Getting honest. Over the years, Princess KateAnd Meghan MarkleThey have provided a glimpse into their dynamic as the pair faced major obstacles in their friendship.
The duo seemed to initially be in love. Prince HarryIn 2017, the actress began dating Kate. Kate and Meghan began dating in 2017. Prince William and his brother on various royal engagements — which got them dubbed as the “Fab Four.”
The Duke of Sussex spoke out about their close relationship during their first royal engagement.
“I think it’s really good that we’ve got four different personalities,” he said in February 2018. “You know, we’ve all got that same passion to want to make a difference. But [we have]There are many opinions and I think they work really well. [together]. It is not easy to be a family member. Yes, it does. … But we’re stuck together for the rest of our lives.”
Meghan, for her part, noted that their decision to team up for their Royal Foundation nonprofit with William and Kate was “togetherness at its finest.”
Ahead of Harry and Meghan’s nuptials, rumors started to swirl of a growing rift between the Duchess of Cornwall and the Duchess of Sussex. Harry and Meghan later revealed that they were taking a break from their roles as working members in the royal family. They said that they would not be returning to their senior roles as of 2021.
“Following conversations with the duke, the queen has written confirming that in stepping away from the work of the royal family it is not possible to continue with the responsibilities and duties that come with a life of public service,” Buckingham Palace wrote in a statement in February 2021. “The honorary military appointments and royal patronages held by the duke and duchess will therefore be returned to Her Majesty before being redistributed among working members of the royal family.”
The California native spoke out a month later about the difficulties she faced after moving abroad. “If members of [Harry’s] family say, ‘Well, this is what happened to all of us’ or if they can compare what the experience that I went through was similar to what has been shared with us — Kate was called ‘Waity Katie’ waiting to marry William,” she told CBS. “While I imagine that was really hard, and I do, I can’t picture what that felt like. This is not the same.”
Meghan continued: “And if a member of this family will comfortably say, ‘We’ve all had to deal with things that are rude.’ Rude and racist are not the same. And equally, you’ve also had a press team that goes on the record to defend you, especially when they know some things are not true. And that didn’t happen for us.”
A source later told Us Weekly that Kate felt “there was a misunderstanding” when it came to her relationship with Meghan. A second insider revealed that Kate tried to reconcile their differences after Meghan and Harry welcomed Lilibet in June 2021.
“Kate has been reaching out to Meghan a lot more since [Lilibet] was born, she’s sending [notes and] gifts and trying to build up a relationship,” the source shared. “The firm has been instructing staffers to reach out more to Harry and Meghan to get them to soften a bit.”
Meghan, who also welcomed son Archie in 2019 with Harry, publicly reunited with Kate following Queen Elizabeth II‘s death in September 2022. The “Archetypes” podcast host and Harry joined William and Kate to greet mourners after the late monarch died at age 96.
Another source claims that the Prince and Princess Of Wales planned to contact Harry and Meghan during their trip to the U.S.
“Once Kate and William’s Boston plans are set in stone, she’s planning to extend an olive branch to Meghan in a bid to reunite the brothers and heal the rift,” the insider told Use about the December 2022 visit, noting that Kate was inspired by what Elizabeth and Princess Diana “would’ve wanted.”
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