Meghan Markle’s future queen envy exposed: ‘rivalry still alive’

Meghan Markle’s wounds remain unhealed despite her decision to say goodbye to the royal life.

The Duchess of Sussex’s alleged ‘secret battle’ to steal the future queen’s thunder continues as she leaves no stone unturned to reach her goals.

The former actress is struggling to match Princess Catherine’s magic. An insider has confirmed that the rivalry between the two royal wives is still alive and well, given Meghan’s recent stunts. 

Last week, the Duchess delivered the festive special of her Meghan, With Love series just a few days before the Princess of Wales maded headlines for her star-studded Together at Christmas carol concert at Westminster Abbey.

Royal commentator Richard Fitzwilliams says Meghan still feels “rivalry” with Kate, which dates back to their time as the Fab Four with princes Harry and William.

“If we look at the timings of many of the things the Sussexes have done, there is often a clash with William and Kate,” Richard adding: “Recently, for example, there was Harry’s visit to Canada at the same time as William’s Earthshot trip.”

He continued: “Harry reportedly made an offer to share diaries earlier this year to avoid clashes, but if the offer was accepted, nothing appears to have come from it.”

While Meghan’s festive special was likely filmed months ago, Robert says the unfortunate timing of its release has done her no favours.

“It is a decidedly dysfunctional situation to have Meghan on television talking about love and family while her father is said to be fighting for his life in hospital,” he said.

In reaction to Meghan’s latest show, the commentator suspects the Duchess may retire her lifestyle show altogether, adding: “Meghan is secretly battling to emulate some of the magic that Kate clearly creates, but it is not working.”

He admired Kate’s Christmas concert over Meghan’s holiday special, saying: She [ Meghan] displayed almost relentless positivity, which actually becomes weary to watch. It seems that she’d like to be a sort of Californian Mary Poppins, practically perfect in every way, and therefore her show just does not have the same level of substance as Kate’s carol concert.”

Meghan’s special, as expected, landed in Netflix’s Top 10 TV Shows in the UK within 24 hours of airing, but critics were less than impressed.

The mostly one or two-star reviews in British newspapers described it as “bizarre” and one reviewer said it was “quite mad and a little bit sad”.

Menawhil, some royal fans described it another failed attempt to overshaddow Kate’s events as Meghan mae changes in her plans of it’s release.

Some of Meghan’s fans took to social media to show their support, with one writing on X it “lifted their spirits” and another claimed they loved the “charming show”.

However, Richard suspects it is the last we’ll see of the series, and Meghan and Harry will have to bring something big to the table if they want to keep the cotact alive.

“The trouble is that in the position she is in with their downgraded Netflix deal, which isn’t an unusual position to be in, she needed a big name,” Richard told the Mirror.