Meghan’s account of the fallout

Meghan herself first publicly addressed reports of tension with Kate during her and Harry’s explosive interview with Oprah Winfrey in 2021.

In the lead-up to the couple’s royal wedding, several British newspapers had reported that Meghan made Catherine cry over a disagreement about Princess Charlotte’s bridesmaid dress. Meghan, however, claimed the opposite had happened.

“And I don’t say that to be disparaging to anyone, because it was a really hard week of the wedding, and she was upset about something, but she owned it and she apologised and she brought me flowers and a note apologising, and she did what I would do if I knew that I’d hurt someone, right, to just take accountability for it,” Meghan told the talk show host.

Harry, in his memoir Spare, wrote he found Meghan “sobbing on the floor” after the exchange, and Kate later apologised with flowers and a card.

He also detailed other instances of friction, such as an earlier comment from Meghan about Kate having “baby brain” after she gave birth.

After Harry and Meghan stepped away from royal life in 2020, tensions between the royal wives remained strained, much like the relationship between warring brothers William and Harry.

Meghan and Catherine last saw each other at Elizabeth’s funeral in September 2022, which marked the Duchess’s last known visit to the UK.