Just hours after two bombshell interviews with Prince Harry aired on TV in both the UK and US, the royal family has broken its silence by sending birthday wishes to Kate Middleton, who turns 41 today
The royal family has broken its silence just hours after Prince Harry's bombshell interviews to send a sweet message to the Princess of Wales.
A flood of bombshell claims have emerged from Harry’s tell-all autobiography Spare, and the Prince made even more allegations in two tell-all interviews broadcast in the UK and US last night.
In both the book and the interviews, Harry mentions in his sister-in-law and how she and his wife Meghan Markle never really got on.
Both Kensington Palace and Buckingham Palace have declined to comment – however, they did take to social media this morning to wish Kate a happy birthday as she turns 41 today.
On Twitter, they posted a picture of Kate meeting a young girl in Wales last year with the caption: "Wishing The Princess of Wales a very Happy Birthday today!" The post also included a cake emoji.
Kate will likely mark the day in a private family way amid a period of fracture and turmoil for the royal family.
But it is not the first time Kate’s birthday has fallen in the shadow of bombshell revelations from the Sussex camp.
Harry and Meghan made the shock announcement that they would be stepping back as senior members of the royal family on January 8 2020.
Despite their previously close relationship, Kate wasn't exempt for her brother-in-law's attacks in last night's interviews. Harry accused her of "stereotyping" Meghan, saying her behaviour caused a barrier in the chat with ITV.
Asked why the relationship got off on a bad note, Harry says there were "lots of different reasons".
He went on: "I don’t think they were ever expecting me to get into a relationship with someone like Meghan, who had, you know, a very successful career.
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"There was a lot of stereotyping that was happening, that I was guilty of as well, at the beginning."
Pushed on what he meant by that, Harry continued: "American actress, and that was playing out in the British press in the media at the time as well.
"I had that in the back of my mind, and some of the things that my brother and sister-in-law – some of the way that they were acting or behaving definitely felt to me as though unfortunately that stereotyping was causing a bit of a barrier to them really sort of, you know, introducing or welcoming her in."
Asked specifically what he meant, Harry added: "Well, American actress, divorced, biracial – there's all different parts to that and what that can mean but if you are, like a lot of my family do, if you are reading the press, the British tabloids, [Yeah] at the same time as living the life, then there is a tendency where you could actually end up living in the tabloid bubble rather than the actual reality."
In Spare, Harry also writes about a 'clear the air' chat he and Meghan had with William and Kate.
Referencing the prince's words, Bradby says: "At one stage, Harry recounts a clear-the-air meeting involving him, William, Kate, and Meghan. It seems to have gone so badly wrong that he describes Kate as gripping the edges of the leather chair so tightly that her fingers were white.
"Kate says she's owed an apology from Meghan who previously put a moment of Kate’s forgetfulness down to so-called baby brain. According to Harry, Kate tells Meghan they're not close enough to talk that way and William says, ‘That’s not what's done here in Britain’. The meeting ends awkwardly, with a hug of sorts."
Harry: The Interview is available to view on ITVX. Spare published by Penguin Random House will be available to buy in the UK on January 10.
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