New book Finding Freedom claims that the Duchess of Sussex, 39, hoped the Duchess of Cambridge, 38, would reach out to her in the early days of her romance with Prince Harry, but “that was not how things turned out” . Royal editor Emily Andrews, however, described this as “unrealistic”, adding that Meghan expected too much from Kate.
She said: “I think it seems that Meghan had a very unrealistic expectation of her relationship with Kate.
“If you look at it from the Cambridges’ point of view, they do not know this woman at all.
‘From their point of view, they have an absolute welcome in the family.
“William and Kate invited Meghan and Harry to apartment 1A.
‘Kate met Meghan early in the relationship.
“I think they tried to help as much as possible from William and Kate, but they were at a very different stage in life.”
Meanwhile, royal expert Katie Nicholl added mother-of-three Kate is a “busy woman”.
Speaking on the Channel 5 documentary Meghan & Harry: The New Revelations, she said: “Although there might have been an expectation from Meghan that Kate would sit down and show her the ropes, maybe that was an unrealistic expectation.
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‘But that’s not the case.
“Meghan was disappointed that she and Kate did not bond over the position they shared, but she did not lose sleep over it.
“According to a source, Kate felt they had little in common ‘other than the fact that they lived in Kensington Palace’.”
The book added: “Meghan would agree with the assessment that the duchies were not the best of friends.”
The authors also suggested that Meghan and Kate’s relationship did not progress much after they married Harry.
They said: “Although Meghan may have understood Kate’s warning to strike up a meaningful friendship, they were still nowhere near the time she was a colleague, working member of the royal family and the wife of William’s brother.”
The alleged rift between the Cambridges and the Sussexes was due to tensions between Prince William, 38, and Harry, 35, according to the book.
Harry was said to have been angered by his older brother’s “snobbish” attitude when he advised him not to rush his relationship with Meghan, Finding Freedom claims.
And the two couples were barely speaking when the Sussexes performed their final royal engagement at the Commonwealth Day service at Westminster Abbey in March, according to the book.
Meghan and Harry now live in the US with their one-year-old son Archie after retiring from royal duties.
They have bought a £ 11 million home in the famous Santa Barbara hotspot.
The Sussexes plunged the monarchy into a period of crisis earlier this year when it announced bombing plans to step down as senior royals.
