Meghan Markle’s biographer, Omid Scobie, says the Duchess of Sussex demanded that her advisers issue a statement stating that Kate Middleton made her cry in a bridesmaid dress.
During her bombastic interview with Oprah Winfrey, Markle addressed widespread reports that she “made Kate cry” because of her florist dresses, insisting, “The reverse has happened.”
She insisted that her sister-in-law “made me cry, and it really hurt my feelings” before her marriage to Prince Harry – adding that Middleton, the wife of Harry’s brother, Prince William, later apologized, “and I forgave her. “
In an article for Harper’s Bazaar, Scobie wrote that the couple’s “exasperation” with the silence of the royal family in the negative press about them reached a boiling point in January 2020, when Kensington Palace asked Harry to co-sign a statement against an “offensive” newspaper report that claimed that William had “constantly bullied” them in the race for Megxit.
“Well, if we’re just releasing any statements out there right now, then maybe KP can finally clarify about me [not making Kate cry], ”Meghan emailed an advisor, according to Scobie, who quoted a source.
“But, as with many requests made by the couple, their suggestion was ignored. The Duchess of Cambridge, she was told, should never be drawn into vain gossip, ”Scobie, author of the Sussexes’“ Finding Freedom ”biography, wrote in her article.
“Meghan was repeatedly informed that it would not be possible to clarify things, despite the fact that it was a story that fed a stereotypical narrative,” he wrote.
“Other members of the royal family often received more sympathetic support when it came to dealing with the imprecise press (the authorities even issued a statement to deny Kate’s botox use in July 2019), but both Harry and Meghan felt that they did not. had access to the same privilege. “