Although the Prince and Princess of Wales and the Duke and Duchess of Sussex are close to each other, there was a time when the two women appeared to be forming a friendship.
It’s no secret that the Princess of Wales and Meghan Markle aren’t close. Despite Prince Harry’s attempts to reconcile with the royal family, the gulf between the Duke and his older brother William is bigger than ever. And it seems there is no love lost between their wives, either.
But that wasn’t always the case. Meghan previously had nothing but kind words to say about Princess Kate during a rare interview with Harry.
The “Fab Four” appeared to be close to the Sussexes’ decision to leave royal life and publicly acclaim their grievances.
Meghan and Harry announced their engagement in November 2017 in an official statement from Clarence House, before sitting down for an interview with ex BBC journalist Mishal Husain.
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And during the conversation, Meghan praised the Royal Family, the Queen and her future sister-in-law Kate for all being so welcoming.
Describing how there was a period of time where they kept their romance under wraps, Harry said Prince William was desperate to meet his girlfriend.
He stated that “William was looking forward to meeting [Meghan], and] Catherine was also looking forward to meeting [the two of us, and] Catherine has been absolutely – “
Meghan interrupted Harry in the middle of the conversation to call Kate “wonderful.” However, later in her career, the Duchess asserted that Kate and her own relationship were fundamentally different.
In her Netflix documentary Harry & Meghan, after the couple’s self-exile from royal life, the Duchess said: “Even when Will and Kate came over and I was meeting her for the first time I remember I was in ripped jeans, I was barefoot. Like I was a hugger, I have always been a hugger I didn’t realise that is really jarring for a lot of Brits.
I began to understand that the formality of the outside caused the interior to have a forward-facing attitude and that you would then shut the door and say, “OK, we can relax now.” But that formality is present on both sides, which surprised me.
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Harry gave more detail about Meghan’s account of her first encounter with Kate in his 2023 memoir, Spare, explaining how both William and she both appeared to like his future wife after they were introduced at dinner.
He wrote, “We had them over for dinner for dinner during one of Meg’s visits, and Meg cooked, and everything was good.” When Meg went upstairs to get Willy some of her homeopathic cure-alls, he was sneezing and coughing.
“Turmeric and oregano oil. Although Kate declared to the table that he would never use such unconventional remedies, he seemed charmed and moved.
The only thing Harry could identify was the obvious difference between the two women’s fashion choices, he said. “Meg: barefoot, ripped jeans. Kate: flawlessly executed. I thought there was no such thing.
Meghan also criticizes their engagement interview in another Netflix episode, calling it an “orchestrated reality show.” She claimed that she was instructed to “show the ring” and that “we weren’t permitted to tell our story.”
Meghan’s comments in Saga magazine were addressed by Mishal Husain, the interview’s host, who said, “I didn’t know what to make of it when the Duchess of Sussex said my engagement interview with her and Harry was an “organised reality show.”
They appeared to have considered what their new lives would entail and what getting married would mean in particular for her life. Nothing suggested what would transpire. Two people shared a sense of joy in one another and in life.
