Would the People’s Princess have been intimidated by the firebrand royal runaway? According to the late royal biographer, the answer is yes.
Andrew Morton wrote Princess Diana’s biography in 1992 and he thinks that Princess Diana would have been, “taken aback on first meeting,” her daughter-in-law, The Countess of Dumbarton. He also thinks the two women would have eventually bonded.
He told The Mirror that, in his mind, Diana would assess Meghan as, “mesmerizing and intimidating … Diana was desperate to be known for speeches, rather than fashions, and took lessons to learn how to deliver talks.”
He added of Diana, “She would have been taken aback on first meeting Meghan, a force of nature able to speak with passion and precision – and all without notes.”
His remarks come as the Prince William Duke of Cambridge and Harry Duke of Sussex meet on Thursday at Kensington Palace to commemorate their late mother’s 60th birthday. They will unveil a statue in her honor, one that has been years in the making.
All eyes will be on the two brothers, as they have reportedly been engaged in a royal rift for years. They met up last in April for the UK funeral of their grandfather Prince Philip.
The tension was not helped by Harry and Meghan throwing the royal family under the bus during a two-hour CBS interview with Oprah Winfrey in March. The jaw-dropping interview saw both runaway royals blame and shame his family, and hers, too, for good measure.
Prince Harry told Oprah, after dragging William, “As I’ve said before, I love William to bits. He’s my brother. We’ve been through hell together. I mean, we have a shared experience. But we’re on different paths.”
What Harry forgot to mention is that William is taking the high road while Harry continues to trod the low road. His latest hostile act was threatening legal action against the BBC for reporting on the birth of his daughter who was born just this month. His threat underscores what appears to be his rejection of free speech, as he has called the First Amendment, “bonkers.”