Princess Kate ‘resents’ Meghan because… Meghan was banned from Balmoral

Prince William and Kate have been mad since 2016. That’s when they learned that Prince Harry was dating Meghan Markle. It’s clear now – as it was clear then, actually – that William and Kate were in a blind panic for much of 2017 and 2018, as they were sick with jealousy over Harry and Meghan’s easy charisma and fairy-tale love story. Thus, they orchestrated an unhinged smear campaign aimed at destroying the Sussexes’ marriage or exiling them in some way. Post-Sussexit, William and Kate’s default position has always been one of anger, rage, resentment and hatred towards the Sussexes. The “reason” for all of this incandescent rage has shifted from month to month, from year to year. There were easily 200 “last straw” moments, or “the Sussexes will never come back from this” moments. And after all that, it never amounts to anything other than the same thing it always was: William and Kate resent the Sussexes. They’re jealous of H&M and they hate that Harry and Meg left (even if that was their goal). William and Kate are not masterminds, they’re just two racist, jealous, petty, nasty people who will use any excuse to fuel their resentments. Speaking of.

The Princess of Wales has ‘built up resentment’ against Meghan Markle because she was forced to stay away from Balmoral while other senior royals rushed to the Queen’s side for a final goodbye, a royal author has claimed.

Kate, 41, remained in Windsor to look after her children while the immediate family headed to Scotland to be at the late monarch’s bedside when she died in September 2022. And now biographer Robert Jobson says in his latest book, Our King, the decision was taken to ensure Prince Harry didn’t have an excuse to bring his wife, because he might have insisted if the Princess of Wales was there.

‘The King said it was only for the children and grandchildren to be with the Queen,’ he wrote, adding that Charles wanted to stress that it was ‘not appropriate for wives to attend’, even though Sophie Wessex travelled to Balmoral. ‘Privately, he wanted to say Meghan was not welcome,’ he continued. ‘But he couldn’t say that to Harry so he personally intervened and asked Kate to stay back so that it was fairer on Meghan.’

He said that the Princess of Wales – who had stayed back at Adelaide Cottage and was spotted leaving Windsor Castle to collect the children from school on the day – had ‘wanted to be there with the Queen’, but wasn’t able to.

[From The Daily Mail]

Charles told Kate to stay home as a cover for why Meghan was banned from Balmoral and instead of being upset with the king, Kate is mad at… Meghan. For existing. For wanting to be with Harry on a difficult day. Kate “resents” Meghan for something awful that happened TO Meghan, which was Charles banning Meg from Balmoral. Again, there was a perfectly good reason why Kate didn’t go to Balmoral: she needed to pick up her kids from school and tell them about their great-grandmother. That perfectly reasonable excuse is never used and I don’t know why. The more these royal biographers pick apart this particular story, the angrier I get on the Sussexes’ behalf. Also: Sophie wasn’t the only spouse allowed in Balmoral. Tim Lawrence, Anne’s husband, was there. So was Camilla.

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  1. Mad at Meg for the kings orders. Was she also mad at Chuckles for leaving his dying mummy to go forage for mushrooms? Make it make sense.

    • HennyO says:

      I have no words.

      Even in a moment of sorrow & death – his mother was dying – #CharlesTheCruel was showing his cruel and loveless heart towards Meghan and his son.

      May karma do it’s work on his conAnation.

      • Elaine says:

        Ditto. I can’t wait for any of the rf to put a step out of line. Meghan and Harry were way more popular than Charles and Comilla will ever be, and William and Catherine too. Charles hated Diana getting all the attention, and this is what all this is built on.

    • Lampshade says:

      These royal biographies are such made up BS. William can’t even stand to be in the same room with his brother. They are always trying to make this about Karen and not about Will.
      It’s more believable that they knew that William even seeing Meghan would set him off. And no one wanted “William, The Terrible” incandescent with rage. So no Meghan. And Harry was like “why Kate can go? This is BS and I’m not coming”And so they said no Kate.

  2. Persephone says:

    She wasn’t banned because of Meg. She was banned because of Pegs. He didn’t want her there.

    • Seaflower says:

      I’d believe this – after all she made Philip’s funeral all about her.

      • BayTampaBay says:

        I have always believed William did not want Kate in Scotland at QEII’s deathbed..

    • Miranda says:

      Agreed. Their constant anger at each and every little thing that Harry and Meghan do or choose not to do is absolutely the way that two people who actually can’t stand EACH OTHER would think. A friend of mine once said that she finally realized that she needed to get out of a toxic relationship when she began actively resenting happier couples. I don’t think William and Kate could ever be that honest with themselves, so they make others suffer.

      • CommentingBunny says:

        Sometimes the only thing toxic, unhappy couples have left to bond over is hating someone. A friend’s ex and his wife were like that. It seemed like hating my friend was the only thing they could agree on, so they were absolute jackasses to her. Wouldn’t surprise me in the least if that’s what we are seeing here.

      • Abolish the Monarchy says:

        The fabulous and wise Brene Brown did a whole podcast discussing how the root of resentment isn’t what you’d think it was (anger). The actual root of resentment is ENVY. Sounds just like K K K. She & Willie seethe with envy.

    • B says:

      EXACTLY @Persephone every spouse of a blood royal was at Balmoral so telling Kate to “stay away” so its “fairer” on Meghan makes no sense. Especially since Chuck’s people were always going to leak that Meghan was banned. Plus they ALL enjoy singling Meghan out and othering her they don’t care about fair.

      Clearly Kate is on the outs with that family. Its why they are throwing her under bus about Meghan not attending (crymonger & seating charts) , its why Roses kid is in the coronation and its why Kate is desperately briefing her Great Great 30x removed ended slavery.

      More importantly I’m so grateful Meghan is not going to the Corny. I think Jobson book coming out before the Corny was always the plan and it was going to be used to stir up negativity against Meghan. Look at how they are rewriting and briefing crap about the funeral and printing it 2wks before the Corny! Now it falls on deaf ears because there is no Meghan coming to town.

