MEGHAN Markle snubbed Kate Middleton's efforts to help her cope following the Duchess famous TV meltdown, an expert has claimed.
The Duchess of Sussex famously appeared on ITV’s Harry and Meghan: An African Journey in 2019 where she admitted she was "not ok" – and hinted that she wasn't being asked how she was feeling frequently enough.
Now royal expert Rebecca English claims “I have been told that Kate — and the Countess of Wessex — both repeatedly 'reached out' to the Duchess [after the documentary]. But they were rebuffed."
She added that the snub particularly upset Prince William who was left “deeply hurt” by rumours he and Kate “cold shouldered” Meghan.
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- Tariq Tahir
SUSSEXES LIVING IN US WILL HEAL WILLS RIFT, SAYS EXPERT
The rift between Prince Harry and Prince William will be solved by the Sussexes living in the US while the Cambridges dedicate their life to duty in the UK, a royal expert has claimed.
Royal biographer Robert Lacey told ELLE.com he thought “there will be some sort of reconciliation” this year between the royals.
“I expect that is the long-term solution here: Duty in the form of William and Kate will take over the situation, and Harry and his love will enjoy the freedom of America and, I hope, obviously there will be some sort of reconciliation,” he said.
- Lydia Hawken
MEGHAN REVEALS HOW SHE GOES ON A 'MENTAL DETOX' EVERY YEAR
Before she married Prince Harry, Meghan Markle was a prolific Instagram user – and even amassed over 10.5m followers on the Sussex Royal account when she was a working Royal.
But on her old blog The Tig, the Duchess of Sussex revealed that she would take a break from social media during every festive season.
In a now-deleted blog post, Meghan recommended her fans take a "digital detox" between Christmas and New Year.
She wrote: "Without the distractions of texting, Snapping, and reading endless emails, your brain will get the mental detox it so deeply deserves."
- Lydia Hawken
MEGHAN PLEDGED TO 'SET STANDARDS HIGH' WITH NEW YEAR RESOLUTION SHE MADE MONTHS BEFORE MEETING HARRY
Five years ago, the Duchess of Sussex – who was best known for her role as Rachel Zane in Suits – vowed to set her "standards high" for the New Year on her lifestyle blog The Tig.
Meghan wrote: "For this new year, the only thing I aim to do is to approach life playfully.
"To laugh and enjoy, to keep my standards high but my level of self-acceptance higher."
In July that year, Meghan was set up with Prince Harry by a mutual friend.
The biography Finding Freedom claims the couple enjoyed their first date at Soho House's Dean Street Townhouse – where they reportedly spoke about making “change for good” while sitting on plush “velvet chairs”.
- Lydia Hawken
'FURIOUS' WILLIAM 'REFUSED' TO HAVE LUNCH WITH HARRY BEFORE SANDRINGHAM SUMMIT
Back in January 2020, Meghan Markle and Prince Harry dropped the bombshell that they were quitting the Royal Family.
In the days that followed, the Queen, Prince Charles, Prince William and Prince Harry held crisis talks at the Sandringham Estate in Norfolk to negotiate the terms of Megixt.
And now royal expert Robert Lacey has claimed that Prince William was so "furious" with his brother, he refused to have lunch with the family beforehand.
Speaking to ELLE, the expert said: "One prince said no, I’m not coming to that, I’m not sitting with my brother, and the prince who said that was William. Most people were shocked.
"This is not Royal gossip; we saw William turning up late just in time for the 2 o’clock meeting, so there’s no doubt at all that was his position then. Friends suggest he was so furious with Harry that he couldn’t trust himself to sit at same table. This is the depth to which the anger has gone."
- Lydia Hawken
PRINCE WILLIAM'S RELATIONSHIP WITH HARRY 'WILL BE BETTER WHEN HE'S KING', EXPERT CLAIMS
Rumours of a rift between Prince William and Prince Harry were rife in the months leading up to Megxit.
According to royal expert Carole Malone, the brother's relationship is likely to improve when William becomes King one day.
Appearing on Channel 5's William and Harry: Prince's at War, she said: "It will be interesting to see what happens when Prince William becomes King. What will their relationship be like?
"I think it may be better because William is always going to be King, nothing is going to change that and Harry will have accepted that a very long time ago.
"Also, William at that point will be top dog, what he says goes. Whatever Prince Harry does or says, William will be in charge, end of story."
