The photos ‘that sparked a war’ between Meghan Markle and Camilla after duchess ‘refused to listen’
THESE are the photos that sparked a “war” between Meghan Markle and Camilla after the Duchess of Sussex “refused to listen”.
The former actress, 42, visited London’s National Theatre in March 2020 as part of her duties as royal patron – just two months after her and Harry, 38, quit the Firm.
Posing for pictures, she donned a white blouse with chiffon puffed sleeves and a pencil skirt as she learnt about the theatre’s Immersive Storytelling Studio.
But the pictures reportedly sparked tensions between Meghan and Camilla, who has since been crowned Queen.
An insider at the time that Meghan insisted on uploading them to her Sussex Royal account – the same day Camilla’s speech on domestic violence would be released.
And it was claimed that senior Royals asked Meghan Markle to delay the release of the photos to not “overshadow” Camilla’s long-planned speech – but the duchess “refused to listen”.
The outlet further claimed Meghan was accused of “stealing Camilla’s limelight” and that Camilla was “very upset” by the decision.
Royal expert Duncan Larcombe told The Sun Online today that it’s understandable why Camilla would have been “miffed” over the pics.
He told The Sun: “The ‘men in grey suits’ are at pains to avoid diary clashes and the prospect of one member of the family outshining the other on the same day.
“Camilla would be justified at being miffed to say the least.
“But as Harry and Meghan continue their work without any regard for the rest of the work of the Royal family, these kinds of ‘clashes’ are inevitable.”
Meghan’s post, which is now unavailable to see since the couple shut down the Instagram account, was captioned: “The Duchess of Sussex, Royal patron of the National Theatre, visited the Immersive Storytelling Studio in London, where emerging technology like Virtual Reality is being used to develop new forms of emotive storytelling.
“Recently, The Duke and Duchess of Sussex also visited Stanford University where part of their learning journey included a virtual reality presentation that allows the user to experience life through another person’s point of view.
“The goal of this method of virtual reality is to enable us to better connect and empathise with each other as people, regardless of race, age or nationality.
“The Duchess is pictured here with Nubiya Brandon and her hologram, featured in the National’s exhibition ‘All Kinds of Limbo’, which is currently being presented at the Tate Modern.”
Meghan has recently been rumoured to be making a comeback to social media – five years after deleting her personal account.
Her suspected “new” Instagram has raked in over 100k followers – without sharing one single post.
She ditched her personal account after becoming part of the Firm and in April 2018 made a joint one with husband Harry, named @sussexroyal.
But the couple then shut it down when they quit the UK just two years later.
Harry and Meghan didn’t tell anyone in the family they would be stepping down as senior royals – leaving the late Queen “disappointed”, the Beeb reported at the time.
The Sun Online approached the palace and The Sussexes for comment.