      • Islandgirl says:

        Well, everything they write is usually the opposite of what happened.
        So, maybe Charles really didn’t want Meghan there. But it might well be that William didn’t want Kate there, and having Meghan and the other spouses would have looked really bad.
        Therefore, that may have contributed to them not wanting Meghan there.

    • Ginger says:

      Agreed. Kate is mad that she was the ONLY spouse not invited. Harry wanted Meghan there, William didn’t want Kate there. This is her trying to change the narrative. And it’s just making her and Charles look like the awful racists that they are.

      • ADS says:

        I think this is spot on: William didn’t want Kate there and this story is an attempt to deflect from that.

    • Becks1 says:

      I agree completely, and you know who we say that these people project all the time and that what actually happened is often the opposite of what we hear? (most obvious example being Meghan making Kate cry when it was the opposite?)

      Here, I think that is true as well. Kate wasn’t welcome at Balmoral and as a result Meghan could not go either. Do I think Charles may have welcomed the reason to ban Meghan? Sure. But I think the main reason for the “meghan cannot go to Balmoral” phone call was because Kate was not going. She’s still pissed at William for that so we’re getting this version now to once again center Kate as Meghan’s victim.

      • B says:

        Hi @Becks1 you could be on to something. At the time it was initially printed that Kate couldn’t go because she had to pick up the kids. This was SUPER important since it was their 1st first day at a new school. Since Kate wasn’t going, Meghan wasn’t allowed since it wouldn’t look good. Then later Chuckie briefed that Meghan was banned.

        I’m pretty sure neither Kate nor Meghan were allowed to go for different reasons. And as per usual Kate is using this to make herself a victim of mean Meghan. Blaming Meghan instead of Chuck is just as stupid and petty as the Easter gifts, baby brains, and bridesmaid dress nonsense. So it sounds like Kate.

      • Mrs. Smith says:

        I think you’re right Becks1. The family can’t stand K on a good day, so it makes sense they could not bear her presence when their nerves and emotions are raw. If K is a grating nuisance, it could have made an already stressful day a thousand times worse. Add in M with this bunch and it might have become a literal or figurative bloodbath. Honestly, as much as M deserved to be with her husband, she dodged all that abuse.

      • Nic919 says:

        The media announced that both Harry and Meghan were heading to Balmoral before it was changed to only Harry. And William and crew were leaving for Balmoral after the school day was done. They also knew that the Queen had passed before they even got to Balmoral, it just wasn’t publicly reported.

        It’s obvious kate was not wanted there by William and the school run story went as cover for the fact that William told Kate to stay home. Because of that Meghan wasn’t allowed to go and they tried to ignore Sophie being in the car by saying no spouses allowed.

    • Cairidh says:

      She wasn’t invited to begin with because they’re separated. Separated ex wives aren’t invited to family traumas. Carole came up with the Meghan excuse to save face.

    • ThatsNotOkay says:

      100%. William banned Kate and asked Charles to ban Meghan once the Sussexes confirmed they were BOTH on their way, because what William wants, William gets.

      • DaniLou says:

        This!! I even thought it on the day that it was all going down. William did not want Kate there. Was he even “at home” in Windsor that day when they got the call to go to Balmoral? Doubtful. I don’t believe for a second that Kate “needed” to be with the kids; they’re used to Carol and the nannies doing most things. And they could have waited to tell the children about the Queen until they returned, they’re young kids, it’s not like they’re hanging off the latest breaking news on Twitter. Meghan was told not to come to not highlight the fact that Kate wasn’t. They’re telling on themselves with these stories.

    • Digital Unicorn says:

      ITA it was because of Pegs and also the rest of the family – its clear the BRF can’t stand her and she would have absolutely have made it all about her and her ‘grieving’. I don’t think anyone wanted a repeat of how she behaved at Phil’s funeral which was appalling. It was bad enough that she made sure she was papped in full make up driving around the Windsor estate an hour or so after the death was announced. She made sure to be seen.

      The Chubbly is going to be interesting as I suspect that all this bad press is going to be used as an excuse to shove her at the back, esp on the balcony appearance. Cams is NOT going to want her standing anywhere near her stealing the attention like she usually does.

      • BQM says:

        This first balcony will be interesting for sure. The Queen didn’t care where Kate stood because she was THE QUEEN and no one was drawing attention. But now there’s a Queen consort who doesn’t have 1/1000 the reverence or affection or drawing power. And cam is willing to throw elbows.

    • Blue Nails Betty says:

      @Persephone

      Yeah, some of these people seem to have forgotten that Will and Kate were basically living apart when the queen died (if I remember correctly). I seriously doubt Will wanted his estranged spouse to be there. After all, the children are young enough that the nanny could have picked them up and kept them from the news until their parents returned to tell them their grandmother had passed. So even the “Kate had to stay behind For The Children™️” story makes no sense.

      Also, Will and Kate could have pulled the kids out of school, no biggie. The queen was already dead. Swinging by to pick up the kids on the way to the airport would not have been a hardship.

      I firmly believe Will didn’t want Meghan there, period, but also because it would highlight the absence of Kate. And of course, what the future king wants, the future king gets.

    • Mrs.Krabapple says:

      I’ve always thought the same. Meghan wasn’t allowed to attend because William didn’t want Kate there. It’s Meghan who should be resentful, but of course she’s not because she’s a better person.

  3. PrincessOfWaffles says:

    I say this story is probably true because it’s stupid reasoning and that matches the way Charles’ brain and incompetent team seem to work. Always divisive never inclusive, made up rules and protocols of bs what is appropriate or not.

    • Amy Bee says:

      Harry wrote about it in his book. Charles told him he didn’t want “her” there and Harry pulled him up on the way he was talking about Meghan. If anything Kate should be angry with Charles for effectively banning her and with William for agreeing to it.

  4. SarahCS says:

    They are SO bad at this and I love it for them.

    • acha says:

      Yes lol. I mean, is this book excerpt supposed to make any of these fools look good? Because it just makes them look like Kardashians with moldier housing.

  5. equality says:

    So in actuality, it was all because they didn’t want the biracial woman to be there? Yeah, that makes them all look SO much better. And now Meghan is supposed to “respect” KC and be there for his con? Or we are supposed to believe he really cares if she attends?

