Kate Middleton has 'resentment' towards Meghan Markle over Queen Elizabeth's death, royal author says
Kate Middleton and Meghan Markle didn't go to Balmoral to say goodbye to the Queen when she died.
Royal author Robert Jobson told The Daily Telegraph Australia that Kate didn't go so Meghan wouldn't.
The situation has caused Kate to develop "resentment" towards Meghan, according to Jobson.
Queen Elizabeth II's death fueled "resentment" from Kate Middleton towards Meghan Markle, a royal author told The Daily Telegraph Australia.
Queen Elizabeth II died on September 8, 2022, at Balmoral Castle in Scotland.
On the day of her death, members of the royal family traveled to Scotland to say a final farewell to the Queen, but Kate and Meghan notably did not join their husbands, Prince William and Prince Harry, in their journeys, though Sophie, the Duchess of Edinburgh, went with Prince Edward.
At the time, the BBC reported that Kate stayed at Windsor so she could accompany her children to their first day of school.
But Robert Jobson, a royal correspondent who published the biography "Our King Charles III: The Man and the Monarch Revealed" on April 13, told The Daily Telegraph that Charles asked Kate not to come so Harry would not bring Meghan.
Kensington Palace declined to comment when contacted by Insider. Representatives for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.
"Harry was insisting Meghan travel with him to Scotland as the Queen's life ebbed away, but the king said it was only for the children and grandchildren to be with the Queen," Jobson told The Daily Telegraph.
"Privately, he wanted to say Meghan was not welcome, but he couldn't say that to Harry, so he personally intervened and asked Kate to stay back so that it was fairer on Meghan," Jobson went on to tell the outlet.
Jobson added: "Kate deliberately stayed away but she desperately wanted to be there with the Queen in her last moments. That's eaten Kate up and has built up resentment towards Meghan."
According to Prince Harry's memoir "Spare," Kate and Meghan's relationship has been tense for years. For instance, in his book, Harry said that Kate was "taken aback" when Meghan asked to borrow her lip gloss at an event in 2018, and he shared more details about the issues between them over Princess Charlotte's flower girl dress.
Meghan and Kate participated in a walkabout together with their husbands two days after the Queen died, and they arrived at Queen Elizabeth's funeral together.
Despite appearing together, the walkabout was difficult for Kate, according to an excerpt of Jobson's book published in The Daily Mail, in which he wrote, "Catherine later admitted to a senior royal that, such was the ill feeling between the two couples, the joint walkabout was one of the hardest things she's ever had to do."
Meghan and Kate likely won't be seen together again anytime soon, as Buckingham Palace confirmed last Wednesday that Prince Harry will be attending King Charles' coronation on May 6 without his wife or children.
Royal watcher Kristen Meinzer told Insider's Maria Noyen and Erin McDowell that Meghan's choice not to attend was "brilliant," as it allows the Sussexes to support the crown while protecting their own family.
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