- Lydia Hawken
MONTHS AFTER MEGXIT WERE ‘DISMAL’ FOR MEGHAN AND HARRY
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry sent shockwaves through the Royal Family when they stepped down as senior royals in January.
And according to royal expert Andrew Morton, the months that followed the announcement were very difficult for the couple.
Describing it as a “pretty dismal” time, he said: “You could see the trauma etched on their faces. They were barely on speaking terms with William and Charles.
“If Harry had a real regret, it was how he handled the announcement of stepping back. He pushed the Queen and his father into a corner and it made the whole thing far more dramatic.”
- Lydia Hawken
PRINCE HARRY 'ACCEPTS BEING SECOND TO MEGHAN'
Writing for The Telegraph, royal author Angela Levin sensationally claimed that Prince Harry is content being "second" to his wife Meghan Markle.
Questioning whether the Duke and Duchess are an "equal" partnership, she wrote: "He would not be the first man to be besotted with a beautiful woman with a different agenda that he then meekly adopts as his own.
"While he balked at being 'the spare' to Prince William, he seems to accept being second to Meghan."
- Lydia Hawken
PRINCE HARRY WAS THE 'FIRST TO UNRAVEL FAMILY FEUDS' BEFORE MEGXIT, EXPERT CLAIMS
Before announcing he was stepping back as a senior royal last January, Prince Harry was the "first to unravel family feuds" according to a royal expert.
Writing for The Telegraph, Angela Levin described how the Duke was brought up to have "impeccable manners".
She wrote: "Always a people person, he was often the first to try to unravel any Royal family feud.
"When I spent months accompanying him on official engagements when researching his authorised biography, he told me how much he adores and admires his grandmother."
Although Meghan has "blossomed" back in the US, the expert claims the Prince is a "shadow" of his former self.
- Lydia Hawken
PRINCE HARRY WANTS TO MEET 'FACE-TO-FACE' TO AGREE MEGXIT EXTENSION
The pandemic may have prevented him from returning to the UK much last year – but Prince Harry hopes he can meet "face-to-face" to settle on a Megxit extension, a royal expert has claimed.
Andrew Morton said: “Although they will do some of it by Zoom, Harry wants to meet face to face to tie it all up.
“Things seem to have calmed down. Harry has been in contact with the Queen more often than you would think. But certain things you need to be there in person to sort. They will need a few weeks. That could be done after April, depending on Covid.”
Harry and Meghan angered royals in January by announcing on Instagram they would “step back as ‘senior’ members” of the Royal Family.
A deal was subsequently agreed at Sandringham, including this 12-month review.
- Lydia Hawken
HARRY AND WILLIAM WILL PUT ON ‘UNITED FRONT’ – BUT HAVE ‘TENSION BEHIND SCENES’, EXPERT CLAIMS
It's been almost a year since Prince Harry quit the Royal Family and created a new life for himself in California with Meghan Markle.
The Duke of Sussex is expected to travel back to the UK this year for the unveiling of a new Princess Diana statue.
Speaking to The Sun Online, royal expert Phil Dampier said Harry and William will put on a "united front" for the occasion – but claims they have still drifted apart.
He said: “From what I am told the rift is not a lot better at the moment – they are not talking a lot.
“I think they will put on a united front for the unveiling of Diana’s statue and I’m sure they will put on a united front for the birthday celebrations but behind the scenes I think there’s going to be a lot of tension."
- Lydia Hawken
MEGHAN PLEDGED TO 'SET STANDARDS HIGH' WITH NEW YEAR RESOLUTION SHE MADE MONTHS BEFORE MEETING HARRY
Five years ago, the Duchess of Sussex – who was best known for her role as Rachel Zane in Suits – vowed to set her "standards high" for the New Year on her lifestyle blog The Tig.
Meghan wrote: "For this new year, the only thing I aim to do is to approach life playfully.
"To laugh and enjoy, to keep my standards high but my level of self-acceptance higher."
In July that year, Meghan was set up with Prince Harry by a mutual friend.
The biography Finding Freedom claims the couple enjoyed their first date at Soho House's Dean Street Townhouse – where they reportedly spoke about making “change for good” while sitting on plush “velvet chairs”.
- Lydia Hawken
HOW HARRY AND MEGHAN 'DISRUPTED THE QUEEN'S NEW YEAR'
It's been almost a year since Megxit – and there's no denying that the news sent shockwaves through the Royal Family.
Appearing on the Pod Save the Queen podcast, royal expert Robert Lacey claimed Harry and Meghan's decision on 8 January "disrupted" The Queen's usually quiet start to the year.
