What Kate Middleton Has Said About Prince Harry and Meghan Markle
Speculation over tensions between the two began to circulate in November 2018, just six months after the royal wedding, with reports that Meghan had made Kate cry in an argument over bridesmaids dresses.
In March 2021, Meghan finally took the opportunity to settle the rumors in her own voice, telling Oprah Winfrey in her landmark TV interview that Kate had been the one to make her cry, and that an apology had been made that she accepted.
Meghan closed the discussion about her sister-in-law by appealing to fans of both royals, saying: "If you love me, you don't have to hate her. And if you love her, you don't need to hate me."
Here, Newsweek looks at what Kate has said publicly about Harry and Meghan throughout their six-year relationship.
Main image, Kate Middleton photographed in Windsor, England on September 22, 2022. Inset, Meghan Markle and Prince Harry from a production photograph for the Netflix series "Harry & Meghan."I
Harry and Meghan announced their engagement on November 27, 2017, with a photo call and sit down interview at Kensington Palace, where they were living at Nottingham Cottage, a few hundred yards away from Prince William and Kate Middleton's apartment 1A home.
The following day Kate took part in a previously scheduled engagement at London's Foundling Museum and during her arrival gave a rare response to a journalist's question in front of the gathered news cameras.
In response to the question: "How do you feel about yesterday's royal wedding announcement?" the then-Duchess of Cambridge said she was "thrilled."
"Oh, William and I are absolutely thrilled. It's such exciting news. It's a really happy time for any couple and we wish them all the best and hope they enjoy this happy moment."
Three months after their engagement announcement both Prince Harry and Meghan Markle took part in the first Royal Foundation Forum alongside Prince William and Kate.
The forum was staged to give the royal couples, dubbed by the press the new "fab four," the opportunity to set out the vision for their joint-foundation and how they would work together.
Kate was pregnant with her third child, Prince Louis, and at the end of the panel discussion an awkward moment arose with the moderator, Tina Daheley, asking whether the royals ever had "disagreements about things?"
To this William responded "oh yes," before laughing. Amid this discussion Kate gave her view on working with her husband and Harry and Meghan, saying that though people were working towards their "own ambitions," it was important to collaborate.
"Can you [William] remember at the sort of big round tables with the charity partners...you know it is sometimes hard to find these common ground where everyone really can get behind and things like that. And actually, that is the challenge. Everyone is/are individuals, they're all working towards their own ambitions but if you can, for us as patrons but also the charity partners, I think you [William] did a fantastic speech recently about everyone collaborating and working together and in doing so you can make a much bigger impact."
Meghan Markle and Kate Middleton photographed at the Royal Foundation Forum on February 28, 2018. During this event Kate spoke about working as a team with Prince William, Prince Harry and Meghan.
By the time Meghan and Harry announced at the end of 2018 that they were expecting their first child, reports that the duchess and Kate were not getting along had begun to circulate.
On November 28, British tabloid The Sun broke a story that Meghan had made Kate cry in a confrontation over bridesmaids dresses earlier in the year. The following day, Kate broke her usual silence by discussing Meghan with a group of well-wishers on an engagement in the city of Leicester.
When asked "Are you excited for Meghan and her new baby?" the royal responded that it was "really special."
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