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In discussing the royal rift between Prince William and Prince Harry, there is always a mention of the Duke of Sussex’s memoir, Spare, as a point of contention, but there might be one other crucial aspect that people are missing. When the Sussexes left their senior roles, there was a ripple effect in terms of job duties that fell onto everyone else, particularly William and Kate.
The Prince and Princess of Wales were left to pick up the “extra workload” because the former Fab Four suddenly became two. Even though Prince Edward and Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh have picked up some of the slack, they don’t have the same high profile that Harry and Meghan had — and that’s resulted in some resonating emotions. “Prince William and Kate are feeling incredibly resentful towards Meghan and Harry for leaving them to pick up the work they dropped when they moved to the States. The extra workload that’s been handed to them is huge,” a palace insider told Closer magazine, via the Mirror.
With “even more responsibility” on their plates, Kate and William have weathered through some challenging times over the last several years. It’s had a “huge impact on their marriage and family life,” the source noted. “At times it can feel like they are cracking under this relentless pressure. With less time at home together and having to spend more time apart, they feel constantly torn apart in different directions and they insist that wouldn’t be happening if Harry and Meghan hadn’t abandoned their royal duties.”
It might be unfair to squarely place the blame on the Sussexes because the death of Queen Elizabeth II was always going to change the family dynamics. Kate and William are in an elevated role as the Prince and Princess of Wales and King Charles III’s insistence on a “slimmed-down monarchy” has sidelined other popular faces, including Princess Eugenie and Princess Beatrice. Perhaps a redesign of the royal family structure is in order to give some relief to those senior royals taking on more of the workload than they should.
Click here to see a complete timeline of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s feud with the royal family.
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