Prince Harry revealed in his much-anticipated memoir Spare that his wife Meghan Markle misled viewers of their 2021 Oprah Winfrey television special about the cause of their falling out with Kate Middleton.
While the 41-year-old former Suits actress claimed Middleton, 40, was to blame for spitting over flower girl dresses ahead of Sussexes’ wedding in May 2018, the 38-year-old Duke of Sussex wrote that his sister – were in-laws also upset by a comment from Markle.
In his memoir, Harry recalled that the Princess of Wales was offended when Markle told her she “must have a baby brain because of her hormones,” according to Page Six.
Prince Harry revealed Meghan Markle left out a big detail about her falling out with Kate Middleton. (Getty)
Baby brain is a term that “refers to memory problems, poor concentration, and absent-mindedness that many women report during pregnancy and early motherhood,” according to the Mayo Clinic.
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Middleton had given birth to their third child, Prince Louis, a month before Harry and Markle’s wedding at St George’s Chapel in London.
During the Sussexes’ session with Winfrey, 68, Markle didn’t mention the “baby brain” remark. However, she addressed rumors that she made Middleton cry before the wedding.
“The narrative with Kate That Didn’t Happen was really, really difficult and something that I think really changed everything,” Markle said at the time.
Markle told Winfrey that “the opposite happened.” “That was a turning point,” admitted Markle.
Markle claimed that the narrative that the two had a long-running feud stemming from Middleton crying at the wedding simply “didn’t happen.” Instead, Markle explained that a few days before the wedding, Middleton was upset about the flower girl dress her daughter, Princess Charlotte, was supposed to wear.
“It made me cry and really hurt my feelings,” Markle explained. “And I thought in context of everything else that was going on in those days leading up to the wedding, there was no point in not just doing what everyone else was doing, which meant supporting.”
However, Markle noted that the alleged feud that generated such media fodder ended almost as quickly as it began, thanks to an apology from Middleton.
“It’s been a really tough wedding week,” Markle explained. “And she was upset about something, but she owned it, and she apologized. And she brought me flowers and a note apologizing. And she did what I would do if I knew I had hurt someone, right, just to take responsibility for it.”
Harry and Markle gave a wide-ranging interview to Oprah Winfrey in 2021. (Chris Jackson)
Markle later explained that it was difficult for her to get over being portrayed as the instigator of their feud.
“What was hard to get over was being blamed for something that not only didn’t I do, but happened to me,” Markle later told Winfrey. “Everyone at the facility knew it wasn’t true… I’m not sharing this article about Kate in any way to disparage her. I think it’s really important that people understand the truth. … She is a good person.”
She added, “And I think so much of what I’ve seen is this idea of polarity where if you love me you don’t have to hate her. And if you love her, you don’t have to hate me.”
However, Harry wrote in Spare that while the first spit was about flower girl dresses, Markle’s comment added fuel to the fire.
The Duke of Sussex wrote that in the run-up to the wedding, Middleton became emotional during a tense discussion she had with Markle about the timing of the wedding rehearsal and the fit of the flower girl dresses.
Before the wedding, Harry recalled Middleton being upset about her daughter Princess Charlotte’s flower girl dress. (Jane Barlow – WPA Pool/Getty Images)
He said Middleton texted Markle the week of the wedding saying there was a “problem” with her daughter Princess Charlotte’s flower girl dress.
Harry explained that it was to be expected that the “French haute couture dresses” which “were based solely on hand-sewn [the bridesmaids’] Measurements” would have to be changed.
According to the Duke of Sussex, Markle asked Middleton to bring Charlotte to the palace so a tailor could make alterations to the dresses for all six bridesmaids. Harry wrote that Middleton felt this proposal was “insufficient” and made an appointment to speak with Markle.
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During their conversation, Harry claimed that Middleton told Markle that her daughter’s dress was too big, long and baggy.
After Markle repeated that she should bring Charlotte in for alterations, Middleton reportedly told her all the dresses would have to be remade.
Markle went on to make the “baby brain” comment, which insulted the Duchess of Cambridge, according to the memoir.
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Though Middleton eventually agreed to bring Charlotte along for changes, Harry recalled Markle crying “on the floor” after the exchange. He noted that Middleton apologized and brought a card and flowers when she stopped by the next day.
He later wrote that Markle was “offended” after she was “chided” over a remark, and was told she wasn’t “close enough” to Middleton to comment about her hormones. According to Harry, Markle was brought to tears again after being turned away.
The controversy over the “Baby Brain” remark was one of many revelations to emerge from Harry’s bombshell memoir.
“Spare” is scheduled for release on January 10th in the USA.
Ashley Hume is an entertainment writer for Fox News Digital. Story tips can be sent to [email protected] and on Twitter: @ashleyhume