Kate’s Uncle Gary: I don’t believe for a moment that she made Meghan weep

IT WAS one of the most incendiary claims in Meghan’s bombshell interview with Oprah Winfrey – that she had been reduced to tears by the Duchess of Cambridge during an emotional row in the run-up to her wedding.

Now, Kate’s uncle has stepped in to defend his niece, saying bluntly: ‘I don’t believe for a moment that Kate made Meghan cry.’

Speaking for the first time since the allegations aired, Gary Goldsmith told The Mail on Sunday: ‘I’ve known Kate since she was born and she doesn’t have a mean bone in her body. It’s just simply not in her nature.

‘She’s even lovelier on the inside than on the outside. If anyone had a hissy fit, it must have been Meghan. Kate would have been trying to make the peace. I would fight for Kate’s honour until the day I die. She is the most spectacular person I’ve ever met.’

Meghan’s comments came after Oprah asked her about reports that she had made Kate cry in a row over bridesmaids’ dresses for her 2018 wedding to Prince Harry. The Duchess of Sussex responded: ‘The reverse happened. I don’t say that to be disparaging to anyone’, adding that Kate later apologised.

But Mr Goldsmith, the 55-year-old brother of Kate’s mother Carole, says he ‘doesn’t believe a word’ that Meghan said.

‘When Meghan first entered the Royal Family, I was made up for Harry,’ he said. ‘Like the rest of the country, it seemed she was the real deal and it was a marriage made in heaven. But what has happened is heartbreaking.

‘I don’t blame Meghan – she’s a Hollywood starlet. You can’t blame a tiger for biting the head off a sheep. But I don’t believe a word that comes out of her mouth. She’s an actress and knows how to manipulate her audience.

‘I don’t believe for a second she had to Google the words to the National Anthem. Harry has been singing it since the age of five.’

He also questioned Harry’s response to the effects that joining the Royal Family had on Meghan’s state of mind.

‘The last time I checked, he was the face of a mental wellbeing charity,’ Mr Goldsmith said: ‘Where was he in all this? Surely as her husband, he should have been able to give her the help and support she needed.

‘He’s a senior Army officer who has been in a war zone. He should be able to stand up for himself and his wife. He shouldn’t claim to be family-centric when he has hurt everyone who loves him. You don’t ask for anonymity and take a step back from public life to then throw your family and your grandmother under a bus on TV. Why would you do that? The Royal Family is not racist, it’s not sexist, it’s not ageist. They are a moral compass.’

Mr Goldsmith, a recruitment consultant, contrasted the Sussexes’ attitude to that of his niece and her husband. Speaking ahead of his first TV interview next month, in an ITV documentary to mark William and Kate’s tenth anniversary, he said: ‘Both William and Kate understand they are being paid by the taxpayer to do a job. They smash it.

‘It’s a tough gig. It’s relentless. But it’s also a position of privilege.

If you have that privilege, don’t throw it back in people’s faces. In all the years Kate has been in the public eye, she has never put a foot wrong. She was born for the role. She has risen above the criticism and just got on with the job.’

Mr Goldsmith has had a rollercoaster ride with the media himself.

He was caught in a drugs sting by the now-defunct News Of The World. He denied taking drugs and reporter Mazher Mahmood was later jailed for perverting the course of justice. l The Day Will And Kate Got Married is on ITV on April 7 at 9pm.

‘She doesn’t have a mean bone in her body – it’s not in her nature’

What a picture! Kate the camera woman THE Duchess of Cambridge is pictured with her beloved camera as she launches an inspiring and poignant book of photos capturing the ‘spirit of the nation’ during lockdown, which she helped compile. In the foreword to Hold Still, she recalls the stories of ‘joy, love and community spirit’ she has heard, but also the ‘deep sadness, pain, isolation and loss’ she has felt. She writes that when looking back on the pandemic, ‘we will think of the challenges we all faced – the loved ones we lost, the extended isolation from our families and friends and the strain placed on our key workers. But we will also remember the positives: the incredible acts of kindness, the helpers and heroes’. The book, a compilation of pictures sent in by the public, is out in May and will raise money for Mind and the National Portrait Gallery.