MEGHAN Markle upset people from the early days of her joining the Royal Family, a royal biographer has claimed.
Penny Junor claimed palace insiders told her the Duchess of Sussex was "not as charming as she seemed."
"I was hearing very bad stories from early on that Meghan was upsetting people," she told the ITV documentary, Harry & William: What Went Wrong?
"She was not as charming as she seemed."
Meanwhile, another royal biographer, Robert Lacey, claimed that Prince William felt that Meghan Markle had an agenda from an early stage in her relationship with Prince Harry.
Speaking in the same documentary, the author of Battle of Brothers, said that the claim came from a source close to William.
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MEGHAN MARKLE’S BOOK THE BENCH IS NOT BEING STOCKED AT QUEEN’S ONLINE STORE
THE Duchess of Sussex’s picture book The Bench is not being stocked in the Queen’s online store.
The online Royal Collection Shop boasts a whole “storytime” section of “delightful” children’s books.
They include Paddington at the Palace for £6.99 and even Peppa Pig Meets The Queen for £4.99 But the Duchess of Sussex’s title – which has crashed out of Amazon’s top 100 – is not among them.
Meghan, 39, claims it was inspired by a poem she wrote for Harry on his first Father’s Day and a “love story” of him and Archie.
The picture book topped the New York Times Bestsellers List for children’s picture books but sold just 3,212 copies in the UK its first week since publication on June 8.
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PRINCE WILLIAM WON’T DISCUSS ROYAL RIFT WITH PRINCE HARRY AS ALL DISCUSSIONS HAVE TO GO THROUGH MEGHAN, EXPERT CLAIMS
Prince William avoided talking about his rift with his brother Prince Harry this week as all discussions have to go through Meghan Markle, a royal expert has claimed.
Richard Eden said that when the two brothers were seen chatting on Thursday during an event to unveil a statue for their mum Diana, probably they did not discuss any serious topics.
The expert claimed that even though the Duke of Cambridge and Duke of Sussex seemed close at the ceremony on July 1, it is unlikely that they spoke about the ongoing tensions between them, the Daily Mail reports.
Mr Eden said: “Whatever discussions they’ve had between Harry and William whether it’s about the football or whatever while Harry’s here, they won’t have been very serious.
“I mean William knows [that] without Meghan being there, there’s no point in discussing anything serious, because it will have to go through her anyway.”
- Joseph Gamp
MEGHAN IS ‘TONE DEAF’
Meghan has been called out by a fan for making two contradicting announcements about what work she would be focusing on now shes left the firm.
Meghan told US magazine Fortune: “I’m proud to invest in Hannah’s commitment to sourcing ethical ingredients and creating a product that I personally love and has a holistic approach to wellness.”
The company sells four different types of instant lattes which sell for £20 along with a milk frother and travel mug.
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PRINCE WILLIAM & PRINCE HARRY AVOIDED ‘RIVAL SPEECHES’ BY MAKING JOINT STATEMENT AT PRINCESS DIANA’S STATUE UNVEILING
Princes Harry and William issued a joint statement to avoid “disastrous rival speeches” at the unveiling of Princess Diana’s statue, a royal expert has said.
The feuding royal brothers were reunited at the ceremony in Kensington Palace on what would have been their mother’s 60th birthday.
In the moving tribute, the Duke of Cambridge, 39, and Duke of Sussex, 36, shared that they wish their mother, who died in 1997, was with them “every day.”
According to Robert Lacey author of Battle of Brothers: William, Harry and the Inside Story of a Family in Tumult, the joint statement was a wise move.
“It was a very well-judged decision not to have speeches,” he told People.
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PRINCE HARRY DUE TO RETURN TO UK IN 10 WEEKS AND MEGHAN MIGHT JOIN
Prince Harry is due to return to the UK in ten weeks for another Princess Di ceremony — and Meghan may join him.
