{"id":357677,"date":"2026-04-01T00:15:18","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T00:15:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/357677\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T00:15:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T00:15:18","slug":"author-claims-meghan-markle-believed-she-would-be-next-queen-instead-of-kate-middleton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/357677\/","title":{"rendered":"Author Claims Meghan Markle \u2018Believed\u2019 She Would Be \u2018Next Queen\u2019 Instead of Kate Middleton"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Once again rumors are flying about former actress turned royal, Meghan Markle.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">British writer Tom Bower believes that Meghan had higher aspirations in the royal family than being a mere duchess. During his March 27 interview on the Kinsey Schofield Unfiltered podcast, Tom discussed the Sussexes in great depth. His new book Betrayal: Power, Deceit and the Fight for the Future of the Royal Family, revisits their time inside the monarchy and their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/celebrity\/articles\/prince-harry-meghan-markle-exit-091637338.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:eventual exit;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;eventual exit&quot;}\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">eventual exit<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cShe really thought she, rather than\u00a0Kate [Middleton], should be the next queen after\u00a0[the death of King] Charles,\u201d he said. \u201cShe couldn\u2019t understand why, [when] she was better looking, \u2026 more intelligent, harder working, and everything, [she shouldn\u2019t] be the queen. And she hated the idea that she and Harry were relegated so far down the order \u2026 That\u2019s why, of course, she never intended to stay.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Prince William and Kate Middleton will lead when King Charles dies<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In addition, the former BBC journalist claimed that a courtier told Queen Elizabeth, \u201cMegan thinks once she marries into the royal family, she\u2019s going to be God. Which is pretty hilarious, but clearly, she believed it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Furthermore, the book claims now-Queen Camilla wasn\u2019t a fan of Meghan\u2019s either. Allegedly, she once told a friend that Meghan had \u201cbrainwashed \u200c[Prince] Harry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">In the book, the author touches on other royal issues, including ex-Prince Andrew\u2019s unfortunate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/celebrity\/articles\/princess-beatrice-distraught-over-dad-171150592.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:ties to convicted pedophile;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;ties to convicted pedophile&quot;}\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ties to convicted pedophile<\/a> Jeffrey Epstein. \u201cThe unpredicted and unimagined humiliation of Andrew shocked Harry,\u201d Tom wrote. \u201cRightly, Harry fears that the future King\u00a0William\u00a0could remove all <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/celebrity\/articles\/prince-harry-meghan-markle-could-140157923.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:the Sussexes\u2019 titles;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;the Sussexes\u2019 titles&quot;}\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the Sussexes\u2019 titles<\/a> and effectively <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/celebrity\/articles\/prince-william-wants-harry-meghan-174933687.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:banish him from Britain;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;banish him from Britain&quot;}\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">banish him from Britain<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Unsurprisingly, the couple wasted no time responding to the claims. \u201c[Bower\u2019s] commentary has long crossed the line from criticism into fixation,\u201d they said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">\u201cHe publicly stated, \u2018the monarchy in fact depends on actually obliterating the Sussexes from our state of life\u2019,\u201d the couple responded. \u201cHe has made a career out of constructing ever more elaborate theories about people he does not know and has never met. Those interested in facts will look elsewhere.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">TELL US \u2013 DO YOU BELIEVE MEGHAN THOUGHT SHE COULD BE QUEEN?<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realitytea.com\/2026\/03\/31\/meghan-markle-believed-would-be-next-queen-kate-middleton\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Author Claims Meghan Markle \u2018Believed\u2019 She Would Be \u2018Next Queen\u2019 Instead of Kate Middleton;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Author Claims Meghan Markle \u2018Believed\u2019 She Would Be \u2018Next Queen\u2019 Instead of Kate Middleton&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Author Claims Meghan Markle \u2018Believed\u2019 She Would Be \u2018Next Queen\u2019 Instead of Kate Middleton<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.realitytea.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Reality Tea;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Reality Tea&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Reality Tea<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Once again rumors are flying about former actress turned royal, Meghan Markle. 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