She has written no less than 17 works on the monarchy.
Asked by the
Telegraph
on Sunday, February 11, about the announcement of Charles III's cancer, author and royal correspondent Ingrid Seward spoke of the bond that united the sovereign to his son Harry.
But also the damaged relationship between the Duke of Sussex and his brother William.
The latter would, according to her, never have forgiven Prince Harry for having singled out Kate Middleton in his memoir
The Substitute
, released in January 2023.
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In his book, Prince Harry recounted that the Princess of Wales had made Meghan Markle cry, grimaced at the idea of sharing her lip gloss with her sister-in-law, and had even reprimanded her for daring to mention her hormones offhand. a conversation.
“Obviously, this all brings us back to Meghan, doesn’t it?”, underlines Ingrid Seward.
Before formulating a most disconcerting theory: “Maybe Harry was a little in love with Kate.”
While specifying: “I don’t mean physically, but mentally.”
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“Meghan must have been incredibly jealous”
Ingrid Seward subsequently spoke of the time when Meghan Markle was not yet dating Prince Harry, when the latter often visited Prince William and Kate Middleton.
“Harry always wanted a sister, as he told Diana,” said the author of
My
Mother and I
,
a book centered on the relationship between Charles III and Elizabeth II, to be published on February 15.
Psychologically, I think he adored Kate, and he was always there, at Kensington Palace, looking in their fridge and saying, “What are we having for tonight?”
A situation likely to irritate Meghan Markle.
“I think she must have been incredibly envious and jealous of Kate,” said the royal correspondent.
I heard that Meghan was really thinking about becoming a princess and living at Windsor Castle.
Instead, William and Kate lived in this beautiful house, while they were stuck in Nottingham Cottage, in what Harry used to call his 'slum'."
From there to thinking that Meghan Markle would have pitted her husband against Wales, there is only one step.
Ingrid Seward was also not very optimistic about the hope of a possible reconciliation between the two couples.
“You should never say never but it’s not that easy because they are miles apart,” she commented.
“Literally and figuratively,” noted the
Telegraph
.