    • equality says:

      I wonder if the truth was that KC/Will didn’t want Meghan or Kate to be there. This is Kate’s PR trying to put the spin that it was all on Meghan. If Kate had been wanted there, I don’t think they would have used her to smooth the way for excluding Meghan. They have, after all, gloated about excluding Meghan in other situations where Kate is included, like the balcony.

      • acha says:

        We all know how Kate is in public, do you reckon she’s just as bad in private? Like, maybe having her at a deathbed would make everything that much more awkward?

      • BeanieBean says:

        Well, exactly. Since when have they ever wanted to be fair to Meghan, or even appear to be fair to Meghan?

  6. girl_ninja says:

    She was/is mad at Meghan for existing. Jealous of her for bringing everything Waity is not.

  7. Seaflower says:

    It must be exhausting being WanK – always angry about some perceived slight.

    I’d believe this more if the headline was Khate wasn’t invited because TQ couldn’t stand the woman she named Duchess Do-little.

    • acha says:

      my favorite is still “YOU DIDN’T GIVE ME AN EASTER PRESENT.”
      1) what even is that
      2) are you 4

      • BeanieBean says:

        I think that Faberge egg exhibit she saw years ago–where she asked if they were still being made–stuck in her brain & she expects something like that for herself every Easter.

      • Becks1 says:

        This comment just keeps cracking me up. “what even is that” lolol

  8. Dutch says:

    Buttons is probably angry Camilla and Sophie got the first crack at plundering the Queen’s personal jewelry and other effects.

  9. Maxine Branch says:

    All these reinventions solidifieds Harry’s Memoir and makes this institution looks as petty as it is. Condolences for that coronation which will serve to show how very irrelevant these folks are to the world. Only little Britain seems forced to tolerate this madness.

  10. Snuffles says:

    Unless she was mad she couldn’t pry out the combination to the safe where the Crown Jewels are kept out of the Queen before she died, I’m doubting she wanted to be by her side. She’s mad because not being there makes her look like an outsider, just like Meghan.

    And she’s especially sensitive because she knows she’s slowly being turfed out. Starting with being forced to move into Adelaide Cottage.

    • Over it says:

      I think she was mad because Harry and Meghan are a team and he always wants her with him. That’s love and respect. Kate husband doesn’t respect or love her and he definitely doesn’t want to be around her .so she is mad her husband Willy the wank does not love her . Period

  11. MrsCope says:

    Is this your king, Britain?! The pearl clutching in the comments is hilarious, like how dare this woman think it’s appropriate to support her husband during a difficult loss. As someone who just lost their grandmother, I couldn’t imagine not having my husband by my side as comfort/buffer.

    They had so many excuses they could use. Only the Queen’s children and their spouses. No grandchildren spouses. But they need to treat the heir differently and then get mad when Harry doesn’t want his life to be spent being treated less than ALL THE TIME. The line is too blurry. When are we a family and when are we a business? Y’all are really bad at both BTW. But just asking…

  12. Amy Bee says:

    Is this supposed to make Kate look good? Because it doesn’t. I just love that Kate is being exposed as being a terrible person by people who are supposed to be her allies.

    • Brit says:

      A lot of these Kate focused stories is coming off like someone is really trying to put her in her place or the press have decided to find a new scapegoat now that Meghan is not coming. It weird, it seems Meghan not coming to the coronation pissed off some people and they’re taking it out on the others.

      • Seaflower says:

        There’s been a definite shift in Khate stories from fawning to supposed to be nice but with sly back handers. Combined with the elevation of the Cholmondeley’s both in Chuckles court and society mags, and the reference in the Sunday mag to the “other woman” winning, someone is putting Khate in her place. My bet is Cowmilla in retaliation for all the future kween and push Chuckles aside for Willie stuff.

      • First comment says:

        @seaflower, I agree with you that “there’s been a definite shift in Khate stories from fawning to supposed to be nice but with sly back handers”. I really can’t define the source of this change: is it some kind of retaliation from camilla as you pointed out or is Kate’s new sense of importance due to her elevated title and status? I believe that this kind of behaviour could be in line with the posh people’s behaviour with their snide remarks and condescending comments towards other people. I think that Kate has totally embraced this, thus her total disregard of any decency towards Meghan as shown in the press recent pieces.

      • Flower says:

        This is exactly what is happening.

        Meghan had previously learned from her interactions with Toxic Daddy how to remove herself from the position of family scapegoat.

        Her decision not to attend was the perfect one as it effectively put the Royal Family on the back foot.

        The headlines we are now seeing are the result of that. The Rota are now realising that they were baited before the switch, which will heavily impact circulation figures and the revenues they were expecting to make.

        Charles continues to repeat the mistakes he made with Diana.

    • Becks1 says:

      None of these recent stories make Kate look good, at all. I just can’t tell whether they’re supposed to make her look good or not?

      • Pumpkin says:

        Yeah I can’t tell if they’re purposely not trying to make her look good or if they’re so delusional they think these stories make her look sympathetic. The fact that KP is pretty silent though these days makes me lean towards the latter because otherwise they would speak up or something.

        Or William has said “sorry Kate you’re on your own” and that’s why KP is not pushing back.

      • Harper says:

        It’s fascinating, isn’t it, that Jobson wrote an entire book about CRex, but the tabloid excerpts are only about Kate and her rift with Meghan? I have visions of Camilla and Jobbo and their Comms person who is straight from The Fail sitting inside the drawing room at Clarence House with a hardcopy of the book, slurping down their gin and cackling and underlining all the parts where Kate had to suffer because Meghan was breathing in the universe that day to use for tabloid stories. Other than the foraging for mushrooms story, did we hear anything new about the King?

        What these articles are doing is highlighting Kate’s emotions and demeanor as being unfit to be a Queen. She is resentful, she finds it hard to do a walkabout with the woman she has a beef with, she orders the biracial woman to sit in the back of the church. QEII would never!

      • Jais says:

        I’m truly not sure either😂. Can totally see it being from Camila but could also see it coming from Kate, trying to make it seem like she was included and was just being magnanimous. Suppose it could be true too in the sense that this is what Charles told Kate. When the reality was that William didn’t want her there. So yeah idk?

