This is one of the most petty royal stories I’ve read in a long time, and I’m including those stupid “Mean Meghan Made Kate Cry!” stories. The weird thing about this story is that it comes from Dan Wootten at the Sun, and Wooten gets some good scoops and he has some good sources. My point is not that “Wootten got some scandalous scoop, which is 100% authentic.” My point is that someone absolutely spoon-fed him this story. It has the same vibe as the now months-long smear campaign against the Duchess of Sussex, the vibe that stuffy, parochial, petty and racist royal courtiers can’t help but constantly “put Meghan in her place.” The emphasis, over and over again, that Meghan is not as “good” as Kate, that Meghan is too American, too Hollywood, too… black. Apparently, the Queen is so disgusted with Meghan in the final days of Meghan’s first pregnancy that the Queen has refused to allow Meghan to wear any iconic pieces of jewelry from the Royal Collection.
The Queen has banned Meghan from wearing jewellery made famous by Princess Diana. The move has escalated tensions between the Duchess and senior royals — and upset Harry. The Queen made Prince William personally aware of her decision to ban Meghan from wearing jewellery from the Royal Collection — sparking further tensions between him and brother Harry.
Last night our impeccably placed royal insider revealed: “This is a surprising situation that has been going on behind the scenes over the past few months and has caused tension and upset, especially for Harry. It is at the discretion of the Queen and trusted advisers which items in the Royal Collection she chooses to loan out and to whom. Aspects of Meghan’s behaviour, including before the Royal Wedding, caused resentment with forces within Buckingham Palace.
“To be perfectly honest, the Queen herself was not impressed with some of Meghan’s demands, especially as a new member of the family. As a result, Buckingham Palace has decided that not all items from the Queen’s royal collection will be opened up to Meghan. As part of that situation, the Queen informed Prince William that the items from the Royal Collection worn by Princess Diana would not immediately be made available to Meghan.”
The senior source added: “The Queen likes Meghan personally but this is about the hierarchy. She is showing that maintaining the correct order and precedence within the family is important. Even if Meghan is the most popular woman in the world, she is of a lower rank than Kate.”
Another senior royal insider explained: “It is true that Buckingham Palace did not want all the items in the Royal Collection to be opened up to Meghan at this time. Obviously Kate as the next Princess of Wales and a senior member of the family does have them made available to her. That’s not to say items won’t be loaned to Meghan in the future if situations change.”
To be clear, Diana owned many personal pieces of jewelry which were gifted to her by friends, family and Charles, and after her passing, Harry and William reportedly split up her personal jewelry collection. The aquamarine ring which Meghan wore at her wedding reception (and has worn other times) was a private piece of Diana’s jewelry which Harry gave Meghan. There are private pieces which William has given Kate too. But the Queen is in charge of the Royal Collection jewelry, the tiaras and big necklaces and big diamond earrings and the like. And considering the Sun’s sourcing on this, I suspect it’s probably true and the Queen has cut Meghan off from the Royal Collection jewels. As some kind of punishment. Imagine being this bitchy and trying to score these kinds of PR points in the final days of a woman’s first pregnancy. “Oh you’re about to give birth? Well you still suck and you’ll never get to wear a tiara ever again, bitch.”
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