Kate Middleton found a Windsor walk with Harry and Meghan, following the Queen’s death, “one of the hardest things she’d ever had to do”, a new royal book claimed.
Due to “ill feeling” between the senior royal couples, the Princess of Wales is said to have struggled with the time spent together, after the Queen’s death last September.
In the new book, called Our King, written by Robert Jobson, it touched on the appearance Kate and William made with Harry and Meghan as they greeted royal fans outside Windsor Castle.
The well-wishers gathered there two days after the Queen died, aged 96.
Whilst the walkabout might have come across as a symbol of unity, following the death of the centrepiece of the monarchy, Mr Jobson claimed that sources told him that wasn’t the case.
He said such togetherness was an “illusion” and 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'd ever had to do.”
The book includes a number of other shocking claims and revelations, including there were fears that if Meghan joined the Sandringham Summit via video link, it would not have been “secure”.
Alongside that, he reportedly wrote that Charles and William decided they couldn’t be alone with Harry following the Sussexes’ bombshell Oprah Winfrey interview, the Daily Mail reported.
It comes as relations between the self-exiled royals and The Firm remain at an all-time low.
At the beginning of the year, Prince Harry released his explosive memoirs Spare, where he repeatedly took aim at the Royal Family and senior members, as well.
One such claim included alleging that Prince William physically attacked him on one occasion.
In his and Meghan’s Netflix documentary a month previous, he also criticised King Charles as a father and took a swipe at other male members of the Firm for how they married.
Ahead of the upcoming Royal coronation for King Charles, whilst Harry and Meghan confirmed that they had been invited, they have not yet said if they will actually attend.
Reports suggest that the Sussexes are trying to negotiate their appearance, with The Times writing that they wanted a role for their children - including acknowledging that it was Archie’s birthday.
The deadline for RSVPs reportedly passed on Monday, but palace aides still didn't know if they will come.
But Page Six reported that plans were being finalised for the couple to fly in for the Coronation.
A source said: “There have been lengthy discussions between the Sussexes and the palace.
“There is a time crunch on this, of course. It is such a historical event and it's hoped that Harry and Meghan will be there.”
A second source said: “All families are difficult, but this is no normal family, of course.
“Harry has a lot of questions about how the event will work.”
