True Royalty Podcast

Catherine & Meghan: Beyond Repair?

True Royalty Podcast

Show Notes

After years of strained relations between Catherine, Princess of Wales and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, one question still lingers: is their relationship beyond repair?

In this episode of True Royalty, host Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen is joined by historian Sarah Gristwood and author Catherine Mayer to examine the breakdown in one of the most talked-about relationships in modern royal history.

From palace hierarchy and royal protocol to media scrutiny, social media and the pressures of life inside “Planet Windsor”, they explore whether Catherine and Meghan were ever likely to form a close bond, and whether the rift between them now runs deeper than the two women themselves.

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