There is absolutely nothing more gripping to the British tabloids than a royal rivalry.
That's most definitely the case when it comes to the wild rumors concerning the royal Fab
Four.
These are all the times William and Kate allegedly disapproved of Harry and Meghan.
If you believe the tabloids, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle's relationship hit the ground
running when it came to royal disapproval.
Prince William apparently thought that his brother, who got engaged to Meghan in just
16 months, was moving way too fast.
A so-called "well-placed source" told The Sun,
"William told his brother they knew nothing about [Meghan's] background, her intentions,
what she was really like."
"I don't think that I would call it a whirlwind in terms of our relationship.
Obviously there have been layers attached to how public it has become."
Harry allegedly wasn't pleased about his brother's intervention, with The Sun's source revealing,
"Harry went mental…He accused his brother of trying to finish his romance before it
had begun.
The brothers' relationship has not really recovered."
Honestly, it's not really clear how Wills thought that conversation would go.
Harry and Meghan's love story might be the stuff of literal Lifetime movies.
But it's also unprecedented.
It's not everyday an American divorcee and outspoken feminist becomes part of the British
monarchy, let alone after a blind date.
Archie might even become the first British royal with dual US-UK citizenship, which has
huge political implications.
It's not surprising that Kate and Wills would urge Harry to proceed with caution.
Kate Middleton achieved the incredible feat of emerging from the hospital like a Disney
princess in heels and full makeup mere hours after giving birth to pose for photos.
And she didn't just do it once, but on three occasions.
That's some serious commitment to royal tradition.
But Meghan seemingly didn't agree with the post-birth tradition of posing for photos,
with a supposed friend of the duchess telling Page Six,
"[Meghan] felt sorry [for Kate Middleton]."
Harry and Meghan have taken a completely different approach to raising their kids.
As one of the most public families in the world, the Sussexes have tried their best
to maintain some sort of privacy.
Unlike William and Kate, they did not take photos right after the child's birth.
Even Archie's christening was kept largely under wraps, which was apparently a point
of contention for the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.
According to Us Weekly, when it came to Harry and Meghan's decision to keep the baptism
private,
"[William and Kate] weren’t happy about it."
An anonymous royal insider also claimed to Us Weekly,
"Will thinks his brother is going overboard keeping Archie out of the spotlight."
Most of us imagine the festive season in the royal household to be a prim and proper affair
where Christmas pudding is served on a silver platter, rather than slapped onto a paper
plate after you've wrestled your cousin for the last piece.
However, the royals allegedly have much more civilized arguments, especially when they're
feuding with the queen.
In 2018, Meghan reportedly caused a small tiff between the Duchess of Cambridge and
her grandmother-in-law.
According to Life & Style, Kate was livid when the queen invited Meghan's mother Doria
Ragland to spend the holidays at Sandringham House.
Kate's family has reportedly never been asked to spend the holidays with the queen and,
as a result, the duchess has always been forced to shuffle her kids back and forth between
the two families.
An alleged royal insider told Life & Style,
"Kate accused the queen of giving Meghan special treatment and sees this as a huge snub to
her side of the family…She understands that most of Meghan's family is estranged from
her, and that this was a kind gesture, but it still hasn't stopped her from thinking
that Prince Harry's wife has got it easy!"
The tabloids have clung onto the idea of a feud between Kate and Meghan since the moment
Harry went public with his relationship.
It's the perfect storm of gossip, two duchesses with wildly different public personas vying
for a crown, or at least a chance to wear the crown jewels.
As a result, we've heard about several probably made up arguments between the pair, one of
which involved Meghan's allegedly disgraceful behavior towards Kate's staff.
According to a royal insider who spoke to The Sun,
"[Meghan] has very high standards and is used to working in a Hollywood environment."
Presumably, this is meant to imply that Meghan is a diva, despite being the kind of royal
who shuts her own car door.
Somewhere along the line Meghan was reportedly very rude to a member of Kate's team at Kensington
Palace, and the Duchess of Cambridge issued a stern warning.
She allegedly told the former Suits actress, according to The Sun's source,
"That's unacceptable, they're my staff, and I speak to them.'"
Who knows what the truth really is?
Before Harry met Meghan, he was the royal family's resident PR nightmare.
This wasn't just limited to that time he donned a Nazi uniform to a costume party, either.
In 2012, the former military man reportedly disappointed his older brother after tabloids
caught him having a crazy night out in Las Vegas.
"And having parties every night?
Oh dear."
One of the women who allegedly partied with Harry during his now-infamous Vegas excursion
opened up about the scandalous night to one of the tabloids.
The pair reportedly played strip billiards along with some of Harry's friends before
things got steamy.
She reportedly told The Mirror,
"We kissed, he was naked at the time, and pretty open.
It was a drunken fumble.
It wasn't romantic, just fun.
He was a gentleman, but he was so wasted."
When you're a royal, what happens in Vegas stays in the tabloids.
According to The Sun,
"William...was said to be furious with Harry...for getting caught on camera stripping in a Las
Vegas hotel room."
"I probably let myself down, I let my family down, I let other people down.
But at the end of the day, you know, I was in a private area, and there should've been
a certain amount of privacy that one should expect."
Wills and Harry have been known to poke fun at who's the most bald and argue about the
washing up.
Yes, apparently the royals occasionally do their own dishes, and William allegedly wasn't
thrilled about Harry's lazy approach to chores when they were sharing a living space in the
military.
