Meghan and Kate now ‘closer than ever’ after years of friction

Tensions between Meghan Markle and Kate Middleton have played out publicly – but there’s been a surprising new development between them.

Meghan Markle and Kate Middleton’s relationship is improving after a tumultuous year, a source alleged on Wednesday.

“Meghan and Kate are actually getting along really well and have been in touch more often,” a palace insider claimed to Us Weekly. “Meghan and Kate’s relationship was never that close. And now they’re closer than ever and working on their relationship for the sake of the family.”

Back in March, Meghan told Oprah Winfrey in a televised interview watched by nearly 50 million people globally that her sister-in-law made her cry ahead of her May 2018 wedding to Prince Harry.

Prior to the 40-year-old’s claim, initial reports suggested it was the other way around, with the former American actress allegedly leaving the Duchess of Cambridge in tears following a disagreement.

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Meghan (right) had previously spoken out against Kate in her Oprah tell-all.

“The narrative with Kate, it didn’t happen,” Meghan told Oprah. “A few days before the wedding she was upset about flower girl dresses and it made me cry. It really hurt my feelings.”

The Duchess of Sussex insisted that she and Middleton, 39, eventually sorted things out.

“It was a really hard week of the wedding,” Meghan said. “And she was upset about something, but she owned it, and she apologised. And she brought me flowers and a note, apologising.”

After the interview aired, a source told the outlet that the women hadn’t spoken in a year partly because of Harry’s ongoing rift with his older brother Prince William. The insider alleged the “animosity” between the brothers made it ”very hard for them to be friends or even friendly”.

However, another source later told the outlet that the women made amends and have been in contact since Meghan gave birth to her second child, Lilibet, in June.

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The pair were reportedly ‘never that close’ during Meghan’s tenure in the royal family. Picture: Getty

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“Kate has been reaching out to Meghan a lot more since [Lili] was born, she’s sending [notes and] gifts and trying to build up a relationship,” the insider alleged.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex stepped down from royal duties at the start of 2020. The pair and their children, Archie and Lili, now live in Montecito, California.

In the wake of quitting royal duties, they gave the explosive TV interview to Winfrey, 67, in March, in which the couple described painful comments about how dark Archie’s skin might be before his birth. The Duchess also talked about the intense isolation she felt inside the royal family that led her to contemplate suicide.

Buckingham Palace said the allegations of racism made by the couple were “concerning” and would be addressed privately.

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