Aside from the bridesmaids’ dress for the Sussex wedding, there’s an issue that has contributed to the deterioration of relations between Kate and Meghan and concerns the last moments of the life of Queen Elizabeth, who disappeared on September 8th. The Princess of Wales has “accumulated a grudge” against Markle for indirectly preventing her from running to her beloved queen’s bedside and saying goodbye. This background should be reported by the royal biographer Robert Jobson, who in the new book Our King: Charles III: Man and Monarch Revealed tell how Charles was forced to do Kate an injustice after his mother’s death so as not to displease her son Harry..
When news of Elizabeth’s precarious health spread, the Dukes of Sussex happened to be in Europe for one of their charity events. Getting to her in Balmoral would have been easy for them, if only Charles had not vetoed Markle. He officially stated that only representatives of the queen’s blood can approach Elizabeth’s bed, so children and grandchildren. In fact, “Privately, he meant that Meghan was not welcome, but could not tell Harry about it, so he personally intervened, asking Kate to stay so that it would be more fair to Meghan,” the expert says.
“If Katherine does not come, then Megan will not be able,” thought the future king, who, always careful in dealing with his son and daughter-in-law, asked Wilhelm not to take his wife with him. Harry’s attempts were in vain: “He insisted that Megan go with him to Scotland,” but Charles’s resistance was decisive, and both daughters-in-law were forced to obey these orders. Thus, “Kate intentionally kept aloof, but desperately wanted to be close to the Queen in her final moments.” A painful renunciation that “consumed Kate and led to a build-up of resentment against Meghan.”. On the other hand, Harry’s persistence cost him a private flight with his uncles, forcing him to resort to an airliner that would have taken him to Balmoral when Elizabeth had already died, adding to the pain of loss at the unforgivable delay.
Source: Elle