It comes after last week’s Diana statue unveiling with Prince William “failed to heal the brotherly rift”.
Harry, 36, and William, 39, had an hour together at their mother’s memorial on Thursday followed by a brief reception in Kensington Palace.
The event was scaled down due to Covid. Insiders say there was no time to address the row caused by Harry blasting the Royal Family from the US.
But Harry is set to come back in September and join more than 100 friends, family and charity leaders for another memorial event.
Wife Meghan, 39, could also return with him but sources say it may still be too early as it will come just two months after the birth of second child Lilibet.
- Joseph Gamp
QUEEN ALL SMILES AGAIN AS SHE ARRIVES AT ROYAL WINDSOR HORSE SHOW
The Queen was all smiles again at the Royal Windsor Horse Show today as she dressed down in a headscarf and jacket.
Her Majesty beamed as she was joined by other members of the royal family on day five of the event in Berkshire.
Arriving at the show on its final day, the 95-year-old looked relaxed as she walked through the grounds of Windsor Castle.
The Queen has been joined by the Countess of Wessex and Lady Louise Windsor during her fourth visit to the event this week.
The Queen, known for her love of horses, was photographed grinning while sitting in her secluded area at the show.
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MEGHAN BULLYING CLAIMS
The “bullying” word was used in the dossier according to Robert Lacey, and these claims led to William exploding.
Harry flew off the handle defending his wife leading to the divide within the household according to Lacey.
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HARRY AND MEGHAN’S HALF IN AND HALF OUT PROPOSAL
William did not want to attend meeting to discuss Harry and Meghan’s exit from the royal family. Robert Lacey said “William is so beside himself with fury that he cant even sit in the same room with him”.
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ARTHUR EDWARDS SAYS ‘WILLIAM AND HARRY FRICTION IS REASON SO FEW PEOPLE HAVE BEEN INVITED TO DIANA MEMORIAL’
Royal photographer, Arthur Edwards, has had his say on the rift between the two Princes ahead of Diana’s statue unveiling.
Arthur Edwards has said: “If they had wanted more people there for the unveiling they could have done it somehow.
“It is sad the Queen, Prince Charles and other members of the Royal Family who were close to Diana can’t be there.
“I believe the on-going friction between William and Harry is the real reason so few people have been invited. In many ways I find that unacceptable.”
- Joseph Gamp
PRINCE HARRY FELT SILENCED BY CHARLES OVER DIANA INQUEST – LEAVING HIM LIKE A ‘VOLCANO READY TO ERUPT’, EXPERT SAYS
Prince Harry was a “volcano ready to erupt” after feeling silenced by his dad Prince Charles over Princess Diana inquest, claims an expert.
In 2008, an inquest into Diana’s death concluded that she and partner Dodi Fayed had been unlawfully killed as a result of the “gross negligence” of Mercedes driver Henri Paul and the paparazzi.
In the run up to what would have been Diana’s 60th birthday on July 1, royal expert Duncan Larcombe told The Sun how Diana’s death in 1997 had affected youngest son Prince Harry.
The royal commentator said: “It hurt him. It hurt him badly. He was damaged by her death. A 12-year-old’s mother dies, a 12-year-old suffers obviously.
“But then to have 11 years, over a decade, of his mother’s death being the stuff of open discussions and theories and ‘this is what happened.’ From Prince Harry’s point of view, he was like a volcano waiting to erupt.”
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EXPERT WARNS HARRY NOT TO 'LASH OUT'
Following Harry’s comments about his father, royal commentator Marlene Koenig has said Harry should not ‘lash out’ at his father and not be ‘unfair’ to him.
Speaking to the Daily Star Ms Koenig said: “We don’t know if there’s been any backchat, any private messages things like that but, with Harry saying his father said ‘it’s going to be the same for you’ and then Harry thinking ‘I don’t want this for my child’.
“You don’t lash out at your father, you understand you can make the situation different.”
