The relationship is just too “poisonous” at this point.
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Prince Harry and his brother, Prince William, aren’t the only former royal bosom buddies that everyone wants to see back together. When the Fab Four stole hearts around the world, everyone was even more enamored with the friendship that formed between Kate Middleton and Meghan Markle, but since the Duchess of Sussex moved across the Pond and Harry published Spare, there has been a rift between the sisters-in-law that mirrors the one between Harry and William.
Any royal fans hoping for a reconciliation on either front may have to give up any hope, according to royal expert Tom Quinn. He explained that Meghan felt that Kate should have supported her during her time in England and that they should have bonded over their shared backgrounds as outsiders to the royal inner circle.
“Megan doesn’t feel guilty about Kate, because she feels that Kate should’ve been the one person in the royal family to back her against every difficulty,” he told The Mirror. “Apart from anything else, Meghan knew Kate was an outsider, so she just couldn’t understand why Kate always towed the royal line rather than supporting her, Meghan, the other outsider.”
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And while Meghan and Harry did offer words of support in the wake of Kate’s cancer diagnosis, Quinn notes that the princess’s health isn’t going to mend any of the burned bridges between her and Meghan. The royal expert even went as far as saying that their relationship has grown to be too “poisonous” to recover from.
“Kate’s cancer diagnosis has been a real shock for Meghan, but she can see no way to patch up the relationship simply because it has become so poisonous,” he added. “She also doesn’t want people saying that she is trying to make things up with Kate just because Kate is ill. Meghan still feels Kate was in the wrong and should apologize before they try to build bridges.”
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As for Harry, Quinn notes that the duke is torn between his wife and his sister-in-law — Quinn even said that losing his friendship with Middleton is “Harry’s second great loss after losing his mother.”
In Spare, Harry shared personal text messages shared between him and Kate regarding a disagreement over Princess Charlotte’s bridesmaid dress. The now-infamous passage is cemented in royal fans’ hearts, as he wrote about how Meghan was reportedly left “sobbing on the floor” after Kate’s comments about the bridesmaids’ dresses.
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