Will Meghan and Kate Ever Get Along_ _ HIGHLIGHTS
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00:00 Word is that the Princess of Wales Kate Middleton isn't exactly thrilled about the idea of running
00:05 into the Duke and Duchess of Sussex.
00:08 There's some chatter that she's feeling a bit anxious about the possibility of Harry
00:13 and Meghan getting an invite for Christmas 2023.
00:19 Like I could only imagine her anxiety and how it extends not just on this occasion but
00:26 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
00:55 that Meghan and her family might show up uninvited for a royal face-off during Christmas 2023.
01:04 Recent news suggests that Meghan really wants Prince Harry to mend things with his dad and
01:09 brother, and Kate's concerned that this family drama might spark up again like crazy
01:14 throughout the holiday season.
01:20 The insider also specifically had this to say.
01:23 "She's made no secret of the fact that she's also concerned they may effectively
01:29 try to gatecrash the family festivities.
01:32 If that happened, she'd be furious.
01:35 The plans are all so up in the air, they're not sure what's happening, which is naturally
01:41 creating a lot of unsettled feelings, and Kate is feeling stressed and on edge about
01:46 it all.
01:47 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
01:59 upset."
02:00 The source spilled some more details too, saying that Prince William is also feeling
02:05 just as on edge as Kate is.
02:08 Apparently he's not too thrilled about the idea of catching up with his brother Harry
02:13 or Harry's wife Meghan, but he's all in to see his niece and nephew though.
02:18 But where does Harry and Meghan stand on this issue?
02:21 In response to this, one journalist named Lynn Carrot reports that apparently Meghan
02:27 and Harry are open to spending some time with the family during the holidays.
02:32 And here's what she had to say, and I quote,
02:35 "According to friends of Meghan and Harry, they are keen to return to the family fold
02:40 to see more of Charles, allow their children Archie and Lilibet to spend the festive season
02:46 with their grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins, which they have never done before."
02:51 Something to mention is that Kate Middleton and Meghan Markle's rocky relationship goes
02:54 back a few years, and according to a writer, Omid Scobie, in his new book, Endgame, Inside
03:01 the Royal Family and the Monarchy's Fight for Survival, he says that Kate wasn't really
03:07 in favour of Meghan from the start.
03:10 He says that her doubts began when Meghan first joined the royal family and things got
03:15 even more strange since Prince Harry and Meghan took a step back from their senior royal roles
03:21 and moved to California in 2020.
03:23 And of course, Prince William and Harry's relationship was a bit strained too.
03:28 Especially after Harry claimed in his book, Spare, that William got physical with him
03:34 during an altercation one time.
03:36 Insiders are saying that Meghan Markle felt she was more qualified than Kate Middleton
03:40 to speak on charitable matters.
03:43 Yep, that is quite the claim.
03:47 A source tells The Telegraph that Meghan believed her background in philanthropy granted her
03:51 a greater authority to address certain issues compared to Princess Kate.
04:00 The insider added that upon joining the royal family, the Duchess of Sussex felt she could
04:04 share her wisdom and teach the royal family a thing or two about charity.
04:08 Meghan was also allegedly uncomfortable with the Prince and Princess of Wales holding a
04:12 higher status in the palace hierarchy.
04:21 So now this is where the claims get even nastier.
04:24 As we know, Meghan was an actress prior to joining the royal family, so sources say that
04:28 Meghan felt like she was a self-made woman, having built a career for herself before Prince
04:33 Harry.
04:34 Whereas she felt Kate hadn't really had her own career, so the source said, "She seemed
04:38 to feel like she had more of a right to speak than her sister-in-law, who had married into
04:42 the family as an unknown, whereas Meghan regarded herself as a philanthropist."
04:53 I hope these comments are true.
04:55 First of all, it shouldn't be a contest for who's more charitable, and that's kind of
04:58 what it feels like.
04:59 And second, I think it's unfair to discredit someone's success like that, especially considering
05:04 Prince William and Princess Kate met in college, so the majority of her adulthood has been
05:08 spent with him.
05:09 Not to mention, success means different things to different people.
05:12 However, these allegations are simply from a royal insider, and not the royal family.
05:17 Who knows what was really said, if anything at all.
05:19 Now we know there's been rumblings about a feud between Meghan and Kate over the years.
05:23 Omid Scobie previously wrote in his book, Finding Freedom, that Kate did not establish
05:28 a meaningful relationship with Meghan.
05:31 Reports also suggested that Meghan received a lukewarm reception from a more formal William
05:35 and Kate as the relationship with Prince Harry became serious.
05:39 So in Harry's book, Spare, he mentioned that when he first introduced Meghan to his brother,
05:44 Kate remained in the garden.
05:45 So that wasn't exactly the warm welcome that they had anticipated.
05:49 Of course, Omid's latest book, Endgame, Inside the Royal Family and the Monarchy's Fight
05:53 for Survival, makes even more comments about the apparent royal rift.
05:58 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
06:07 allegedly made about their son, Archie.
06:09 So Meghan and Harry previously made these claims to Oprah during their 2021 Tell All
06:13 interview.
