THE PALACE is “refusing to give a running commentary on private conversations” after Meghan Markle’s pal revealed talks have been “unproductive.”
Gayle King said she spoke to the Duke and Duchess of Sussex over the weekend as the fallout from the Oprah interview continues.
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She told CBS This Morning Harry had spoken to his brother and dad Prince Charles for the first time since the explosive interview aired last Sunday.
But Gayle said those talks were “unproductive” as the royal rift deepens.
And she also alleged that while the palace wants to work things out in private, “false” stories are still coming out in the media.
But unlike Meghan’s pal, a senior royal source has said that the Royal Family won’t be revealing “private conversations.”
They told the Daily Mail: “None of the households – the Queen, the Prince of Wales and the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge – will be giving a running commentary on private conversations.”
And Palace chiefs are believed to be outraged over the leak to the CBS This Morning show anchor, branded “a shocking breach of trust”.
Both the Windsors and senior officials see the tattle as unhelpful to attempts to rebuild bridges, the source inferred.
The Queen vowed that an investigation into the couple’s claims in a bombshell interview with Oprah Winfrey would be “addressed by the family privately”.
Insiders said it was a clear sign talks should remain entirely confidential.
Buckingham Palace also ordered a “three-line whip” banning aides from talking about the Oprah fallout and refused to confirm whether Princes Charles and William had spoken to Harry.
But Ms King, 66, declared that Harry, 36, had spoken to his father and brother at the weekend.
She also said no one from the Royal Family has spoken to Meghan, 39, since the Oprah interview.
She spoke out after a reporter on This Morning had asked her about her weekend phone call with the Duke and Duchess of Sussex.
Ms King told viewers: “Well, I’m not trying to break news, but I did actually call them to see how they are feeling and it’s true, Harry has talked to his brother and he has talked to his father, too.
“The word I was given was, those conversations were not productive.
“But they are glad they at least started a conversation.”
She also said there was “no word” on whether the Palace was investigating the claims made by pregnant mum-of-one Meghan in the Oprah chat.
Royal author Tom Quinn said Ms King’s comments will have upset the Palace and the couple had “once again, shot themselves in the foot”.
Meghan made a series of allegations – including claims an unnamed royal had raised “concerns” about the “skin colour” of her and Harry’s children.
As part of the investigation into the racism claims, the Queen will personally quiz senior royals.
She is to have private conversations with Charles, Camilla, William, Kate and others to establish what may have been said.
Harry and Meghan refused to name the alleged royal racist but Oprah said she was told it was not the Queen or Prince Philip, 99.
In one of the bigger bombshells made, Harry claimed William and their father, Prince Charles, were “trapped” by their royal responsibilities.
The Duke of Cambridge was forced to deny his family were racist last week when he visited a school.