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PRINCE CHARLES REVEALS BANGERS WHICH GIVE HIM ‘AN IRRESISTIBLE URGE’ TO DANCE
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ITV CUT CLAIM PRINCE WILLIAM’S STAFF PLANTED STORIES ABOUT HARRY FROM BROTHERS-AT-WAR DOC AMID FEARS IT WAS ‘DEFAMATORY’
The documentary had originally planned to air allegations of leaking from the Duke of Cambridge about Prince Harry.
Omid Scobie, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s biographer had suggested on the show that senior palace aides had briefed newspapers over concerns regarding Harry’s state of mind.
He claimed that it was following an interview with journalist Tom Bradby in 2019 where Harry said that he and his brother were on “different paths”.
However Kensington Palace are understood to have warned ITV that the suggestion, if aired, would be defamatory in that it was substantially untrue.
Mr Scobie explained that he believes that the interview about a rift between the brothers was given a negative spin by palace sources.
The claims were meant to air in the prime-time documentary “Harry and William: What Went Wrong?” this evening.
But the MailOnline have reported that they were cut from it at the 11th hour over defamation fears.
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PRINCE HARRY IS COMPETING WITH WILLIAM AND CHARLES TO BE THE ‘BETTER ROYAL’, BIOGRAPHER CLAIMS
Prince Harry is “competing” with his brother and father to “be the better royal and more like Diana,” a royal biographer has claimed.
Angela Levin said the Duke of Sussex has now adopted a “very different way, a Californian way” to leading royal life as he tries to channel his late mother’s social conscience.
But she claims he is doing so at the expense of his closest family members, because he is “fed up of being spare to the heir.”
She told The Andrew Pierce Show, “I think all this laying down laws is part of his determination to be a royal but in a very different way, a Californian way, where he is the person who is going to continue Diana’s work more than anyone.
“I was quite shocked when he was saying, ‘there’s a large part of Diana in me and she thought the world would be changed by youth, and she loved the youth, and Meghan and I are doing exactly this”.
- Joseph Gamp
MEG AND HARRY COULD BE OFF THE BALCONY AS CHARLES FAVOURS A SLIMMED DOWN MONARCH
During Harry and Meghan’s trip to the UK for next years Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, it is not yet known whether the pair will be present on the Balcony of Buck Palace.
Following the choice of taking a step back from Royal duties and leaving the firm, it is likely that they will not be welcomed on the balcony.
An insider told the Mail: “The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have been invited and I’m sure the Queen is very much looking forward to seeing them there.
“The balcony moment will be decided much nearer the time but there’s a limit to how many family members should be on it, and I would have thought that working Royals who contribute to the family would be higher on the list than the Sussexes.”
- Joseph Gamp
WHO ARE THE THREE CHILDREN IN DIANA’S STATUE?
The significance of the three children has been revealed by Kensington Palace.
The palace said in a statement: “The figure of Diana, Princess of Wales, is surrounded by three children who represent the universality and generational impact of The Princess’ work.”
It added: “The portrait and style of dress was based on the final period of her life as she gained confidence in her role as an ambassador for humanitarian causes and aims to convey her character and compassion.”
Sculptor Ian Rank-Broadley said: “Diana, Princess of Wales was an icon who touched the lives of people right around the world, so it has been a privilege to work with Prince William and Prince Harry on this statue, which commemorates her life.
- Joseph Gamp
MEGHAN MARKLE ‘UPSET PEOPLE FROM EARLY ON’ AS SHE’S ‘NOT AS CHARMING AS SHE SEEMED’
Penny Junor claimed palace insiders told her the Duchess of Sussex was “not as charming as she seemed.”
“I was hearing very bad stories from early on that Meghan was upsetting people,” she told the ITV documentary, Harry & William: What Went Wrong?
“She was not as charming as she seemed.”
Junor went on to say that the Duchess’s approach is not just Californian but “showbiz-y, celebrity.”
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