The royal feud just never seems to stop. Prince William and Kate Middleton might look towards their friends for some family advice, but the question is: will they follow it?
A friend of the Prince and Princess of Wales revealed to the Daily Beast that the feud is “100% Meghan’s fault.” The source said, “As Sally Bedell Smith’s column made clear, he ain’t the sharpest tool in the box, and they feel he was completely manipulated and that Meghan saw him and realized she could become the most famous person in the world. Then the reality of what their boring royal life would be like sunk in, and she decided to ruthlessly milk it for all it was worth. That is their view.”
The friend also added that the feud is reminiscent of an old royal feud. The family think it is a rerun of what happened with Wallis Simpson and Edward VIII, and the only solution is to follow the same playbook. Exile worked before, and it will work again.”
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More blows came from a royal courtier who said that Queen Elizabeth was extremely disappointed in Harry & Meghan’s bombshell interview with Oprah Winfrey. “The queen felt betrayed by Harry, and when he and Meghan attacked the institution that she spent her whole life serving in the Oprah interview, that betrayal was complete. It was absolutely shocking to those of us that knew him that he would do that, not least because her husband was on his deathbed.”
A friend of the royals also added that she never anticipated the feud to carry on til her death. “You have to remember [that] the queen was seriously ill for several years with bone cancer. She knew she was dying, she could hardly see, she could hardly stand, she could hardly move. And then she was completely let down by her grandson. It was utterly devastating for her.”
However, once William ascends to the throne, he aims to disown his brother from the royal family. “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 then.