WHY KATE’S WINNING
The Duchess is flying high
‘Kate and Meghan have now settled into a truce’
Looking at pictures of Kate Middleton in a gorgeous summer dress with her trademark bouncy blow-dry, you know the Duchess is back on top form. While we’ve watched her partake in Zoom calls with charities, school kids and NHS workers these past months, we finally got to see her back out and about performing royal duties last week.
And it seems her beaming smile may be down to her positive attitude and new take on post-megxit life. According to Royals At War – a new book by investigative journalists Dylan Howard and Andy Tillett – the 38 year old has decided to put the past behind her and is relishing the extra responsibility of her new exalted status in the royal family.
Royals At War suggests that Kate and Meghan have now settled into a kind of truce. “Kate made visible attempts to get along with Harry and Meghan in the past year, but now things have changed,” the book explains. It goes on to suggest that, as Kate’s standing in the palace has never been so high, it’s thought that she would rather look to the future than worry about mending fences with Meghan. Kate and Prince William – who are parents to Prince George, six, Princess Charlotte, five, and two-year-old Prince Louis – have both been back at (socially distanced) work now that lockdown has been eased. Last week, William visited the Oxford Vaccine Group to learn about their work fighting coronavirus, and for Children’s Hospice Week, Kate spent time at a hospice, planting a garden with families. It’s clear the couple are trying to move on from their supposed rift
with Prince Harry and his wife of two years, Meghan.
The book also details how Kate has become closer to the Queen, due in part to her stepping up and taking on more responsibilities, but also as she apparently sought advice from the monarch while struggling with the alleged tensions between family members. It even suggests that after a meeting between Queen Elizabeth and Kate, Her Majesty tried to provide extra support to Meghan “to guide her through the trials and tribulations of becoming a member of the world’s most exclusive family”.
Ultimately, the authors of Royals At War conclude that
“despite the friction, Kate and Meghan have now settled into a truce”, and that it’s Kate “who has benefited most from Meghan and Harry’s decision to step away from royal life and build a new life in LA”.
While they couldn’t have foreseen the health crisis that hit the world just as they moved to LA, Prince Harry and Meghan are said to have been feeling regretful over their move to the US. As heat has told you, their grand exit from the royal family has turned into more of a nightmare. And with Wills and Kate flourishing back home in the UK, we can see why Harry might be feeling a tad homesick. n