A royal source from Buckingham Palace has stated that British Prince William will never forgive his brother Harry's wife, Meghan Markle, for her actions towards the royal family, indicating that the level of anger the Duke of Cambridge holds against the Duchess of Sussex is "very high." The Daily Mail reported royal expert Dan Wootton saying that William has been upset with Meghan's behavior for over a year, long before the airing of her controversial interview with Oprah Winfrey.
He added, "While William is fully aware of his responsibilities as a future king in trying to maintain family cohesion, those close to him say he has struggled greatly to forgive Meghan after the damage she has done to his family, but he has not been able to."
Wootton continued: "First and foremost, William cannot accept the way Meghan treated his wife. The Duke of Cambridge believes that Kate did her best to help Meghan understand the responsibilities of royal life, but her efforts were continually misinterpreted."
He noted that matters became more complicated after Meghan stated during her interview with Oprah that Kate made her cry before her wedding to Harry due to a disagreement over bridesmaid dresses, leading William to feel that the Duchess of Sussex made her claims fully aware that Kate would not respond.
Wootton pointed out that Kate is an extremely sensitive woman who prefers to stay behind the scenes to support her family and country, and William believes the way Meghan treated her was "unfair."
The royal expert added that a royal source informed him that William had been uneasy from the beginning regarding the rapid development of Harry's relationship with Meghan and had tried to encourage his brother to spend more time getting to know her, which escalated tensions between them.
The source indicated that after Meghan joined the royal family, William began to question some of her motives, feeling that all her attention was focused on herself and exploiting her new position for personal interests and goals.
The source confirmed to Wootton that William kept his reservations about Meghan to himself until she and Harry announced their intention to step back from royal duties at the beginning of last year, at which point William could no longer hide his true feelings towards her as he felt she had "shown no respect for Queen Elizabeth and the royal family as a whole."
Tensions between Harry and Meghan, on one hand, and the royal family, on the other, increased after the Oprah Winfrey interview aired last month, where Harry and Meghan painted a grim picture of life within the family, particularly when the Duchess of Sussex emotionally recounted that the family refused to provide her mental health support when she had suicidal thoughts.
One of the most controversial statements was Meghan and Harry discussing a conversation in which an unnamed member of the royal family expressed "concern" about their son Archie's skin color during Meghan's pregnancy.
In response to this statement, William said during a visit to a school in East London just days after the interview aired that the royal family is not racist.
Previous reports from British media have indicated a crisis between Harry and William and suggested that their relationship strained after Harry's marriage to Meghan, noting that William avoided his brother and his wife through "bullying behavior," and that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex felt they had been ostracized from the royal family due to the way William and his wife Kate treated them.
