The British royal family is living complicated days. King Charles is very ill with cancer, with rumors that succession planning is already underway. Prince William and Kate Middleton are already preparing for the next stage and taking on added responsibilities. And then there’s Prince Harry’s most recent BBC interview, where he suggested he was looking for a reconciliation with his father. His relationship with Prince William isn’t any better. And on top of that, new intimate details about the family keep resurfacing.

The latter is, perhaps, impossible to control. Being royalty is living in the spotlight, and that part is to be expected. But a new book Revenge: Meghan, Harry, and the War Between the Windsors written by royal biographer Tom Bower is, perhaps, shedding more light on some of the royal dynamics than we’re usually used to. And one of the things Bower discussed in his new book is the reaction of Princess Diana’s sisters to Meghan Markle, which reportedly wasn’t what Prince Harry expected.

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“Harry assumed that Diana’s family and friends would see a similarity between Diana and his fiancée. Both, he said, shared the same problems. He was so disappointed,” the book claims. Despite Harry being convinced that Princess Diana would be “over the moon” at his choice of bride, her sisters, Lady Sarah McCorquodale and Lady Jane Fellowes, reportedly did not agree. In fact, according to the book, they thought Meghan would not fit in.

“No one agreed that his vulnerable mother had anything in common with his girlfriend. More discomforting for him, they thought Meghan would not fit in with the Royal Family.”

This did not discourage Prince Harry, who would go on to marry Meghan. The couple now shares two children. Harry would go on to discuss what he saw as his wife’s similarities to his late mother in a 2022 Netflix documentary, saying, “So much of what Meghan is and how she is, is so similar to my mum. She has the same compassion, the same empathy, the same confidence. She has this warmth about her.”

Bower’s words come at a difficult time, as there have been reports that Prince William would strip Prince Harry and Meghan Markle of their titles as soon as he ascended to the throne. “It’s no secret William wants Harry more harshly dealt with. He thinks he has betrayed the family from top to bottom, which is the ultimate Windsor crime. It wouldn’t take much to provoke him to flex his muscles when he is king,” a palace insider told The Daily Beast.

As always with the royal family, that’s not the end of the story. Recent reports have indicated Kate Middleton has been pushing for a reconciliation between the brothers and that King Charles might be ready to meet with his son, with whom he is currently not on speaking terms. All of this comes after Harry’s interview, which reportedly angered the family, but in which he made clear he wants a reconciliation. Whether that’s in the cards or not, and whether this family can stop being fractured anytime soon, remains to be seen.

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