In a 2009 interview with the Associated Press, William and Harry opened up about the experience
of living together, and suggested that they wouldn't be doing it again.
Of his younger brother, Prince William said,
"He does do a bit of the washing up, but then he leaves most of it in the sink, and then
he comes back in the morning, and I have to wash it up."
It seems pretty clear which prince is the most domesticated, and we're hoping that Harry
has since purchased a dishwasher, if only for Meghan Markle's sanity.
In April 2018, the queen appointed Prince Harry as a Commonwealth Youth Ambassador ahead
of his wedding.
This was a major honor considering 60 percent of the Commonwealth's 2.4 billion citizens
are under the age of 29.
Meghan proved to be a major support to Harry in the role, and has since been named Vice
President of the Queen's Commonwealth Trust.
"I am also incredibly grateful that the woman that I am about to marry, Meghan, will be
joining me in which work."
However, not all of the royals were happy about it.
According to The Sun, Wills was a bit envious of his younger brother.
He was reportedly hoping his grandmother would bestow him with the job instead, despite the
fact that he'll one day be king.
Per The Sun,
"Wills' nose was reportedly put out of joint when the Queen gave the plum job to his brother
instead of him."
This allegedly caused Prince William to drag his feet anytime he had to do work for the
Commonwealth, though it should be noted that the Cambridges are frequently criticized for
not doing enough, so take it with a grain of salt.
Even if William does disapprove of his brother's appointment, he reportedly didn't try to get
Harry fired from the job.
According to The Sun, Wills let his brother hold onto the role because he didn't want
to create any extra tension before Harry's wedding.
As it seems, he'd rather seethe in silent anger, if any of this even happened at all
that is.
Working with family isn't easy.
That goes for everyone, including the royals.
In 2018, the Fab Four appeared for the first time on stage together to talk about their
Royal Foundation charitable work, and it seemed like they hadn't yet smoothed out the kinks
in their working relationships.
During the discussion, Prince Harry and Prince William both admitted that the four sometimes
clashed.
As for what the arguments are about, Harry said,
"Healthy disagreements."
"The last thing you disagreed on, how did you resolve it?"
"I can't remember, they come so thick and fast."
During the same appearance, Prince Harry reportedly said, according to the Express,
“We've got four different personalities and we've got the same passions to make a
difference but different opinions.
I think those opinions work really really well."
"Working as family does have its challenges and the fact that everyone is laughing shows
they know exactly what it's like."
If there really is this much tension between the four royals, it's hardly surprising that
the Sussexes decided to split from William and Kate's charity in order to start their
own.
And apparently there was some serious drama behind the decision.
A royal insider allegedly told Us Weekly of the split,
"Kensington Palace is painting this as a natural progression...but there were definitely issues
with Meghan and Kate seeing eye to eye on how they wanted to run this charity."
Instead of pushing for William and Kate's approval and finding some common ground, the
Sussexes allegedly chose to jump ship.
The charity has since been renamed the Royal Foundation of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge,
which may or may not be a snub depending on how you look at it.
If the tabloids are to be believed, William and Kate are the masters of the subtle clapback,
and we're wondering if Meghan and Harry can see the shade from their private jet.
In the summer of 2019, Harry was accused of taking a dig at the Cambridges by saying he'd
only have a maximum of two children because of environmental concerns.
As we all know, William and Kate are proud parents of three kids, so that sure seems
like a snub if we've ever heard one.
The Sussexes were later called hypocrites for their frequent use of private jets.
ITV reported on one of Harry and Meghan's flights and said,
"It's believed the trip to Nice would have created seven times more carbon emissions
per person than a commercial flight."
However, when quizzed about his private jet usage, Harry claimed he occasionally had to
fly that way to keep his family safe.
"Occasionally there needs to be an opportunity based on a unique circumstance to ensure that
my family are safe."
However, it seems like the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge don't exactly share the same
point of view.
A source allegedly told Daily Beast,
"William and Kate always fly budget whenever possible when they are flying on personal
and private trips...The basic reason for that is very simple: It's because they have to
pay for their own flights if it's a private trip and they don't like wasting money."
It's already been established that the long-running feud between Kate and Meghan might actually
be a feud between William and Harry, but nonetheless, the two duchesses don't always see eye-to-eye.
Kate almost always follows along with the royal tradition, or at least does her best
to follow in the footsteps of her mother-in-law Princess Diana.
She does, after all, have Diana's engagement ring.
"It's a family ring yes.
It's my mother's engagement ring."
In 2016, Kate ended up carrying Diana's Vogue torch when she appeared on the cover of the
UK edition, an honor Diana achieved four times throughout the '80s and '90s.
According to Business Insider, Kate's 10-page spread was the only magazine shoot she'd ever
done.
Unlike her sister-in-law, Meghan turned down the opportunity to be a Vogue cover girl.
The magazine's editor-in-chief Edward Enninful wrote in the issue,
"From the very beginning, we talked about the cover...whether she would be on it or
not.
In the end, she felt that it would be in some ways a 'boastful' thing to do for this particular
project...She wanted, instead, to focus on the women she admires."
As the first ever guest editor of the British Vogue's September issue, Meghan chose to feature
15 influential women.
None of these women were her royal sister-in-law, Kate Middleton.
Is that really just a coincidence?
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