He said: "I think it was a shock to everybody.
“The Sandringham Summit, as it has become known, was not how the Queen planned to spend her New Year at Sandringham!"
- Lydia Hawken
PRINCE WILLIAM 'BOTHERED' BY HARRY AND MEGHAN'S PRIVACY DEMANDS AROUND ARCHIE'S BIRTH
Speaking to Channel 5, royal expert Ingrid Seward claimed the Duke of Cambridge was "bothered" by how Prince Harry and Meghan Markle went about announcing Archie's birth.
She said: "It wasn't done in a very royal way, or the way we'd come to expect. But then Harry's excuse was, 'well I'm a private person'.
"But you cannot be royal and be the sixth line to the throne and be a private person. I would think it might bother William a little bit."
While Kate Middleton and Prince William introduced each of their three children to the world on the steps of the Lindo Wing in London, Meghan and Harry announced that she had gone into labour after Archie had been born.
- Lydia Hawken
MEGHAN AND HARRY'S NEW YEAR'S EVE TRIP REVEALED
Five years ago, Meghan Markle and Prince Harry's relationship had only just been made public knowledge when the Duke decided to take his Suits actress girlfriend on a romantic New Year's trip to "get away from it all".
In their biography Finding Freedom, royal authors Omid Scobie and Carolyn Durand claimed the couple spent their first New Years together in Norway.
Harry reportedly asked his friend adventure guide Inge Solheim for help organising the trip – after he oversaw Harry's holiday to Kazakhstan with ex-girlfriend Cressida Bonas in 2014.
They wrote: "Inge arranged for Harry and Meghan to spend a week in a cabin in Tromsö at the very tip of Norway in the Arctic Circle, where there was absolutely no chance of being bothered by photographers.
"There, Harry and Meghan enjoyed seven days of dog sledding, whale watching, dining on local delicacies, and snuggling to watch as the aurora borealis lit up the skies."
- Lydia Hawken
FUTURE ROYAL ROLES FOR HARRY AND MEGHAN ARE 'DEAD IN THE WATER', EXPERT CLAIMS
It's been almost a year since Meghan Markle and Prince Harry quit the Royal Family – and since then, they've signed deals with Netflix and Spotify reportedly worth £142m.
So it's hardly surprising that Palace insiders aren't expecting the couple – who are now living in California – to ever return to their royal roles.
According to the Daily Mail, a source close to the Duke and Duchess of Sussex said any chance of them returning to royal life is "dead in the water".
They said: "It's solely down to the choices they have made. There is no anger or animosity [on behalf of the Royal Family].
"But every commercial deal that has been done by the Sussexes has been a nail in the coffin of any kind of return to royal life."
- Lydia Hawken
PRINCE HARRY 'CONCENTRATED ON DIANA' IN ARCHEWELL LETTER FOR MEGHAN'S SAKE
Earlier this week, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex unveiled the website for their non-profit foundation Archewell as they called for "compassion".
Introducing their website, the couple shared childhood pictures of themselves with their mothers – alongside a short letter to 2021 in which the Duke described himself as "my mother's son".
However, royal expert Phil Dampier claims that Prince Harry may have purposefully not mentioned Prince Charles as Meghan is estranged from her father Thomas Markle.
He told the Mail: "I suspect that part of the reason for the emphasis on mothers is that Meghan is so close to her mother and of course is estranged from her father, so perhaps Harry is thinking of her when he concentrates only on Diana."
- Lydia Hawken
PRINCE HARRY AND PRINCE WILLIAM'S RELATIONSHIP 'WILL NEVER BE THE SAME'
Speaking to ELLE, royal expert Robert Lacey explained how Prince William and Prince Harry have always been torn between "love and duty".
He said: "The lesson that William took from the breakdown and the emotional chaos was at least he had this duty, this responsibility to be King, the future monarch, and he had to live up to that.
"[Harry took] a different lesson: His parents were locked into an arranged, loveless marriage, and he’s not going to make that mistake."
Highlighting the differences between the brothers, the expert said their relationship will be forever changed as a result of Megxit – which saw Harry give up his royal duties for the woman he loves.
"There is texture and history between these brothers," he said. "But it’s never going to be the same."
- Katie Davis
MEGHAN 'REBUFFED' REACH OUT EFFORTS, IT IS CLAIMED
MEGHAN Markle is said to have "rebuffed" efforts by Kate Middleton and Sophie, the Countess of Wessex, to "reach out and help".
