{"id":404621,"date":"2025-09-07T06:53:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-07T06:53:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/404621\/"},"modified":"2025-09-07T06:53:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-07T06:53:09","slug":"ex-royal-butler-shares-origin-of-meghan-markles-jealousy-of-kate-celebrity-news-entertainment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/404621\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-royal butler shares origin of Meghan Markle\u2019s &#8220;jealousy&#8221; of Kate &#8211; Celebrity News &#8211; Entertainment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-mce-linkchecker-status=\"valid\">Former royal butler Paul Burrell believes he knows when <a data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.the-express.com\/entertainment\/celebrity-news\/182763\/meghan-markle-harsh-princess-kate-jibe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tension first appeared between Meghan Markle and Princess Kate,<\/a> according to his new book The Royal Insider.<\/p>\n<p>Burrell, who once served as a footman to <a data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" title=\"Queen Elizabeth II\" href=\"https:\/\/www.the-express.com\/latest\/queen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Queen Elizabeth II<\/a> and later as butler to <a data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" title=\"Princess Diana\" href=\"https:\/\/www.the-express.com\/latest\/princess-diana\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Princess Diana<\/a>, says that Meghan&#8217;s reported jealousy began when Prince William and Kate Middleton moved into Kensington palace.<\/p>\n<p>An excerpt published in his book examines the beginnings of the alleged drama between <a data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.the-express.com\/entertainment\/celebrity-news\/182607\/princess-kate-awkward-moment-meghan-markle\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Duchess of Sussex and the Princess of Wales.<\/a> Burrell writes, \u201cMeghan seemed to have saved him,&#8221; speaking of Harry.<\/p>\n<p>The actress had moved into Nottingham Cottage, a small, two-bedroom home on the grounds of Kensington Palace, where Harry proposed over a roast chicken dinner in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>The couple later joked in their 2022 Netflix documentary Harry &amp; Meghan about the \u201creally low ceilings\u201d that left Harry bumping his head.<\/p>\n<p>Burrell does not explicitly say this moment caused lasting conflict, but he highlights it as an early sign of tension between the couples.<\/p>\n<p>Burrell\u2019s comments provide insight into the early dynamics of the royal household, reflecting his long history working with Princess Diana and Queen Elizabeth II.<\/p>\n<p>Though <a data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" title=\"Meghan Markle\" href=\"https:\/\/www.the-express.com\/latest\/meghan-markle\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Meghan<\/a> and <a data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|Link\" title=\"Prince Harry\" href=\"https:\/\/www.the-express.com\/latest\/prince-harry\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Harry<\/a> have since stepped back from royal duties, this anecdote adds context to the ongoing speculation about their relationship with other family members.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former royal butler Paul Burrell believes he knows when tension first appeared between Meghan Markle and Princess Kate,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":404622,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7708],"tags":[7709,7714,7713,65506,533,1281,447,2832,532,2831,7710,519,7711,7712],"class_list":{"0":"post-404621","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-jealousy","12":"tag-kate-middleton","13":"tag-meghan-markle","14":"tag-prince-harry","15":"tag-prince-of-wales","16":"tag-prince-william","17":"tag-princess-of-wales","18":"tag-royal-families","19":"tag-royal-family","20":"tag-uk-royal-family","21":"tag-william"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115161700976382960","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/404621","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=404621"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/404621\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/404622"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=404621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=404621"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=404621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}