  13. Over it says:

    I read these unhinged narratives as a mom. A mom of color and I think if I were Doria, I would have found a voodoo doll or 4 and be sticking pins in them on an hourly basis.
    However ms. Doria is class and grace and I know this because Meghan takes after her.
    See I am not .
    I would drag Kate by her ragged ass and Chucky by his sausage fingers all the way through the mud for the constant unhinged hateful things they continue to do and say about my child. Grown or not , that’s my child and I won’t be able to help myself.
    That’s why Doria and Meghan are way 💯 better people than me .

  14. Digital Unicorn says:

    From what I recall only the spouses of QE2 kids were there – spouses of grandchildren were not.

    While I truly believe that kHate does resent Meghan for not getting to go to Balormal and play the grieving married in she made up for it making sure she was seen driving around the Windsor estate in sunglasses and pearl earrings mugging for the paps.

    This book is doing a real hatchet job on Buttons – first the walkabout story and this, neither of these stories make kHate look good. Someone in the Kings inner circle (read Cams) has ‘leaked’ these stories to set up the narrative that it was kHate was caused Sussexit – while I think she played a big part, Harry made is clear it was a lot of reasons and a lot of people.

    Abolitionist Barbie is on her way out – these stories are setting up for a divorce and for her to take the blame for the Sussex’s walking away. Its telling that we are not getting stories about Pegs backing his wife up etc.. – the silence from KP is deafening.

    • Ginny says:

      I’m very intrigued by your theory that this is part of the divorce setup! Grabbing my popcorn for the next few months…

    • Becks1 says:

      I think your last paragraph makes the most sense to explain what is happening here. I know that we have speculated that this is coming from the Middletons, and they do overplay their hand, PR wise, sometimes – but I think if it was coming from the Midds we would be seeing some kind of KP pushback (to try to correct the narrative.) And we’re not seeing that. KP is leaving Kate out to dry.

    • Shawna says:

      I’ve been definitely expecting this for a year or two. Some other CBer had said that William could be embraced as a single dad with his solo dad pap shots ramping up, and then another one connected it with blaming Sussexit on Kate. Looks like Kate isn’t doing herself any favors. Either she’s playing into it unwittingly because she doesn’t know the tide of public opinion is turning (so she thinks this all makes her look great), or Camilla’s involvement is putting the pedal to the medal on this plan.

    • Brassy Rebel says:

      I used to think W&K would never divorce, just quietly live separate lives and stay married. I’m beginning to rethink that in light of all these hatchet jobs being lobbed at Kate. The palaces are preparing us for something. I still think this is all cover for William not wanting Kate anywhere near Balmoral, and this is the explanation they’ve come up with, that no one wanted Meghan there so Kate couldn’t come either. Of course, it’s probably true that Charles and William didn’t want Meghan there either. And they don’t use the excuse about the kids because no one would believe that Kate is that interested in the kids, especially when there are others who could tend to them. This is all quite insane, needless to say.

    • S808 says:

      I definitely think Kate is being set up to take the fall as well. Though we’re getting plenty of stories about “incandescent” Will regarding the Sussexes as well. I don’t know if they’ll be able to successfully lay everything at Kate’s feet.

  15. Brit says:

    I’m really starting to believe that the royal rota and certain members of the staff in the different palaces want the royals gone because this is not having the reaction they clearly were hoping for. I’ve just never in my life seen a group of people never get anything right, PR wise. None of this foolishness had to happen. Meghan marrying in gave that family modernity and a fresh start but nooo…the media backed the wrong horse and want more from the royals because they can’t get to who they really want and the royals are losing steam as each year rolls on. Both these entities fumbled the bag immensely and I’ll never understand why.

    • Snuffles says:

      I constantly go back and forth these days. Are they intentionally being shady? Wanting to make the royals look bad? Or are they so desperate for any excuse to put Harry and Meghan in an article, they will expose the other royals behavior for clicks? Or are they so entrenched in their personal echo chambers that they are incapable of seeing just how awful this makes the royal family look? Do they honestly believe this makes the family look good?

      • Brit says:

        @snuffles, it truly boggles the mind. It really does. I think with the BM, I’ve been getting a sense of frustration and certain members reaching a boiling point. They’re angry that the royals haven’t given them what they wanted, which is the Sussex family. There are barely any leaks or exclusives and the Sussexes have been successful, rich and have freedom to do what they please, which angers the press because they can’t be controlled by them. I think the family is so scared of the media and jealous of the Sussexes, they’re trying to keep one entity happy so they don’t get targeted next and they want the Sussexes quiet and wings clipped. We’re watching a song and dance of toxicity and I think the media, who only care about their bottom line, is running out of patience with the remaining Windsor’s.

  16. Etha says:

    I don’t believe this. They didn’t want Kate there too. What did Kate do, to make sure she was being talked about. She made sure that she was papped twice. How come there are no more papped pics of her in Windsor after that. As always she wanted someone’s funeral to be about her and even proceeded to pull out the biggest ugliest pearl necklace. There’s no class in that woman, absolutely none.

  17. Tessa says:

    I thought it was about the children and Kate had to be with them and could not go. and there are still Kate fans calling her rudeness classy behavior

  18. lleepar says:

    Lost in all this is the fact that this is the second time at Balmoral that Charles denied Harry the support and comfort he needed to deal with the death of a woman central to his life — first with his mother, then with his grandmother.

  19. Ceej says:

    I wonder what the arrest/fine would be for sticking up a sign at Buckingham that just reads “no blacks allowed”. Worth it if only for the trees it would save so they don’t need to print a thousand articles skirting around the fact that this is what the Royal Family really want the world to know about them.

    • kirk says:

      When a company like BRFCo has the power to exempt themselves from fair labor laws that other businesses must follow, and chooses to remain exempt over decades, it’s putting out the sign. Since they’re exempt, there won’t be a fine or arrest.

      Recall after Oprah interview, when the palaces said they were hiring diversity consultants and outside investigators to evaluate their employment practices, blah blah blah? Eventually they came up with nada about Big Bad Bully Meghan, but two palaces, BP and CH, reported racial percentages in employment. Notably Kensington did not report on the racial makeup of their employees.

