{"id":285292,"date":"2025-11-15T19:28:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-15T19:28:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/285292\/"},"modified":"2025-11-15T19:28:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-15T19:28:09","slug":"i-worked-for-the-palace-and-theres-one-key-meghan-and-kate-detail-no-one-knows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/285292\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;I worked for the Palace and there&#8217;s one key Meghan and Kate detail no-one knows&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The late Queen was determined to preserve unity within the Royal Family, particularly when it came to Princess Kate and Meghan Markle, according to a former butler<a class=\"AuthorLink_author-link__rg5qj\" data-tmdatatrack=\"author\" data-testid=\"byline-author\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/authors\/ellie-fry\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ellie Fry<\/a> Assistant Head of Features (Audience) and Hanisha Sethi<\/p>\n<p>10:30, 15 Nov 2025<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/1_Wimbledon-Tennis-Championships-Day-12-The-All-England-Lawn-Tennis-and-Croquet-Club-London-UK-1.jpg\" alt=\"Meghan Markle and Kate Middleton at Wimbledon in July 2018 \" loading=\"eager\"  \/>Meghan and Kate apparently had a row over bridesmaid dresses(Image: REX\/Shutterstock)<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"mirror\">A former royal butler has revealed exactly how the late Queen tried to maintain harmony within the Firm, especially between <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/kate-middleton\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Princess Kate<\/a> and <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/meghan-markle\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Meghan Markle<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"mirror\">When Meghan and Harry went public with their romance, the former actress was welcomed by <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/prince-william\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Prince William<\/a> and Kate with open arms &#8211; and royal watchers hoped they&#8217;d make a bond that would last a lifetime. Fans lapped them up on joint outings and they soon became known as the Fab Four.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"mirror\">But according to Harry&#8217;s tell-all memoir, Spare, relations between his wife and Kate weren&#8217;t always plain sailing. In the book, the prince recounts several times that his wife seemed at loggerheads with his sister-in-law. He says the two women had a row over bridesmaid dresses in the lead-up to his wedding that left Meghan in tears and that Kate &#8220;grimaced&#8221; when the duchess borrowed her lipgloss.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"mirror\">But according to ex royal butler Grant Harrold, the late monarch would have done everything in her power to squash any tensions between the pair. He explained: The late Queen was known for her deep commitment to maintaining unity within the <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/news\/royals\/\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Royal Family<\/a>. If she sensed any tension, particularly between Kate and Meghan, she would have quietly stepped in to try and smooth things over.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"mirror\">Speaking on behalf of Slingo, he further added: &#8220;Her focus was always on preserving a strong and united front, especially among the younger generation of royals.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"mirror\">Mr Harrold also suggested: &#8220;As <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/all-about\/prince-harry\" target=\"\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Prince Harry<\/a> and Meghan&#8217;s relationship grew more serious, it&#8217;s possible that dynamics behind the scenes began to shift. The Queen would have taken note of any signs of strain. If there was even a hint of things not being right, she would have done what she could to resolve it.&#8221;, reports <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/news\/royal\/2077617\/late-queen-keeping-peace-princess-kate-meghan-markle\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">the Express<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"mirror\">In 2018, reports surfaced of a tense exchange prior to Meghan and Harry&#8217;s wedding, where Meghan had allegedly reduced Kate to tears over Princess Charlotte&#8217;s bridesmaid dress. However, nearly three years later, Meghan disputed this version of events during her bombshell interview with Oprah Winfrey, asserting that &#8220;the reverse of that happened,&#8221; although she did admit that Kate had ultimately &#8220;apologised&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \" data-tmdatatrack=\"content-unit\" data-tmdatatrack-type=\"paragraph\" publication=\"mirror\">Meghan told Oprah: &#8220;And I don&#8217;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&#8217;d hurt someone, right, to just take accountability for it.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The late Queen was determined to preserve unity within the Royal Family, particularly when it came to Princess&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":285293,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[49,48,361,8508,75,851,1066,7980,1065,23221,1069,1064],"class_list":["post-285292","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-celebrities","tag-celebrity-weddings","tag-entertainment","tag-marriage","tag-meghan-markle","tag-oprah-winfrey","tag-prince-harry","tag-princess-charlotte","tag-royal-family","tag-the-queen"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285292","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=285292"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/285292\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/285293"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=285292"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=285292"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=285292"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}