This time last year Meghan Markle and Kate Middleton were all smiles. But photos behind the scenes reveal their relationship was deteriorating, fast.
In July 1980, legendary royal photographer Arthur Edwards heard a rumour that Prince Charles had arrived at a polo game with a girl named Lady Diana Spencer. Noticing a young woman wearing a necklace with a large D on it, he approached her and asked if she was Lady Diana before snapping her photo. A month later, Edwards spotted the duo together in Scotland and thus broke the news of the royal’s budding romance with the aristocratic teenager.
Rewind to July 10, 2019, when Harry and Meghan still called the UK home and the notion of a killer virus sweeping the globe was the province of the feverish imaginations of Hollywood directors. As children, both the Wales boys were taught to play polo as children and as adults have both stayed firmly in the saddle, often padding up for charity matches.
Thus, on that summer day, all eyes were on the four HRHs – and in hindsight, the pictures captured are telling. And then we get to that lovely summer day and a polo match featuring the two Princes and a lot of very expensive ponies. When the series of shots hit the internet, the coverage focused on a number of things including Meghan facing criticism for the way she was holding Archie and tiny Prince Louis’ adorably rambunctious antics.
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry with baby Archie as they leave the The King Power Royal Charity Polo Day. Picture: Chris Jackson/Getty ImagesFour days after that outing, Kate and Meghan fronted up to Wimbledon together, with Pippa Middleton in tow. With the eyes of centre court, the UK press and live TV cameras on them, both women smiled and chatted like jolly good chums.
While it has been reported that a variety of factors contributed to their decision to quit as full-time working members of the royal family, their relationship with Harry’s family has cropped up again and again as something of a festering wound.
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