  20. Jay says:

    Huh, after denying that Kate and Meghan were banned from Balmoral, suddenly it’s “Of course they were banned, and Kate missed out on her chance to say goodbye to the queen!”

    As many of us said at the time, it would have been perfectly understandable for Kate to pick up her kids and tell them about their grandmother’s death so that they don’t hear rumours.

    Also, while Sophie, Camilla, and Tim Laurence were there, they are spouses of children and not grandchildren – it shouldn’t make a difference but in this family it does. There’s a hierarchy for everything. I don’t remember Mike Tindall, or Eugenie or Beatrice’s spouses being there, either.

    So, who can say if Meghan hadn’t been in country, whether Kate would have inveigled a seat in the plane and appointed herself chief mourner (“She always admired my work ethic, said it reminded of herself at a young age. And she understood the importance of the early years. She also specifically said she wanted me to have her biggest jewels”).

    What’s odd is to make it a grievance, but Harry’s book has shown clearly that that’s Kate’s superpower. It seems like Kate is extra defensive about not being included and blames Meghan.

    • MsIam says:

      The other grandchildren were not there period so it’s a moot point about their spouses. But you are right about this family and hierarchy. It’s like a toxic seasoning that runs through everything. It would have been so much simpler for them to have just invited Meghan and avoided all this drama but they have this obsession about upstaging and getting petty revenge.

  21. Smegmoria says:

    Not enough is being said about Will and Kate being Suits superfans. If that tidbit is true, Will and Kate are both super jealous that Harry “got a piece,” of their favorite show.

    • Jay says:

      Knowing how much they like to complain, the fact that Meghan “ruined” Kate and William’s favourite show for them was the just the beginning of their grievances with this smart, beautiful and successful woman.

  22. aquarius64 says:

    Every story that has come out really makes Kate look bad. I think Waity is right now waiting for the axe to fall.

  23. Joy says:

    I love that everyone in this scenario is too dumb to realize that these stories make them sound HORRIBLE. Well Kate is mad at Megan for being banned because that means SHE had to be banned too. Ok why not be mad at Chuck for a bizarre and pointless ban? Wtf

    • MrsCope says:

      Any other time Will puts on his incandescent cap, if he wanted his wife there she would have been there. How are Harry and Meghan (basically Meghan) the bad guys in this scenario when we know what Will wants, Will gets?

  24. DARK says:

    This feels like complete bs. It still doesn’t make sense. If Charles felt comfortable telling harry “he didn’t want her there ” there was no reason for an excuse involving kate and the press would have loved a just exclude meghan narrative. The tabloids and RR are rehashing old content with new spins like they always do. It’s the flower dress story all over again.

  25. First comment says:

    I think that all those recent unhinged stories regarding Kate and her manipulations towards Meghan are simultaneously: a) her twisted answer to Harry’s memoir (the woman was sitting and seething for months and now, she responds in order to elevate herself… she wished!), b) RR efforts to fill the lack of content, interest and work regarding the wails and the royal and c) palace efforts to deflect and gaslight the public opinion from the cost and the absurdity of struggly while everyone else suffers from the economic crisis.

    • Brit says:

      Or someone is trying to remind Kate of her place. Meghan and Harry are no longer scapegoats and removed themselves from the palace. These Recent Kate stories are bizarre and don’t put her in a good light and mind you this is coming from an author of a book, who recently said William and Kate need to work more and have been shady to them as of late. Not to mention he’s a Clarence House/ BP Stooge. Someone is pissed at Kate about something it seems.

  26. Noor says:

    These stories only emphasized the truth that Meghan was never accepted into the royal family.

    Why the sudden rush of Kate vs Meghan story when people should be talking about the coronation. Are these stories a decoy for something more important that people should be talking about. Like for eg should Camilla be crowned , who should bear the cost of the coronation etc.

    • MrsCope says:

      Can you imagine a life where you rehash/retell the same stories for a living over and over again?! Second verse, same as the first?! What an existence….

  27. Shawna says:

    Come on, wasn’t it the opposite way around? William didn’t want Kate there, so Meghan was disinvited to cover it up.

    • MrsCope says:

      Nobody probably wanted Kate there, but they definitely didn’t want Meghan there, either.

      • Shawna says:

        If Kate’s being pushed out, maybe that was the last straw? Many CBers had the feeling Charles was making W stay with K during Sussexit. But maybe when the whole family realized what a disaster she’d be at such an important moment in the monarchy’s history, that was a watershed moment? Even with the negative press related to a divorce, and even with the attention her clothes bring to “events,” she still offers too little to the family to make it worth incandescing W?

  28. EasternViolet says:

    If I were in Megan’s shoes, I would not want to be in Balmoral to sit at the bedside of a dying/dead woman, but to be in the company of my grieving husband. I don’t understand why coming to Balmoral automatically meant a bedside visit with a corpse. These people are so weird.

    • MrsCope says:

      Of course she didn’t want to kiss the Queen’s hands and wipe her brow, but to hear them “tell it” she was adamant about it. They just didn’t want her in the inner circle.

  29. Jais says:

    I don’t know if I believe this. I figured William didn’t want or care if she was there and that’s why she wasn’t invited. This feels like camp Middleton telling Jobsen that Kate wasn’t invited bc of terrible Meghan and that’s the real reason she wasn’t there. As opposed to pegs not wanting her there. I mean maybe it really went down the way this version is saying but it it also just feels like a cover-up story for why Kate wasn’t there. Even though she already had one with the kids? So idk it’s a mess.

  30. Pumpkin says:

    She’s truly blaming the wrong person for this. Charles made the decision and even if Meghan did go and she didn’t, it would still be on Charles as the reason why Kate didn’t. Meghan had nothing to do with this decision.

  31. HennyO says:

    I can give you a few more reason why Kate wasn’t there. Kate wasn’t their because:

    1. Her husband didn’t want to, cause he was/is not on good terms with her and probably was at his mistress’s house that day and not at her house/ Adelaide Cottage.

