Kate & Meghan's RELUCTANT TRUCE

After years of feuding, King Charles finally forces Princess Kate to make peace with Meghan Markle

Her name was being dragged through the mud again. More than two years after Prince Harry and Meghan Markle made the bombshell allegation that a senior royal had racist "concerns and conversations" about "how dark Archie's skin color might be when he was born" in 2019, the Dutch translation of Omid Scobie's royal tell-all, Endgame, reportedly named Kate Middleton and King Charles as the offenders. "It was humiliating for Kate that Harry and Meghan would [allegedly] accuse her of something so so horrific," says a royal insider, noting that the Sussexes have admitted to sharing information with the author in the past. And between this latest public smear and all of the other things her in-laws have said in interviews and in Harry's memoir, Spare, says the insider, "no one would blame Kate for never speaking to them again." 

And yet in a shocking twist no one saw coming, Kate has done exactly that. "Shortly after the book's allegations came out, Kate reached out to Meghan to clear the air," says the insider, adding that the phone call actually came at King Charles' request. "This feud has gotten so unseemly and out of hand, it's starting to overshadow his reign and the entire monarchy. He wants to heal the rift once and for all.” And because William, 41, is also refusing to speak to Harry, 39, “Charles forced Kate to become his peacemaker,” says the insider. “She agreed, because when it comes to the royal family, Kate has always taken her duties seriously — she does what she is told.”