06:14 Meghan said there were conversations in the palace about Archie's skin color.
06:18 Concerns and conversations about how dark his skin might be when he's born.
06:22 What?
06:23 However, they did not mention by name who made these comments.
06:26 But the Dutch version of Scobie's book revealed that the two royals were King Charles and
06:30 Kate Middleton, allegedly.
06:32 This allegation was only in the Dutch version, and since it was released, Omid has apparently
06:36 insisted that he did not include the names, so I'm not exactly sure what happened there,
06:41 but these are some serious accusations.
06:43 The royal family has yet to publicly comment on any of the stories in Endgame, which is
06:47 a business as usual approach for the firm, but apparently legal action is not off the
06:52 table.
06:53 According to sources, the final decision to take legal action lies with King Charles,
06:57 and he apparently will not act hastily.
07:00 Sources close to the Duke and Duchess of Sussex tell the Daily Mail that Meghan never intended
07:04 for King Charles and Princess Kate to be identified in the book.
07:08 Meghan Markle and Princess Kate have had their fair share of difficulties in their relationship,
07:13 and there have been some clear signs that these two women just can't get along at all.
07:22 Author Omid Scobie pointed fingers at Kate Middleton, accusing her of not building a
07:27 meaningful friendship with Meghan in his book, Finding Freedom, written with the collaboration
07:33 of the Sussexes.
07:36 The Duchess, Meghan, never progressed beyond a courteous relationship with Kate, and it
07:42 seems like Kate didn't go out of her way either to make Meghan feel included.
07:52 The Sussexes reportedly believed Kate didn't play a role in bridging the divide between
07:59 the brothers, Harry and William, as she remained fiercely loyal to her husband and the royal
08:04 family.
08:05 Outside of that, though, Meghan is said to have felt that she had a greater right to
08:11 speak compared to her sister-in-law, Kate.
08:19 According to a source from the Telegraph, the Duchess of Sussex saw herself as a self-made
08:24 woman with more life experience than Kate, who has, per Meghan's perspective, hadn't
08:29 really built her own career.
08:39 And here's what the source also added,
08:41 She seemed to feel like she had more of a right to speak than her sister-in-law, who
08:46 had married into the family as an unknown, whereas Meghan regarded herself as a philanthropist
08:53 who could teach the royals a thing or two about charity.
08:56 I think she found it difficult that the royal foundation was already a well-oiled machine
09:02 by the time she got there.
09:09 Another sign is that in Prince Harry's book Spare, Prince Harry shares an instance where
09:14 his wife and his sister-in-law, Kate, didn't quite see eye to eye during the early days
09:20 of their relationship.
09:21 There was a disagreement about bridesmaid dresses before their wedding that left Meghan
09:27 in tears, and Kate apparently made a face when Meghan borrowed her lip gloss.
09:33 Also according to Omid Scobie's new book, Endgame, Kate Middleton also reacts with a
09:40 combination of shuddering as well as giggling every time she hears Meghan Markle's name
09:45 mentioned.
09:46 Meghan Markle has also criticized Kate herself in her and Harry's docuseries on Netflix,
09:52 and reflecting on their initial meeting, Meghan expressed her surprise at the formalities
09:56 behind the scene among members of the royal family.
10:00 And she talked about the perceived lack of warmth from Kate, mentioning no-hugging policy
10:06 that seemed to characterize their interactions.
10:10 And speaking about this whole thing in an episode of the docuseries, here's what Meghan
10:15 had to say in her own words.
10:17 When Will and Kate came over and I met her for the first time, they came over for dinner,
10:22 I remember I was in ripped jeans and I was barefoot.
10:25 I was a hugger.
10:26 I've always been a hugger.
10:28 I didn't realize that that is really jarring for a lot of Brits.
10:33 I guess I started to understand very quickly that the formality on the outside carried
10:38 through on the inside.
10:40 There is a forward facing way of being and then you close the door and go, oh, you can
10:46 relax now.
10:47 But the formality carries over on both sides.
10:50 And that was surprising to me.
10:52 And also, another sign was that before the Duke and Duchess of Sussex's royal wedding
10:57 in May of 2018, Harry claims that Meghan Markle made a bold remark about Kate, suggesting
11:03 that she must have baby brain due to her hormones.
11:08 The comment didn't sit well at all with Kate, as you can imagine.
11:11 And according to the book, Harry claims that she was very upset and Meghan apologized,
11:17 explaining it was just how she talks to her friends.
11:21 However, William stepped in and reportedly pointed a finger at Meghan and he said, well,
11:28 it's rude, Meghan.
11:29 These things are not done here.
11:31 And that's when Meghan responded by saying, if you don't mind, keep your finger out of
11:36 my face.
11:37 This remark reportedly left Meghan very upset, especially as she was reportedly warned that
11:43 she wasn't close enough to Kate to make remarks about her hormones or just say things like
11:49 that at all to Kate.
11:51 They just weren't there yet on that level.
11:53 So these are just some of the signs from both's perspective.
11:57 Harry Meghan, Kate William, from their perspectives of why these two women never get along or
12:04 doesn't seem like they fostered a real genuine friendship or relationship in the first place.