    2. She didn’t care about the queen cause the queen didn’t like her much -she just tolerated her – and the queen was the one who dubbed her Duchess Dolittle for obvious reasons. Hence her jealousy of Meghan’s relationship with the queen – she liked Meghan from the start. We saw Kate’s release and happiness at the prefuneral reception; one woman finally gone before her big day of becoming the queen.

    • Lizzie says:

      HennyO, you make a good point. The queen let it be known she had no respect for Waity and often snubber her. Imaging being in your 80’s and 90’s and outworking your grandson’s wife by a wide margin year in and year out. I doubt Kate ever intended to go to Balmoral. Also, William probably took off from his home and never considered swinging by for Waity.

  32. MSTJ says:

    I read the story and wondered who benefits from this latest spin to make Kate look mean. Is it William? Is it Camilla? Either a BP courtier or KP courtier leaked this but who?

    My opinions:
    This was actually in a book so it was fed to Jobson months ago. At any rate, neither Charles nor Kate are reflected well in this latest propaganda. If one goes with the premise that Jobson’s book was written for the royals to respond to what Harry revealed in Spare about his life in the family, then it puts into perspective the unhinged venom with which those in the royal circle who had a retort or response they were willing to share, hastily fed their lines to Jobson and Jobson hastily wrote the additional lines into the book. This is billed as a book about Charles III, yet, the allegations/storylines serialized in the tabloids so far are venomous and unhinged about Harry and Meghan. Jobson’s book is the royal family’s response to Harry and his stories reflect their mental dysfunction and the institution’s outdated propaganda modus operandai (speak publicly through leaks written by royal rota reporters instead of talking privately to Harry and Meghan). Harry believes that William and Charles are trapped but I think they like where they are because they enjoy the benefits of their roles as hiers. They do not want the symbiotic relationship with the media to change and the media does not either. Hence, they all view Meghan as the villain who caused Harry to change and leave and do the things he has done. In their reasoning, Harry would never have done any of the things he’s done to the family had Meghan not arrived in his life and changed him. Unfortunately, they just didn’t know him, which I believe Harry said in his book. Hence their continued bewilderment.

  33. Chantal says:

    “Special K resents Meghan.” Period. That’s the beginning, middleton and ending of every story re: the two of them. Special K can’t even control her emotions towards Meghan in public. K is long overdue for her comeuppance and it looks like things are finally moving in that direction. She’d better stop resenting and worrying about Meghan and start worrying about herself and the surrounding vipers. She’s a complete amateur compared to C,C,& W and her mean girl antics won’t work on them.

  34. Tessa says:

    If Meghan and Kate were there Kate would have gotten confrontational and caused a scene. Then a fake story about Meghan upsetting Kate would have been released.

  35. Eurydice says:

    These people always take the weirdest, most round-about way for an explanation. There was no reason to have everybody related to the RF come stampeding into Balmoral. It’s was a logistical issue – planes, cars, trains, security, etc. There had to be a cut-off point somewhere and, evidently, it was the spouses of the Queen’s grandchildren. I wouldn’t have made the same decision, but Charles seems to be pretty rigid about royal order and I think this says more about how the RF feels about spouses in general, rather than what they think about particular spouses.

    The history of the RF’s behavior towards Meghan makes things look worse, but I really think this particular instance was about logistics.

    • Truth says:

      Nope. Not after what Harry said in Spare which lines up to all the briefing in the press the day after.

      • Eurydice says:

        I think all of can be true and I should have spelled that out in my comment. There’s precedence for all of it – protocol, logistics, past behavior toward royal spouses in general and the horrible attitude toward Meghan. At the same time, I don’t think the first thought everyone had when the Queen died was “how do we keep Meghan away.” I think Charles (or his minions) came up with a plan, Harry wanted Meghan with him, and things escalated from there with Charles revealing yet again that he’s a total asshat. If he can’t even handle a leaky pen, imagine what he was like when his mother died and he had to think about being king – he was out there talking to mushrooms, for heaven’s sake.

        Why Kate feels she has to insert herself in this scenario is beyond me. As Kaiser has said, she had a perfect explanation about picking up her kids and explaining granny’s death. But ever the low road for Kate.

    • MsIam says:

      Harry and William were the only grandchildren invited. And having both of their wives there would hardly have been a stampede. These folks are such control freaks that their jealousy and resentment overrules common sense. It’s undignified.

      • Eurydice says:

        Sure, they’re control freaks about everything, no reason that would change just because the Sovereign of 70 years for all the Commonwealth Realms has just died. For various reasons, Kate and Meghan were not invited – we’re talking about a death bed here, not the Met Gala. What would anger me more is that Harry was “invited” without any effort to help him get to Balmoral. What kind of invitation is that?

  36. MsIam says:

    I believe this story. This family hates Meghan with a passion. And if you recall the articles written before the queen died when Meg gave the Young World speech and then when the Sussexes were in Germany with the cheering crowds and Meg looking glamorous, they were full of jealousy and resentment. So I think they wanted to “punish” and slap her down by not letting her be with Harry. Also, they “ punished” Harry by not allowing Meg to come. Kate was used as a cover for their anger at Meghan. I also think that is why Harry was treated so horribly at the funeral. The family was angry about the way the Sussexes were received in both the UK and in Germany. That is why I believe there is no hope of any “reconciliation “ with the rest of the Unroyals. They suffer from terminal jealousy, every perceived slight must be repaid 10 times over, they are master grudge holders and they can never, ever be wrong about anything. They can’t rule over countries so they rule over people. Harry and Meghan should always stay far away from them.

  37. Rapunzel says:

    I clearly recall that we first heard Kate wasn’t going and Harry and Meghan were. This sparked a lot of “why isn’t Kate going?” debate. Then we heard Meg was banned.

    So it’s obvious Meg was banned because of Kate not going, not the other way around as this article suggests. The gaslighting is making me ill.

  38. RoyalBlue says:

    Hark! What is that quiet cackling I hear in the background? Oh, it’s Queen Camilla, pleased as punch that her plans are all coming to fruition. She put Waity in her place and took her down a peg or three. After all, this is the Rottweiler’s time to shine, and Waity will have her turn eventually. Oh the games these cretins play.

