KATE Middleton “rose above” Meghan Markle’s accusations that there had been tears in the run up to her wedding, an expert has claimed.
The pair allegedly rowed over bridesmaid dresses, with it initially reported that Meghan had made Kate cry in the run-up to her and Harry’s wedding in May 2018.
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But in her bombshell Oprah Winfrey TV interview earlier this year Meghan, 39, denied that, claiming it was the other way round.
She said “the reverse happened” and that Kate had apologised to her for making her cry.
It was claimed Kate tried to make up with Meghan by offering her flowers as an apology – only for her olive branch to be rejected.
The Daily Mail reported Meg threw the flowers in the bin and The Times said she had slammed the door shut in Kate’s face.
But despite the accusations, the Duchess of Cambridge put all bad blood behind her when she acted as a peacemaker between Harry and William at the funeral of their grandfather, Prince Philip.
Royal expert Camilla Tominey told Stella magazine: “Despite the Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s Oprah Winfrey interview, when Kate was accused of making Meghan cry during a bridesmaid’ s dress fitting and failing to support her, Kate rose decidedly above it all.
“Setting aside any personal resentment she may still feel about Harry and Meghan’s televised two-hour tell-all, Kate put her best foot forward in trying to carve a path to reconciliation between the brothers.
“Few would have blamed her for giving Harry the cold shoulder, yet she clearly resolved that the situation needed to be appeased rather than aggravated.”
‘DEFT MOVE’
Royal expert Christopher Wilson also told the magazine that he didn’t think Kate and Harry’s funeral chat had been planned.
He said: “I thought it was entirely spontaneous and clever in making the two brothers talk to each other.
“It was a deft move that shows the Duchess is not overawed by all that’s going on.”
It comes after the Duchess yesterday received her first dose of a coronavirus vaccine.
In an official tweet, she said: “Yesterday I received my first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at London’s Science Museum.
“I’m hugely grateful to everyone who is playing a part in the rollout – thank you for everything you are doing.”
She was given the vital jab by NHS staff after the vaccine rollout was extended to over 30s this week.
It is not clear why 39-year-old Kate waited until now for the jab when the NHS invited those aged 38 and 39 for a vaccine on May 12.
The royals also haven’t revealed which vaccine she received but as she is younger than 40, she would be entitled to the Pfizer or Moderna jabs.
She received her first vaccination nine days after Prince William, 38, was pictured getting his jab.
