Kate made ME cry after bust-up over bridesmaid dresses
IT’S HAPPILY EVER AFTER AS PRINCE HARRY SAYS HE HAS NO REGRETS AND IS ‘SO PROUD OF MY WIFE’ The war of the Windsors
THE Duchess of Sussex says claims that she made the Duchess of Cambridge cry during a bridesmaid dress fitting were the opposite of the truth.
Meghan said she was the one in tears after a bust-up during preparations for her wedding to Harry.
At the time, Kensington Palace denied reports that Kate was upset by a row about whether the bridesmaids should wear tights, which she felt was the right protocol but the bride objected to.
But Meghan told Oprah she felt more could have been done to correct the claims. She stopped short of blaming Kate but said the reports had been a turning point in their relationship.
‘Everyone in the institution knew that didn’t happen,’ she said. ‘What actually happened? The reverse.
‘I am not sharing this to be in any way disparaging about her – I would hope that she would want that to be corrected.
‘She made me cry and it really hurt my feelings.’
She said she had felt Kate should have tried to avoid upsetting her, ‘in the context of everything else going on in the days before the wedding, knowing what was going on with my dad and whatnot’.
But after the row she said the duchess had ‘owned it and apologised’, sending flowers as a peace offering.
In the end it seems she got her own way as Kate and William’s daughter Princess Charlotte was a bridesmaid and did not wear tights.
Meghan also complained during her TV interview that she had been given a rougher ride by the media than
Kate was before she joined the royal family. She told Oprah: ‘Kate was called “Waity Katie” waiting to marry William. ‘While I imagine that was really hard – and I do, I can’t picture what that felt like – this is not the same.
‘And if a member of his family would comfortably say “we’ve all had to deal with things that are rude”, rude and racist are not the same. ‘And equally you’ve also had a press team that goes on the record to defend you, especially when they know something’s not true, and that didn’t happen for us.’
THE Duke and Duchess of Sussex ended their Oprah Winfrey interview on an upbeat note – saying they are now living their fairy tale and are full of hope for the future.
The couple revealed they had found peace and contentment in California following the turmoil of their lives in the UK as ‘full-time’ royals.
Harry and Meghan are enjoying life with their son Archie and two pet dogs, especially walking on the beach and exploring the local countryside.
Asked by Oprah if they had any regrets, Harry said: ‘No. No, I think we’ve done... I am really proud of us. I am so proud of my wife.
‘She safely delivered Archie during a period of time that was so cruel, so mean.’
Meghan said her one regret was ‘believing them when they (The Firm) said I would be protected’.
But she added that she has grown stronger as a result of the period of unhappiness.
She went on: ‘Now, because we’re actually on the other side, we’ve actually not just survived but are thriving, this... miracles.
‘I think all of those things I was hoping for have happened. And this is in some ways just the beginning for us.’
The duchess also revealed she still enjoyed Zoom calls with the Queen alongside Archie, while her husband chipped in: ‘I’ve spoken more to my grandmother in the past year than I have for many, many years.’
Harry expressed his delight that their second baby would be a girl, saying: ‘To have any child, any one or any two, would have been amazing.
‘But to have a boy and then a girl, I mean what more can you ask for? Now we’ve got our family, we got the four of us and our two dogs.’ Although the interview itself was conducted at a property nearby, Oprah also joined the couple at their home in Montecito, a celebrity enclave west of Los Angeles.
The couple showed off their chicken coop, where they keep hens rescued from a factory farm.
A light-hearted plaque put up on the side of the hut reads: ‘Archie’s Chick Inn. Established 2021.’
The duchess said the couple welcomed the chance to ‘live authentically’ and wanted to get back to basics after their years in the spotlight.
Oprah concluded the interview by asking if Meghan’s story of marrying a prince had ‘a happy ending’.
The duchess responded by lighting up with a smile and replying: ‘Greater than any fairy tale you’ve ever read.’
Just beachy: Meghan. and Archie on the. coast, apparently. filmed by Harry. Inset:. our story toasting Archie’s birth.in 2019.
What a coop! Oprah quizzes Harry and Meghan at their home
BORIS JOHNSON hailed the return of children to the classroom yesterday – but warned a rise in Covid levels was ‘inevitable’ with the opening of schools.
The prime minister said: ‘Of course, there will be a risk of increased transmission if you open up schools for millions of kids across the country.’
But he added: ‘We think that we can do it now in the way that we are, because we have a proportion of the population vaccinated, the groups one to four, having had the immunity bedded in after least three weeks.’
Mr Johnson praised the efforts of parents and teachers while children had been home educated.
‘We all know that the education of our children is so important and that the greater risk now is keeping them out of school for a day longer,’ he said.
‘I want to thank all the teachers who have got their schools ready and who have been teaching throughout the period, whether that is remotely or in person. Your work has been astonishing.
‘We all know that the burden has disproportionately fallen on women – often holding down jobs and providing childcare at the same time.’
More than half of secondary schools and colleges in England have seen nearly all their students opt in for voluntary on-site coronavirus tests as they returned to class, a survey reveals.
Nearly three in four (73 per cent) secondary school heads said more than 90 per cent of pupils had complied with face covering policies in classrooms, according to the snap poll by the Association of School and College Leaders.
But some heads reported lower compliance with masks, with two per cent saying it was below 70 per cent.
Meanwhile, care-home residents have been able to hold the hands of a loved one as indoor visits from a nominated relative or friend resumed across England yesterday.
Kay Fossett visited her mother, Sylvia Newsom, 86, for the first time since December. Breaking down in tears as she squeezed her mother’s hand, the 66-year-old from Croydon, in south London, said: ‘Just to be able to feel close, today is the best day.’