Meghan Markle Gave Kate Middleton a Super Thoughtful Gift When They First Met

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.

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.

Meghan Markle is said to have gifted Kate Middleton with a Smythson notebook when the pair first met in January 2017. According to the new bombshell royal biography Finding Freedom, which details Harry and Meghan’s decision to step back from the royal family, the Duchess off Sussex surprised Kate with the special gift.

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.

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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.

Apology not accepted. Meghan Markle rejected Kate Middleton’s flowers after their royal feud, according to Vanity Fair. The report, by royal correspondent Kate Nicholl, comes after the release of Omid Scobie and Carolyn Durand book, Finding Freedom: Harry and Meghan and the Making of a Modern Royal Family, which details the couple’s relationship and Meghan’s transition into the British royal family.”

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.