00:00Kate's initial reluctance to meet Megan explained.
00:04Kate Middleton
00:05was reportedly hesitant to meet Meghan Markle at first.
00:08According to Christopher Anderson's
00:10book Brothers and Wives,
00:11Kate Middleton sidestepped efforts to meet Meghan Markle
00:15when she began dating Prince Harry.
00:17However, the Princess of Wales is in
00:20initial reluctance did come from a good place,
00:23a source told the author.
00:25She's always been a substitute big sister to Harry.
00:28Watching out for him and making certain
00:30no one takes advantage,
00:31the insider revealed to Anderson.
00:33When Prince Harry and Meghan Markle got
00:35together, rumors swirled about the suit's actress
00:37using her future husband to raise her profile.
00:40I think Kate Middleton was a little frightened
00:42by what she was reading,
00:43the source told Christopher Anderson.
00:45Prince William also had reservations
00:47about Prince Harry's relationship with Meghan Markle.
00:50William worried aloud that things were moving too fast.
00:53Meghan had secured a degree of control
00:55over his brother that no other woman ever had,
00:57Christopher Anderson wrote.
01:00Despite Kate Middleton and Prince William's concern,
01:02Prince Harry stood by Meghan Markle.
01:04Harry was a great man.
01:05was on the defensive whenever the subject of Meghan came up,
01:08leaving friends and family alike on Tenter.
01:10Christopher Anderson wrote.
01:12Prince Harry and Meghan Markle recounted two differing stories
01:15about the first time the Duchess of Sussex met Kate Middleton
01:17and Prince William.
01:20William was longing to meet her,
01:21and so was Catherine.
01:22So, you know, being our neighbors,
01:24we managed to...
01:25to get that in a couple of...
01:26Well, quite a few times now,
01:28and Catherine has been absolutely...
01:30Harry said during his and Meghan's 2017 engagement interview.
01:34She's been...
01:35wonderful,
01:35the California native interjected.
01:37In their 2022 Netflix series,
01:40Harry and Meghan Markle said her casual,
01:43affectionate demeanor made Prince William
01:45William and Kate seem uncomfortable,
01:47revealing to her how deeply royal formality
01:49shaped their...
01:50interactions.
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