meghan markle's impact on the british
royal family has been remarkable to say
the least but how does she get along
with each royal who are the feuders and
who are the friends and what really went
down with kate middleton keep watching
to find out prince harry and prince
william used to be thick as thieves
since meghan markle entered the picture
however rumors have spread that the
brother's relationship has soured but
what about megan's relationship with her
brother-in-law according to the 2020
book finding freedom by ahmed skobe and
carolyn durand megan had been nervous to
meet william in 2016. the book reads she
was self-aware enough to understand that
the brothers were wary of women who were
more interested in their titles than
their well-being when they met though
william was apparently warm and
welcoming and he and megan got along
well however william was privately
concerned about his brother's new
relationship and he later voiced his
concerns which reportedly left harry
annoyed after megan and harry married
her relationship with william remained
pretty distant apparently leading harry
to believe that his brother wasn't
supporting him and his wife indeed at
one royal appearance in 2020 william all
but ignored megan and harry which pretty
much sums it all up
it's safe to say that the tabloid press
is obsessed with publishing gossip about
the so-called feud between meghan markle
and kate middleton but what actually
went on between the two famous
sisters-in-law well according to royal
experts their relationship is indeed
complicated but it might not have been
quite as bad as some thought in finding
freedom the authors revealed that the
pair have a cordial but distant rapport
so while kate and megan aren't exactly
friends they certainly aren't enemies
either apparently when the two duchesses
first met they were polite but never
really moved past that stage they were
often seen at events exchanging only a
few words with each other according to
scoby and durand their strained
relationship can probably be explained
by harry and megan's wider conflict with
the royal family
reportedly meghan markle had a strong
and positive relationship with queen
elizabeth ii robert lacy author of
battle of brothers told she knows that
the queen was eager to welcome megan
into the family mostly because she saw
megan's arrival as an opportunity to
modernize and popularize the royal
family lacey said there's a political
sense in which the queen welcomed her as
a first mixed race recruit to the royal
family sadly harry and megan later
decided to step back from the royal
family as lacey said it must be
distressing for the queen that 30 months
later this recruit and her son archie
are no longer classed as royal
fortunately it appears they've since
grown closer again after harry and
meghan welcomed daughter lilibert into
the world they quickly let the queen
know regarding the queen's feelings
toward the couple a source said to in
touch she has put the drama from the
interviews aside and is overjoyed to be
a great grandmother again
in the case of prince philip it seems as
though meghan markle's once close
relationship with him eventually soured
the biography prince philip revealed by
ingrid seward reveals a pretty shocking
detail about philip's relationship with
his granddaughter-in-law apparently
philip was initially close with megan he
even made the extra effort to attend her
wedding shortly after a hip operation
however after harry and megan's
departure from the royal family his
opinion of meghan reportedly changed as
seward wrote for philip whose entire
existence has been based on a devotion
to doing his duty it appeared that his
grandson had abdicated for the sake of
his marriage to an american divorcee in
much the same way as edward viii gave up
his crown to marry wallace simpson in
1936. still it seems they were able to
maintain a cordial relationship before
phillip's death in one interview harry
shared that the couple had zoom calls
with the queen's husband he's like bye
bye as i'm pressing like he just lean
forward goes
i'm like okay bye
it seems as though meghan markle is
actually pretty close with prince
charles according to a source who spoke
to the daily mail charles helped megan
find her footing among the royal
family's many traditions the insider
alleged the duchess has shown a genuine
interest in learning more about the
history of the family she has married
into and her father-in-law has been
delighted to impart his knowledge
apparently charles and megan connected
over these informal history lessons and
soon found that they share plenty of
interests including art culture and
history eventually the pair reportedly
developed a close bond and while there
may have been some tension after megan
and harry stepped back from royal life
some reports have suggested that their
relationship with charles may be on the
mend meghan markle developed a close
relationship with her husband's father
and it looks like she's been equally
successful with his stepmother camilla
parker-bowles camilla and megan have a
lot in common most importantly the fact
that camilla is also a divorcee who
married into the royal family and by the
sounds of things she's been keen to
support megan according to a friend of
camilla who spoke to the daily mail much
like megan camilla had experienced a lot
of negative press and hostility from
courtiers due to her relationship with
charles when he was still married to
diana apparently camilla was very
sensitive to megan providing her with
comfort and support during the worst
attacks by the british media
even though meghan markle tends to have
positive relationships with most of the
royal family there's one member of the
family that she has openly distanced
herself from prince andrew in 2019
andrew faced renewed allegations of
sexual abuse and trafficking in a now
infamous interview on newsnite on the
bbc the prince denied these allegations
i simply it was it was it was almost
impossible for me to to sweat
for megan her uncle-in-law's interview
was apparently the last straw in their
relationship as the telegraph reported
megan was horrified by the manner in
which the duke of york dismissed the
allegations the publication went on to
explain that andrew's interview left
