{"id":137875,"date":"2025-05-28T05:58:12","date_gmt":"2025-05-28T05:58:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/137875\/"},"modified":"2025-05-28T05:58:12","modified_gmt":"2025-05-28T05:58:12","slug":"prince-harrys-3-word-verdict-after-meeting-future-sister-in-law-kate-middleton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/137875\/","title":{"rendered":"Prince Harry&#8217;s 3-word verdict after meeting future sister-in-law Kate Middleton"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"e1VS68_trM\" data-wc=\"24\"><a class=\"hm-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hellomagazine.com\/tags\/prince-harry\/\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"article-body-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Prince Harry<\/a> offered a glimpse into his early impressions of his future <a class=\"hm-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hellomagazine.com\/tags\/kate-middleton\/\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"article-body-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">sister-in-law Kate<\/a> when recounting their initial interactions in his <a class=\"hm-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hellomagazine.com\/royalty\/20230105160999\/prince-harry-book-spare-available-to-buy-spain-mistake\/\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"article-body-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>memoir, Spare<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"eER_5tqZPk\" data-wc=\"29\">The book, which was released in 2023, detailed a time when <a class=\"hm-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hellomagazine.com\/tags\/prince-william\/\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"article-body-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Prince William<\/a> insisted Harry attend a fancy-dress birthday party with a rather &#8220;cringy&#8221; theme &#8211; &#8220;Natives and colonials&#8221;.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"ewfLha1ZtO\" data-wc=\"27\">Harry, who admitted to disliking both fancy-dress parties and themes, was particularly unenthusiastic about this one. However, William&#8217;s new girlfriend, Kate, offered to help them find outfits.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> <img src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/e811ad2657ea-princess-kate-christmas-day-outfit-2018.jpg\"   width=\"859\" height=\"1024\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"kate with Prince Harry and Meghan walking down path\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" class=\"image im-Z2Vp\"\/>\u00a9 GettyPrince Harry and Princess Kate once shared a close bond<\/p>\n<p id=\"eyyVJBTvjP\" data-wc=\"20\">Harry&#8217;s recollection of meeting Kate for the first time was notably positive. According to Harry, he &#8220;liked his new girlfriend&#8221;.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"ejtBjdMVk6\" data-wc=\"37\">Describing her in three words, the Duke added: &#8220;She was carefree, sweet, kind.&#8221; He further elaborated on her personality, noting that she&#8217;d done a gap year in Florence and had an interest in photography, art and clothes.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"eeG3w_xxC8\" data-wc=\"20\">The dad-of-two also reflected on enjoying making Kate laugh and the connection he felt with her &#8220;heavily disguised silly side&#8221;.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> <img src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/1c2047683ddb-harry-kate-pink-dress.jpg\"   width=\"805\" height=\"1024\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"two people on royal balcony \" fetchpriority=\"auto\" class=\"image im-Z2Vp\"\/>\u00a9 Getty ImagesPrince Harry has described Kate as the sister he&#8217;d always wanted <\/p>\n<p id=\"enrN6SJhoP\" data-wc=\"39\">Writing about his relationship with his sister-in-law, Harry went on to recall Prince William and Kate&#8217;s royal wedding saying how much he loved Kate and how he felt that she was the sister he&#8217;d never had and always wanted.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"eWb_vJW_Op\" data-wc=\"24\">He added that he was pleased that she&#8217;d forever be by William&#8217;s side and how she was a good match for his older brother.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Fractured bond<\/p>\n<p id=\"efLOJ2yiYn\" data-wc=\"23\">However, since stepping down as working royals in 2020 and moving to California with their family, the close relationship has become somewhat strained.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> Prince William exclusive<br \/>\n <img src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/35f41e3bc2c6-gettyimages-1423734642-1.jpg\"   width=\"1024\" height=\"725\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Media Image\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" class=\"image im-Z2Vp\"\/>\u00a9 Getty<\/p>\n<p id=\"eY6ThwXiuQZ\"><a class=\"hm-link\" href=\"https:\/\/royalclub.hellomagazine.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"article-body-link\">The Royal Club<\/a> spoke exclusively to a royal insider for his insight into how the Prince of Wales will approach his reign once he becomes King. Find out how Prince William will do things &#8216;his way&#8217; and the preparations he is making to rule. Plus, find out his commitment to Princess Catherine before their marriage and more&#8230;<\/p>\n<p id=\"eHnXurvxNj\" data-wc=\"18\">In recent years, the Sussexes have aired allegations and grievances against the monarchy and members of Harry&#8217;s family.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p id=\"eLcaiKLMNo\" data-wc=\"43\">The breakdown in Prince Harry and Prince William&#8217;s bond can be traced back to the early period of Harry&#8217;s relationship with his wife Meghan, when his then-fianc\u00e9e had a falling out with the Princess of Wales in the run-up to the Sussexes&#8217; wedding.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p> <img src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/b780c479704f-gettyimages-1206282759.jpg\"   width=\"758\" height=\"1024\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Royals at Commonwealth Day Service 2020\" fetchpriority=\"auto\" class=\"image im-Z2Vp\"\/>\u00a9 GettyThe royals seen together shortly after Prince Harry and Meghan announced their decision to step down<\/p>\n<p id=\"ep72jw_qCP\" data-wc=\"40\">In an interview with Oprah Winfrey, Meghan described how Kate made her cry ahead of her wedding \u2013 the opposite of reports circulating ahead of the Sussexes&#8217; nuptials that Meghan left Kate in tears at Princess Charlotte&#8217;s bridesmaid dress fitting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Prince Harry offered a glimpse into his early impressions of his future sister-in-law Kate when recounting their initial&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":137876,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7708],"tags":[7709,7714,7713,533,447,2832,532,2831,7710,519,7796,9321,7711,7712],"class_list":{"0":"post-137875","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-royals","8":"tag-british-royal-family","9":"tag-catherine","10":"tag-catherine-middleton","11":"tag-kate-middleton","12":"tag-prince-harry","13":"tag-prince-of-wales","14":"tag-prince-william","15":"tag-princess-of-wales","16":"tag-royal-families","17":"tag-royal-family","18":"tag-royalty","19":"tag-the-princess-of-wales","20":"tag-uk-royal-family","21":"tag-william"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114583929122021973","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137875","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=137875"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137875\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/137876"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=137875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=137875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=137875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}