    • Delphy says:

      Every bit of this is classless. All of it. From Camilla’s long game to Kate’s long game to all of them acting like a sorority hazing the new wife with *extra racism* to the not so quiet attempt to exile Harry and his family. It’s Shakespearian on the one hand and Maury Povich on the other hand. The royal family behaves like trash.

      • Delphine says:

        To be clear, the British royal family has no class. They act like they have all the class in the world when in reality they have none. They’re actual trash. Garbage humans. H&M escaped a terrible institution

  39. Blue Nails Betty says:

    The bottom line is if William had wanted Kate to be with him at Balmoral she would have been there. What William wants, William gets. So Kate’s being left behind For The Children™️ is proof William didn’t want her at Balmoral.

    However, since they can’t have the appearance there is a rift between Will and Kate they threw Meghan and Harry under the bus to keep people from knowing Will and Kate were separated.

    It is literally that simple.

    • Feeshalori says:

      William prevented Kate from attending the Diana statue unveiling, so it stands to reason he wouldn’t want her at Balmoral as well. Meghan being barred was the extra who got thrown into this mess as well. And imagine Harry being told that his wife and his support was not welcomed at all. Such a disgraceful vile family.

    • kirk says:

      “For The Children™️”
      Love it.

  40. Well Wisher says:

    Why is Kate angry at Meghan for William not wanting or needing her emotion support in the opportune times.

    Harry wanted and needed Meghan at that particular time.

    When Prince Philip passed, the Queen via her staff did everything to ensure that the Sussexes knew before the world did. They were a part of her family.
    Unlike her transition, it has been documented, how would Harry had felt??
    Meghan and the children had become like his only family, due to the inconsiderate behaviour of his father and brother.
    The world knew before Harry did, and no one had to drive to his home to wake him. He was in the same country.
    Sad…

    • Polo says:

      Wow I actually didn’t even think about it that way! When the Philip died there was no where near the same amount of drama. It was very clear the Queen cared about them and made sure to show it. Even the books written about Philips death there was no briefings like there was with the Queen unless I’m forgetting.
      Since her death it’s clear how toxic and jealous the rest of the family is.

  41. Mary Pester says:

    Bye bye katey dear, don’t let the door hit you in your scrawny ass on the way out, because you are you know, on your way OUT. William didn’t want you at Balmoral, in fact it begs the question, does he want you at all??? See I think William has decided he loves his Rose tinted glasses and camzilla is going to let him wear them FULL TIME, you see, you got to uppity, your mother demanded to much press coverage of YOU, and your father in law is REALLY pssd of with your spending and demands!! You bullied and belittled the ONE woman who would have fought your battles by your side, you denied her the chance of happiness with her husband INSIDE his family and very soon, you will find yourself going through similar, BIG, BIG difference, Megan still has her husband’s love and devotion, she has h
    Their children. You on the other hand have mummy and uncle Gary. Who have no say in anything Royal, but Harry does doesn’t he, because the king is trying to draw Harry closer, but the only way for that to happen is for Megan to come closer as well!! Oh dear, oh dear, you backed the wrong horse (“face) and now, sat beside you there is another female, called. Karma

    • Beverley says:

      So very true, Mary Pester.
      And Karma is not only a fashionista but a grown & sexy beeyotch.

  42. Cerys says:

    I agree with most of the other comments made. It was more appropriate for Kate to remain at home and break the news to her children before they heard it on the news. It’s also quite likely that W didn’t want her at his side grinning for the cameras.
    None of QE2’s other grandchildren were there and they haven’t been bleating to the press about it. Camilla and Tim were already at Balmoral so it would have very strange if they were not at the side of their respective partners to offer support.

  43. QuiteContrary says:

    I will never get over Charles’ cruelty to Harry in banning Meghan from Balmoral. What a weak and terrible person Charles is — an absolute sh*t father.

    From “Spare”:
    “He said I was welcome at Balmoral, but he didn’t want…her. He started to lay out his reason, which was nonsensical, and disrespectful, and I wasn’t having it. Don’t ever speak about my wife that way. He stammered, apologetic, saying he simply didn’t want a lot of people around.”

    I frankly couldn’t give a flying fig about Kate’s feelings about all this. But I agree that she’s being sent to the exits.

    • MrsCope says:

      No kidding he didn’t want a lot of people around. He didn’t even want to be there!

      But in all seriousness, she was one person. Not a lot of people. Garbage

  44. Beverley says:

    It’s uncanny how racists always tell on themselves.
    Kkkhate, you in trouble, girl.

    #AbolitionistBarbie
    #WhitesOnly
    #CaucasianCoronation

  45. Jaded says:

    Khate deeply, passionately resents anyone who threatens to take the spotlight off her or doesn’t defer, bow and scrape to her. The same thing happened at the Commonwealth church service when there was the squabble about something as stupid as entering the church in proper order. Kate flew off the handle when TQ said she and William would walk in with the rest of the family, not her, to settle things and WanK went nuts. The looks on their faces said it all. They literally iced Meghan and Harry visibly.

    Khate’s burned too many bridges. She’s now pretty much isolated from everyone except her kids, nanny and staff (until they quit which most do sooner or later). She appears to have no friends, she only shows up with William in carefully staged public events where it’s obvious they can’t stand each other, and it’s clear she’s living a mostly separate life from him.

    She should have been more careful about what she wished for, I wouldn’t live that life if you paid me.

    • kelleybelle says:

      For some reason she felt like she could treat the York sisters like dirt too, hence the reason they can’t stand her either. Then I heard that Liz said she would have to curtsey to them as they’re blood princesses. Apparently that didn’t go over well … quelle surprise.

  46. Escape says:

    Oh BS! If they wanted kate there she would have been there. When my dad passed away it was just us siblings and the oldest grandchild. Don’t blame this on Meghan.

  47. L4Frimaire says:

    Where is William in all this? What says her husband? This makes them look spiteful and vindictive, especially with how they were so happy to say Meghan was banned from going to Balmoral and Chuck didn’t want her there. I don’t know what’s going on here but the Sussexes got the message and decided that Meghan did not need to go to this coronation and they are feeling a way about it. The coronation is coming quite soon and they’re going on about a funeral from 6 months ago. They want conflict but using this nasty anecdote to attack Meghan will backfire on them. Tired of these people.

