Meghan Markle
Cold shoulder for Duchess Catherine
Meghan and Catherine: It's complicated
The relationship between the Duchesses Meghan and Catherine is more than cold. Insiders now describe that there should have been a harsh rebuff for Catherine from Meghan early on.
Meghan and Kate: Two women in the spotlight, almost professionally urged by their weddings to become best friends possible. It has been proven that it never worked really well: The tensions between the two became more and more publicly visible until Meghan and Prince Harry finally pulled the emergency brake in 2019 and completely resigned from almost all of their royal obligations. One author now claims that the aloof treatment is also due to Meghan – she would have given Kate the cold shoulder in a particularly important advances.
Hostilities in the Kingdom
It is obvious that Meghan did not always have it easy in England – also because a lot of the media quickly focused on the new woman at Prince Harry's side and covered her with malice and negative headlines. In 2019, Meghan remembered the hard times in a TV documentary that had hit her hard, especially during her pregnancy. In conclusion, she drops a passive-aggressive tip against the rest of the Royal Family and says that "not many people" asked if she was okay.
No connection under this number
Royals expert Rebecca English claims in a "Mail Online" article that this description is not entirely correct according to her sources. Both Duchess Catherine and Countess Sophie had contacted Meghan – and received a reaction from her that they had not expected. In the video you can see what exactly the expert wants to know from her informants and what it says about the relationship between the two duchesses. Was this rebuff an exaggerated reaction or an understandable consequence of a relationship that seemed to be more pressure and obligation than sympathy? One thing is certain: it will probably be a long time before this break within the Royal Family can heal.