Meghan Markle and Kate Middleton’s Relationship Is ‘Still Pretty Strained,’ Royal Expert Says
A royal expert believes Meghan Markle and Kate Middleton’s relationship is still “strained.” He explained it’s a likely reason why Kate would reject an offer to appear on the Archetypes podcast.
Expert says Meghan Markle and Kate Middleton still have a ‘strained’ relationship
Royal expert Richard Palmer discussed Meghan and Kate during an episode of Royal Round Up, looking at the rumor that Meghan had asked Kate to appear on an episode of her podcast.
Host Pandora Forsyth asked, “Do you think we will see Kate on Meghan’s podcast anytime soon?”
Palmer responded, “I don’t think so. I don’t get the impression that there is much of a relationship there between them at the moment.”
He added, “Maybe that will change but I think the signs are the relationship’s still pretty strained.”
Forsyth wondered if Meghan and Kate could bond over “the fact that [Meghan’s] being pigeonholed so much” on the podcast.
Expert says the royal family had ‘sympathy’ for Prince Harry and Meghan Markle
Palmer did note the royal family had some “sympathy” for Meghan and Harry but the way the Sussexes ultimately left everything behind didn’t sit well.
“I think William and Kate and other members of the royal family had quite a lot of sympathy with Harry and Meghan with some of their frustrations when they were working members of the royal family,” Palmer said.
“I don’t think that it was a case that they were completely uncaring about their concerns at all — far from it,” he said.
Palmer added, “It was just they didn’t agree with their approach, which was to essentially quit Britain, break the deal between the British people and members of the royal family, in terms of what information shared about things like godchildren at a christening, and of course to sort of declare open war on the British media.”
Meghan reportedly asked Kate to appear on her podcast, expert says
Royal expert Neil Sean discussed how Meghan reportedly asked Kate to appear as a guest on Archetypes. In a video posted to his Daily News Headlines YouTube channel, Sean explained, “There could have been one guest, of course, that could have made Meghan’s podcast literally become the top of the podcasting charts around the world.”
He continued, “While [Meghan] was over here, staying in Windsor out at their cottage, Frogmore, she put out a request to the Princess of Wales… would Catherine be interested, according to that good source, to appear on a forthcoming episode of [her] podcast.”
Sean added, “Apparently she could even have the whole episode herself, how generous — and, as ever, we have to say allegedly.”
The expert said the idea “does kind of make sense” because the two women could discuss “how difficult it is to run a family, work life, work balance — all of that sort of stuff.”
According to Sean, Meghan’s team “felt like this would be a very good move, particularly ratings-wise.”
Unfortunately, according to Sean, “the team at Spotify and Meghan’s production company Archewell have yet to hear back but they’re hopeful.”
