Prince Harry seemingly claimed that he and his wife Meghan Markle were better at their royal duties than brother Prince William and Kate Middleton.
The statement comes in an explosive new episode of the couple's brand-new Netflix docuseries, with the Duke of Sussex adding that senior figures in Buckingham Palace were fearful of his wife's popularity and how she was 'stealing the limelight'.
Speaking during episode four, Harry claimed that when Meghan joined the family it shifted the balance - especially after the successes of their 2018 Australian tour, which he believes left the Palace feeling threatened.
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The Express reports that he said: "The issue is when someone who's marrying in, who should be a supporting, a supporting act, is then stealing the limelight, or is doing the job better than the person who is born to do this... That upsets people. It shifts the balance."
He continued: "Because you've been led to believe that the only way that your charities can succeed and the only way that your reputation can be grown or improved is if you're on the front page of those newspapers."
While Prince Harry didn't go as far as mentioning his brother by name, he appeared to refer to him by mentioning a person who was 'born to do this'. And two of Meghan's friends shared the Duke's beliefs that Buckingham Palace fell out with the Duchess, after she grew increasingly popular with her tour down under.
Abigail Spencer, one of Meghan's co-stars in TV legal drama Suits, said: "The work they were doing, the speeches, the people they were meeting, it seemed to be amazing. And then I don't understand what happened after that."
Similarly, another friend of the Duchess, Lucy Fraser, claimed: "I think Australia was a real turning point because they were so popular. So popular with the public. The internals at the palace were incredibly threatened by that."
Harry then went on to claim that 'the media' chooses who gets to be on the front page of their publications, shortly before recalling a momentous episode for Meghan. He added: "First time that the penny dropped for her, M and I spent the night in a room in Buckingham Palace after an event where every single member of the family had been, including the Queen."
The following day, one of Britain's broadsheets picked a feature on the Duchess of Sussex for their front page rather than other members of the Firm - a move which confused and concerned Meghan. Harry said: "She was like, 'But it's not my fault'. And I said, 'I know. And my mum felt the same way'."
The event the Duke referred to was the 2019 Festival of Remembrance, a concert held every year at the Royal Albert Hall to honour the fallen, veterans and service people. The documentary then recalled Princess Diana and Charles's first joint tour of Australia in the early 1980s, which cemented the late Princess of Wales' global stardom and, as Diana recalled in her controversial interview with Martin Bashir in 1995, sparked the jealousy of her then-husband.
Meghan also achieved global stardom with her first-ever royal tour abroad. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex travelled through Australia, New Zealand, Fiji and Tonga for a 16-day tour in September 2018.
Hours before the trip began, Kensington Palace shared the news the Duchess was pregnant with her first baby - Archie Harrison. The trip involved several visits to charities and organisations, as well as attending the opening and closing ceremonies of the Invictus Games.
Large crowds gathered throughout the tour to catch a glimpse of the newlyweds. Buckingham Palace and Kensington Palace said today they will not be commenting on the allegations and claims made by Harry and Meghan in the latest episodes of their Netflix docu-series.
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