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Privacy NoticeIn his explosive new book, ‘Revenge: Meghan, Harry and the War between the Windsors’, Tom Bower has delved into the lives of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, speaking to 80 people who know them personally. The book is filled with jaw-dropping claims, including how Meghan struggled to connect with Harry’s friends and the changes the palace demanded from the writers of Suits after the couple’s relationship became public. One particularly intriguing story from the book reveals that Earl Spencer, the brother of the late Diana, Princess of Wales, was asked to have a word with his nephew about his relationship with Meghan. According to Bower, not only did Earl Spencer and Diana’s sisters, Lady Sarah McCorquodale and Baroness Jane Fellowes, fail to see the similarities between Meghan and Harry’s late mother, but they also thought she would struggle to fit in with the Royal Family. Tom writes: “In early September 2017, Kate revealed that she was expecting her third child. Prone to sickness in pregnancy, she curtailed her public appearances. Since the Vanity Fair article had increased the Cambridges’ suspicion of Meghan, the actress discovered that her neighbour in Kensington Palace had even less time for her. By then, Harry had introduced Meghan to Diana’s two sisters, Jane and Sarah, and her best friend Julia Samuel. Harry assumed that Diana’s family and friends would see a similarity between Diana and his fiancee.”
Earl Spencer reportedly tried to warn his nephew off marrying Meghan
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“Both, he said, shared the same problems. He was disappointed. No one agreed that his vulnerable mother had anything in common with his girlfriend. More discomforting for him, they thought Meghan would not fit in with the Royal Family.” The author went on: “Their unease was voiced by Charles Spencer, Diana’s brother. At William’s request, Spencer weighed in. Three times married, Spencer cautioned his nephew to reconsider his haste towards marriage. His advice provoked a bitter reaction. ‘This was going to be really hard,’ Harry would later reflect on establishing Meghan’s place in the family.”
Earl Spencer as a boy with Diana
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“One of his recurring concerns was insufficient money if they married. Although Harry annually received about £1.5 million from Charles, Meghan had been advised to continue acting to supplement their income.” “At this point, Meghan knew from her agent Nick Collins that her acting prospects were limited. Omid Scobie, her official biographer, would accurately summarise her exit from Hollywood. ‘She wanted a more meaningful career,’ he wrote. ‘She could be doing so much more with her platform.’ Her frustration remained. She was tantalisingly close to sealing her future, but nothing was official.” However, Tom claims that it wasn’t just Earl Spencer who openly expressed his concern over Harry and Meghan’s budding relationship.
Prince Harry was warned by his uncle
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He wrote that Meghan’s former talent agent, Gina Nelthorpe-Cowne, told the actress that she “wouldn’t be able to make any more movies” with her priority set to become Royal life instead. But Meghan wasn’t impressed, claims Bower, writing: “Gina, save it,’ Meghan snapped. Nelthorpe-Cowne was taken aback by the steel in Meghan’s voice.” “Holding up her hand, Meghan continued: ‘Stop. Be quiet. I don’t want to hear any negativity. This is a happy time for us.’ Stopped in her tracks, Nelthorpe-Cowne looked at the hard fury in Meghan’s eyes.”Story SavedYou can find this story in  My Bookmarks.Or by navigating to the user icon in the top right.Follow OK! MagazineFacebookTwitterCommentMore OnKate MiddletonMeghan MarklePrince CharlesPrince HarryPrince WilliamRoyal Family