The two royals had no luck in their attempts, according to a piece royal correspondent Rebecca English wrote for the Mail, after Meghan voiced her struggles during her last tour as a senior royal in October 2019.
She claimed: "I have been told that Kate – and the Countess of Wessex – both repeatedly 'reached out' to the Duchess, particularly after she voiced her unhappiness on a television documentary. But they were rebuffed."
- Katie Davis
THE QUEEN SENDS MESSAGE TO WOMAN'S HOUR LISTENERS
The QUEEN has issued a statement to mark the 75th anniversary of the Woman's Hour radio programme.
In the message, she described the BBC Radio 4 show as a "friend, guide and advocate to women everywhere".
It was read out by presenter Emma Barnett, with the Queen sending "best wishes to the listeners and all those associated with the show".
- Katie Davis
HARRY AND MEGHAN COULD PROFIT FROM PERSONAL DATA ON WEBSITE
PRIVACY-loving Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's charity could profit from harvesting personal data on their new Archewell website.
A notice about about taking subscribers details and sharing them with "for-profit ventures" is contained at the bottom of the site.
The royals, who quit as senior members of the family last year, launched the full site last week with a message of compassion.
But anyone who signs up or writes in allows the website to legally store and use their data in a variety of ways.
The foundation is then potentially able to benefit from sharing the data with "for profit" organisations, or by giving them up in any sale.
- Katie Davis
NEW FIVE POUND COIN TO CELEBRATE QUEEN'S 95TH BIRTHDAY
THE QUEEN'S 95th birthday will be commemorated with a special five pound coin.
It will be part of a collection of five coins to be released this year, the Royal Mint has confirmed.
The Queen will turn 95 on April 21.
The special coin with feature the royal cypher "EIIR" and the words "my heart and devotion" in reference to her Christmas broadcast in 1957.
- Katie Davis
QUEEN 'TOOK TWO SECONDS' TO BAN HARRY FROM CEREMONY
THE Queen reportedly took just "two seconds" to ban Prince Harry from the Cenotaph wreath ceremony on Remembrance Day.
Harry, 36, told Buckingham Palace he wanted a wreath to be laid, but his request was refused.
It was reported at the time that palace officials had turned down Harry's request without telling the Queen.
However the Daily Mail reported that the Queen made the decision herself – taking "all of two seconds".
Harry and wife Meghan Markle laid a wreath at the Los Angeles National Cemetery instead, leaving flowers at the graves of two Commonwealth soldiers.
- Katie Davis
QUEEN'S COUSIN LADY MARY COLMAN DIES AGED 88
LADY Mary Colman, the Queen's first cousin, has died at the age of 88.
Her family today announced she died at her home in Norfolk on Saturday, January 2.
Lady Mary Colman was a first cousin of the QueenCredit:© Max Mumby Lady Mary's family said she was "loved by all who met her".
She was born in 1932 to Captain Michael Bowes Lyon and Elizabeth Margaret Cator, and grew up in Bedfordshire.
Lady Mary went on to marry Sir Timothy Colman in 1951 at the age of 19 and was also a Lady-in-Waiting to Princess Alexandra.
- Katie Davis
PRINCE CHARLES ABDICATION 'WILL NOT HAPPEN'
A ROYAL commentator has hit out at suggestions that Prince Charles should abdicate to his son Prince William when he ascends the throne.
Howard Hodgeson – an acquaintance of Charles – told the Express that the line of succession would not be altered, despite polls suggesting the public would prefer William to takeover.
Speaking to the paper, he said: "People still say maybe Charles should abdicate and William be the next King after the Queen dies. If you think that, you don't understand monarchy at all.
"You don't retire – the Queen will never reture, she will die in power.
"So will Prince Charles, so will Prince William, so will Prince George, and so and so forth."
- Katie Davis
HARRY IS A 'SHADOW OF HIS FORMER SELF', CLAIMS BIOGRAPHER
A ROYAL expert has claimed Prince Harry has become a "shadow" of his former self, while Meghan has "blossomed" since their move to America.
Biographer Angela Levin suggested Harry has "discarded his life an as action man to become an airy-fair do-gooder" in a piece she wrote for the Telegraph.
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle married in 2018 before moving to AmericaCredit: Getty Images – Getty She claims the Prince has begun to lose "enviable qualities" including "accessibility and confidence".
Ms Levin also slammed him for lecturing "us on how to live our lives", branding his actions as "out of character".
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