Prince Harry and Meghan Markle were reportedly at odds after claims emerged that she broke a promise at a Hollywood party.
The Duke of Sussex allegedly confronted Meghan following a viral story alleging she disclosed details of private talks with King Charles.
Sources say the couple were “at loggerheads” over what was described as “the worst possible situation.”
In the days after their top-secret summit with King Charles and Queen Camilla last month, the couple’s unusually low profile left royal watchers wondering what on earth had happened.
There were no interviews, no photographs and barely a peep from the Sussex camp.
Then, just as she made her appearance on MasterChef Australia, the Duchess allegedly lifted the lid.
Three weeks after the their reunion with King Charles and Queen Camilla, she returned to social media with a carefully curated collection of photographs from the family’s European summer, including the first glimpse of Archie, seven, and Lilibet, five, as they visited Princess Diana’s grave at Althorp House to lay flowers.
The pictures offered a warm glimpse into the Sussexes’ family life, but they reportedly failed to impress everyone behind palace walls, with the future monarch was particularly unimpressed.
US homemaking powerhouse Martha Stewart, 85, reportedly dropped Meghan into some seriously hot water after claiming she had been discussing her reconciliation with Charles at a recent Hollywood dinner party.
A revelation which, if the King really did want the meeting kept under wraps, could hardly have come at a more awkward time. She seemed to suggest the Duchess had been talking about her royal return, despite reportedly being sworn to secrecy by the king.
The reports had left Harry particularly frustrated. A source tells Closer that he is worried the claims could upset the royals and, more damagingly, breathe new life into concerns among some members of the royal household that the Sussexes remain loose cannons who simply cannot be trusted with sensitive family matters.
The insiders went on: “They are trying so hard to build back trust, and Harry’s giving his father and everyone on the King’s staff these assurances that he and Meghan will both be total vaults. And then this comes out – it’s an absolute nightmare.
“The King has a ton of people in his ear who have made it their job to warn him about anything that might be interpreted negatively, and no doubt they will see the headlines about Meghan supposedly talking about her visit with His Majesty as a full-scale disaster and use it as proof that she can’t be trusted.”
It emerges amid reports that the Duke wants a full scale reconciliation with his family, but could these latest accusations have cast doubt in royal circles?
