's perspective, hadn't
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really built her own career.
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And here's what the source also added, "She seemed to feel like she had more of a right
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to speak than her sister-in-law, who had married into the family as an unknown, whereas Meghan
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regarded herself as a philanthropist who could teach the royals a thing or two about charity.
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I think she found it difficult that the Royal Foundation was already a well-oiled machine
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by the time she got there."
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Another sign is that in Prince Harry's book, Spare, Prince Harry shares an instance where
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his wife and his sister-in-law, Kate, didn't quite see eye to eye during the early days
09:19
of their relationship.
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There was a disagreement about bridesmaid dresses before their wedding that left Meghan
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in tears, and Kate apparently made a face when Meghan borrowed her lip gloss.
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Also according to Omid Scobie's new book, Endgame, Kate Middleton also reacts with a
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combination of shuddering as well as giggling every time she hears Meghan Markle's name
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mentioned.
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Meghan Markle has also criticized Kate herself in her and Harry's docuseries on Netflix,
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and reflecting on their initial meeting, Meghan expressed her surprise at the formalities
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behind the scene among members of the royal family.
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And she talked about the perceived lack of warmth from Kate, mentioning no-hugging policy
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that seemed to characterize their interactions.
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And speaking about this whole thing in an episode of the docuseries, here's what Meghan
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had to say in her own words.
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When Will and Kate came over and I met her for the first time, they came over for dinner,
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I remember I was in ripped jeans and I was barefoot.
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I was a hugger.
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I've always been a hugger.
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I didn't realize that that is really jarring for a lot of Brits.
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I guess I started to understand very quickly that the formality on the outside carried
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through on the inside.
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There is a forward facing way of being and then you close the door and go, oh, you can
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relax now.
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But the formality carries over on both sides.
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And that was surprising to me.
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And also, another sign was that before the Duke and Duchess of Sussex's royal wedding
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in May of 2018, Harry claims that Meghan Markle made a bold remark about Kate, suggesting
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that she must have baby brain due to her hormones.
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The comment didn't sit well at all with Kate, as you can imagine.
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And according to the book, Harry claims that she was very upset and Meghan apologized,
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explaining it was just how she talks to her friends.
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However, William stepped in and reportedly pointed a finger at Meghan and he said, well,
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it's rude, Meghan.
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These things are not done here.
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And that's when Meghan responded by saying, if you don't mind, keep your finger out of
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my face.
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This remark reportedly left Meghan very upset, especially as she was reportedly warned that
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she wasn't close enough to Kate to make remarks about her hormones or just say things like
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that at all to Kate.
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They just weren't there yet on that level.
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So these are just some of the signs from both's perspective.
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Harry Meghan, Kate William, from their perspectives of why these two women never get along or
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doesn't seem like they fostered a real genuine friendship or relationship in the first place.
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