Meghan Markle 'gave Kate Middleton a notebook' to 'break the ice' when they met for the first time

A tribute to one of their first dates. Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s dog’s name, Pula, is inspired by their trip to Botswana, Africa, when they first started dating in 2016. For those who don’t know: the Duke and Duchess of Sussex adopted a black Labrador in 2018. For years, their pup’s name has been secret, and while there were several reports that the couple had named the dog “Oz,” where was no confirmation from Meghan and Harry or Kensington Palace.

In the new Sussex biography, Finding Freedom, authors Omid Scobie and Carolyn Durand detail the first meeting between the Duchess of Sussex and the Duchess of Cambridge.Kate was reportedly "extremely guarded," but in the end, she let Meghan know "she was always welcome to contact her if she needed anything."Meghan gifted her fellow duchess a notebook as a belated birthday present.

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s social media account has been removed from the royal family’s website several months after they stepped away from their work with Queen Elizabeth II.The couple’s former Instagram page, @SussexRoyal, is no longer listed on royal.uk. Prince Andrew’s Twitter and Instagram accounts have also been removed, while social media links remain available for the queen, Prince Charles and Duchess Camilla, and Prince William and Duchess Kate.Harry, 35, and Meghan, 39,

Meghan Markle turns 39 today, an occasion that the Duchess of Sussex will be celebrating privately and off-line in Los Angeles. But the royal family, including Kate Middleton and Prince William, is marking the occasion publicly on their social media.

A fresh start. Kate Middleton and Prince William sent Meghan Markle a birthday message amid reports of a feud between the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and Meghan’s husband, Prince Harry. In honor of Meghan’s 39th birthday on Tuesday, August 4, William and Kate took to their Instagram to post a sweet tribute in honor of their sister-in-law.

The Royal Family wished Meghan Markle a very happy birthday as she turned 39 Tuesday.

Finding Freedom is still about a week away, and yet royal fans have already enjoyed a veritable feast of inside Sussex knowledge courtesy of authors Omid Scobie and Carolyn Durand.

Prince Harry "felt like a third wheel" and complained he was a "gooseberry" when attending official engagements with his brother Prince William and his wife Kate Middleton, a royal expert has claimed.The 35 year old, who was reportedly invited to Brooklyn Beckham's wedding to Nicola Peltz, would often go to events with the royal couple before he started his own family with Meghan Markle.

Prince William revealed he once gave Duchess Kate Middleton a gift that she didn’t like or understand very much.

That Peter Couch Podcast, the very random gift he once gave his then-girlfriend: a pair of binoculars. "That was early on in the courtship that was. I wrapped them.

There is one present from Prince William, 38, that is especially memorable to Kate Middleton, 38 — and not for good reasons! William revealed the story while discussing disaster gifts on the July 29 episode of The Peter Couch, a podcast on BBC Radio 5 Live. William was asked if he could “beat” a romantic present worst than a tree, and William took on the challenge.

Meghan Markle and Kate Middleton are now an ocean apart from one another, but even when the two duchesses lived in the same palace, their relationship was a complicated one. In the new tell-all,, royal reporters Omid Scobie and Carolyn Durand share new insight into the relationship between the wives of Prince Harry and Prince William. «I was always told that there was never a catfight as such, between the two girls.

A new tell-all book about Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s exit from the British royal family claims that Markle and Kate Middleton have had plenty of “awkward moments” during their relationship. However, the sisters-in-law have never been “at war with each other” like some UK tabloids have claimed.

Meghan Markle was hoping for Kate Middleton to reach out, according to a new book.

Prince Harry and Prince William's rumored rift in recent years, and an upcoming book,, attempts to offer insight.