Prince William reaches 'boiling point' over Prince Harry's comments about Kate Middleton in Netflix series

Prince Harry's perceived jab at the Princess of Wales in his Netflix series was the "lowest of the low" for Prince William, a friend has claimed. Harry and his wife Meghan Markle launched a six-part docuseries on the streaming platform in December 2022 , where they made a number of shocking revelations about life within the Royal Family.

Both William and King Charles were criticized in the series, with William accused of "screaming and shouting" and King Charles of 'lying' during a high-profile summit. However, according to a new book , it wasn't the criticisms directed at him that truly angered Harry's older brother William, but those that seemed to target Kate. In one of the early episodes, Harry suggests there is a tendency in the Royal family to marry someone who "fits the mold".

In the first episode of the Netflix documentary , he stated: "I think for so many people in the family, especially obviously the men, there can be a temptation or an urge to marry someone who would fit the mold as opposed to somebody who you perhaps are destined to be with."

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The Inside Story by Robert Hardman, which is being serialized in the Daily Mail, friends of the Royal Family believed it was clear he was referring to William and Kate. One tells the author in the book: "On top of all the other breaches of trust, here was Harry making a blatant attack on Catherine. For William, this was the lowest of the low."

Several weeks after the publication of Harry's memoir Spare, he didn't shy away from sharing private details about a disagreement between Kate and Meghan. He even revealed how Kate allegedly 'grimaced' when Meghan borrowed her lipgloss and how the two had a falling out after Meghan accused William's wife of having "baby brain" following Prince Louis's birth.

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Royal expert Jennie Bond has said that Kate was deeply hurt by the attacks from Harry and Meghan, and it seems unlikely that their feud will be resolved anytime soon. Speaking to OK!, she expressed: "When you come from a happy, united family as Catherine does it's incredibly hard to understand how people can become estranged.

"I think she believed the rift could be fixed and, after Prince Philip's funeral, we saw her talking with Harry and obviously encouraging William to do the same. But we now know that it didn't work. In fact, William and Harry had a blazing row right after the funeral. There comes a point when you just have to accept that happy families are not a game that everyone can play.

"Catherine has been hurt and insulted by things that Harry and Meghan have said, but she and William are a very strong team, and I suspect that, together, they've come to the conclusion that the rift with Harry cannot be fixed in the foreseeable future. They've closed their minds to that possibility and decided to get on with their lives."

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