megan a proud supporter of female
victims of sexual abuse feeling
uncomfortable it's safe to say that
after andrew's notorious interview and
the scandals that followed it these two
probably don't have much contact
princess eugenie is the daughter of
prince andrew and sarah ferguson and the
cousin of prince harry while not a great
deal is known about meghan markle's
relationship with her cousin-in-law one
awkward etiquette misstep from meghan
suggests that their relationship is
likely strained usually initially
welcomed megan into the family as she is
said to be very close with harry
according to the express she even told
friends she loved megan and thought she
was perfect for harry however megan may
have breached protocol when she chose
eugenie's wedding day to announce her
pregnancy according to finding freedom
the announcement did not go down
particularly well with her cousin-in-law
in fact eugenie was so upset that she
reportedly vanished at her own wedding
to go yell at megan and harry
fortunately eugenie and megan appear to
have mended things since that poorly
timed pregnancy announcement according
to us weekly they have reportedly been
friendly and have even bonded over their
respective pregnancies
princess beatrice seems to have forged a
pretty positive relationship with meghan
markle nevertheless according to certain
tabloid reports there may be a little
bit of jealousy on megan's part in 2020
megan released legal papers which named
beatrice as an example of a royal family
member who's allowed to undertake paid
work in the same document megan laid out
what she saw as an unfair system that
denied her the same opportunity when
megan and harry left the family and
their royal duties behind their
relationship with beatrice seems to have
gotten worse as one friend of beatrice
said to page six it's fair to say their
relationship is not what it was even
though megan and harry didn't attend her
wedding in 2020 they reportedly sent
their congratulations to beatrice on her
wedding day
princess anne queen elizabeth's only
daughter is known for her bluntness and
unflinching honesty in the itv
documentary and the princess royal at 70
she made a comment that suggested how
she feels for meghan markle and said the
pressure that is applied to the younger
members of the family is always worse
because that's what the media is
interested in
it sounds like princess anne understands
what a difficult time megan must have
had as she joined the royal family and
as robert hardman who interviewed anne
for the documentary told today she does
have sympathy for harry and megan and
she talks about it nevertheless even
though anne seems to understand megan's
unique difficulties she has also
expressed a wish that the younger royals
would stop trying to reinvent the wheel
in a vanity fair interview she said she
often finds herself telling megan and
the other younger royals don't forget
the basics
not much is known about meghan markle's
relationship with zara tyndall princess
anne's daughter and prince harry's
cousin however reports do suggest that
they aren't all that close according to
sean smith the royal biographer behind
megan misunderstood zara wasn't too
impressed with megan's wedding plans in
fact she may have even made fun of the
dutch chester b at the time as smith
wrote in the biography zara acted in a
pompous manner upon hearing the
actress's plans for the big day the book
claims prince charles read and re-read
the order of service as if it was the
latest fascinating issue of country life
magazine his wife camilla and kate
middleton were desperately trying not to
make eye contact with each other smith
went on to describe how zara's reaction
was best of all as he put it she was
gobsmacked if these reports are true it
sounds like zara comes from a totally
different world than megan so they
probably struggle to see eye to eye
while zara tindall and meghan markle may
not be incredibly close it sounds like
zara's husband mike tyndall was perhaps
a little more welcoming to the newcomer
mike who also married into the royal
family spoke to good morning britain
before megan's wedding
i think all she can do is enjoy the day
and that's all you want for both of them
you know it's a special day for them
both
mike went on to explain that he thought
the family would be eager to help her
feel at home and hopefully they'll live
happily ever after
sarah ferguson is the ex-wife of prince
andrew as you may already know she
hasn't always had an easy relationship
with the british media or with the firm
as the royal family are sometimes known
so it'll come as no surprise to learn
that fergie seems to be pretty
supportive of meghan markle in a 2021
interview on the talk show porter a
porter fergie revealed that she was
pleased that megan and prince harry had
married and she wanted to see harry
happy she said the most important thing
is they are very happy and she makes him
very happy in another interview with the
telegraph fergie was once again
carefully supportive she said i wouldn't
presume to give advice to harry and
megan except to say to be happy
in fact fergie has been supporting megan
since the very beginning as megan told
oprah on her first meeting with queen
elizabeth fergie ran out and taught her
how to curtsy just in time
prince edward queen elizabeth's youngest
child and his wife sophie have mostly
tried to stay out of the drama
surrounding meghan markle and prince
harry in 2021 edwards spoke to cnn about
the tension that arose when megan and
harry announced they were stepping back
from their royal duties he said the
strain on the family was very sad but he
admitted that he could see where megan
and harry were coming from he explained
listen weirdly we've all been there
before we've all had excessive intrusion
and attention in our lives and we've all
dealt with it in slightly different ways
and we wish them the very best of luck
it's a really hard decision in another
interview with the telegraph after the
infamous oprah interview edward and his
wife tried to stay diplomatic joking
that they hadn't even heard about the
interview it sounds like edward and
sophie while supportive of megan are
trying to stay clear of any more drama
and who can blame them
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