  48. Wantex says:

    I dont believe this. Elizabeth kids probably didnt want megan or kate there. I dont blame them either. Kate is always trying to position herself above everyone. So i can see the family saying “not today”. I wouldve let megan and kate come but it would be a quick wave then kick them out.

    The queen may have wanted fergie and megan there but it was so much drama. However, harry did need a person on his side there. Its all so messy.

  49. Jumpingthesnark says:

    The real reason she wasn’t allowed to come was that her husband didn’t want her there. But she doesn’t want to face that problem, instead falling back in racism as her crutch in all situations related to the Sussexes. Some have asked how she can stand to stay married to someone who despises her. Well, here is part of those bizarre mental machinations and justifications…..

  50. Saucy&Sassy says:

    I’ve often wondered is Wails simply refused to go. When people would stay at Balmoral for Christmas, Wank just went for the church walk and lunch or something isn’t it? I’ve often thought that Wails doesn’t have anyone in that family who likes her. I doubt being around them would be what she wanted. QE2 publicly snubbed Wails more than once. I doubt there was any love lost between QE2 and Wails. So, I doubt Wails wanted to go. Fails probably didn’t want her there. Problem solved. As far as Meghan? I think Meghan was a choice made to other her. It doesn’t matter how many times this story or remade stories are told about this. The bottom line is the world is very clear about the brf’s feelings toward H&M after their in your face actions to humiliate them at QE2s funeral.

    This just reminds everyone what we saw and heard in real time. Are we sure that Jobson isn’t shading the brf?

  51. Flower says:

    This article potentially tells us two things.

    If true then as others have said above it shows us how utterly devoid of humanity and this is not the flex that Kate (and Chuckles) think it is.

    However I suspect that there is some exaggeration here given the timing of the Queen’s death and when the family arrived in Balmoral.

    Rather, as we’ve seen before names have been transposed. W&K are separated and Will neglected to invite Kate for his own selfish reasons. Then like the other family members (except William) they all arrive with their partners, so William convinces his father to disinvite Meghan to protect the appearance of his own strained marriage.

    Kate was never invited, we’ve seen how they treated Diana and other married in’s once the Prince has moved on, the wife is pushed put of the centre. Kate and William are potential adversaries at this point given the state of their marriage.

    I also think the above is why Kate does not have a private secretary, because potentially no one wants the job of spying on her. They’ve watched The Crown and do not want their names attached to that mess.

    • TheOriginalMia says:

      I totally agree this was about them being separated and Kate being pushed out. Harming Meghan and Harry was just bonus.

      Kudos on the private secretary bit. Didn’t think about that. Here she is the PoW and she’s milling about without a private secretary or any lady in waiting to assist her. Sure sounds like she’s on her way out or being pushed to the margins away from her hubby.

  52. kirk says:

    Has Jobson ever joked about swinging George, Charlotte or Louis over the balcony?
    Just asking.

  53. Nerd says:

    It seems that this book by Jabba was supposed to be the book that counters what was said in Spare, and if that is the case, it is doing a horrible job at it. It has been story after story of them putting a spin on what was said in Spare and what has been talking points about the abuse of Harry and Meghan by the media and the royal family. This story is as bad as the hardest thing she’s ever done story and it only makes her seem mean and really stupid. How does Meghan being forced not to accompany her grieving husband to the deathbed of his grandmother and not be able to say her goodbyes also make Meghan the person that Kate should be angry with? Any normal person would be angry with the person who was spending his mothers final hours on this Earth being mean and vindictive to his son and daughter in law by not allowing them, and by extension that person 🦴, the opportunity to be there for their loved one before they passed away. I can believe this story and it makes the having a GRUDGE about a bridesmaid dress, lip gloss and Easter presents more believable, not that I didn’t believe those stories from the beginning. Jabba’s book has only proven Harry and Meghan’s told experiences as true by him giving us more examples of how petty, mean and racists they are.

  54. alex says:

    Complain, attack Meghan and play the victim seems to be Khates constant focus in life, apart from the ridiculous amount of money she spends on herself. Always wondered how a relentless stalker who got rid of every other woman was welcomed into the BRF. Possibly she and Carole have a stockpile of royal secrets, “Dolittle” does nothing and has achieved nothing. Royal commoners in European Royal Families all seem to work hard and do their best to honor their positions. The Queen would have seen through her, a long time ago, dont believe for a moment that they were close in any way. The Queen was barely cold before she raided her jewels and paraded around in them. No respect whatsoever.

  55. Gaah says:

    Not buying this story since by the time Harry was notified and go there, the Queen had already passed away. It would have meant nothing for Meghan to be there for that. Harry said that RF made every effort for him not to get there in time as they all took a helicopter to Balmoral and no one included him.

  56. RumbleRumble says:

    I have been wondering, are they more racist or more jealous? Coz if Harry had married, say, Jennifer Lawrence, what would they have done? Even more fairytale, more charisma, more wow, more threat for the future King and Queen of Nothing-ham.

  57. ML says:

    Keen didn’t fly north because any to all of these 3 people did not want her there: Peggington, Pennington or Camzilla. Peggington seems to be over his marriage and the two of them are having difficulty cosplaying a living couple. Pennington is a jealous little t’ird who cannot deal with sharing the spotlight and mushrooms aside, his mummy’s death turned the spotlight on his becoming king. Camzilla seems to be a “power behind the scenes sort” and has been emerging from beneath a very dark dank cave these past few months to show how much she’s been responsible for arranging how BP functions. Blaming Meghan is Keen’s helplessness and fury for dealing with the other 3.

  58. Krista says:

    Kate’s mother didn’t do a very good job of parenting Kate’s first five years – she raised a jealous, insecure, unhealthy and bitter daughter.

  59. jferber says:

    All I can say is they have a boat load of horrid people in the royal family in England. Why are they, in particular, so vile? Other country’s royals generally get good marks from people (excluding what they have in Monaco). Why can’t the English learn from people who do it better? When will the arrogance and ignorance stop that they are the bestest and smartest people in the room? They are not!!!